Senior Manager – Organizational Development & Change Management – Danone Canada

Danone; Toronto, Boucherville; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food & beverage company in Toronto seeks a Senior Manager for Organizational Development & Change Management. The role involves driving organizational transformation, aligning business strategies, and embedding sustainable practices within the company. The ideal candidate will possess strong collaboration, communication, and change management skills, with at least 5-7 years of relevant experience. This full-time position offers the opportunity to lead cultural shifts and organizational performance while engaging with diverse teams to deliver lasting value.

Benefits

Exceptional benefits

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years in organizational design, change management, or project management.
• Demonstrated ability to connect the dots and see the big picture.
• Ability to adapt solutions pragmatically in ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to align structures and processes with strategic objectives.
• Lead performance analysis to identify improvement opportunities.
• Direct change management and manage cultural shifts effectively.

Skills

Collaborative and inclusive approach

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Proven expertise in organizational development

Strong understanding of business strategy

Ability to lead complex change initiatives

Systems thinking

Resilient self-balancer

Job description

Senior Manager – Organizational Development & Change Management – Danone Canada

• Canada
• On‑site
• 12 months

About the job

The Senior manager – OD & Change mission’s is to drive bold organizational transformation and sustainable performance by architecting the future of our business. As a strategic partner, you will challenge the status quo, mobilize leaders and teams, and embed a culture of agility, innovation, and continuous improvement. Your leadership will ensure that our organization not only adapts to change but thrives in delivering lasting value for our people and our business.

Key Responsibilities

Organizational Performance, Design & Strategic Workforce Planning

• Partner with leaders to align structures & processes with strategic objectives.
• Lead diagnostics and performance analysis to identify improvement opportunities.
• Implement strategic workforce planning using data‑driven insights to ensure business capabilities.

Transformation & Change management

• Guide Organizational Change: directs change management & structural evolution to support transformation strategies effectively.
• Manage Cultural Shifts: ensuring employee engagement and support during transitions.
• Build Team Capabilities: Focuses on providing tools and training to build resilience and adaptability across teams.
• Embed Sustainable Transformation: Helps make transformation sustainable by embedding it into the organizational culture and operations.
• Develop and deploy OD tools, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Measure and report on the impact of OD initiatives.

About you

• 5 to 7 years in organizational design, change management, or project management.
• Skills:
  • Collaborative and inclusive approach; strong influencing capabilities.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills; credible business partner.
  • Proven expertise in organizational development and change management.
  • Strong understanding of business strategy and operations.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and manage complex change initiatives.
  • Systems thinkers able to connect the dots, diagnoses issues, and sees the big picture.
  • Resilient self‑balancer thrives in ambiguity and adapts solutions pragmatically.

About Danone

What are you waiting for? Join our team and enjoy these exceptional benefits!

Danone Canada is a business unit of Danone and operates from headquarter offices in Boucherville, Quebec, and Toronto, Ontario. Danone Canada is the country’s largest consumer‑facing B Corporation, demonstrating that the company meets the highest standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. From year to year, Danone is recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for its forward‑thinking work environment and was awarded the Parity Certification Women in Governance for our commitment towards gender equality in the workplace. We have 500+ employees across Canada that are engaged and energized to deliver Danone’s mission: Bringing health through to food to as many people as possible, by working on strong brands such as Activia, Oikos, Danone, Silk, International Delight and many others. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone Canada doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to cultural background, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or age. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all our employees share the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.

Please note that this posting has been written in the masculine form solely to shorten the text. We promote diversity and encourage all people with the skills mentioned in this posting to apply for this position.

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Job details

Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant‑Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition.