Specialist, IT M&A People Integration and Workforce Planning

WSP in Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 82,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Specialist, IT M&A People Integration and Workforce Planning to shape how talent and capacity are integrated across acquisitions within Global IT. You will work with HR, Finance, and IT leaders to bring clarity to complex workforce environments and enable smooth transitions.

You will influence long-term talent strategies, build headcount and cost models, and deliver data-driven insights to leadership.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in workforce planning, HR business partnering, organizational change, M&A integration, or a related strategic people function.
• Experience handling confidential employee, workforce, and compensation information with professionalism and discretion.
• Strong expertise in workforce analytics, labour-cost planning, headcount modelling, forecasting, or benefits realization tracking.

Responsibilities

• Drive workforce planning activities that support the integration of acquired organizations into WSP's Global IT environment.
• Develop workforce, headcount, and labour-cost models to provide visibility into talent and structures.
• Transform workforce data into capacity plans for integration schedules and transition planning.
• Coordinate talent assessment, retention planning, and knowledge-transfer initiatives with HR and leaders.
• Monitor workforce synergies, labour costs, and investments to inform decisions and value realization.
• Produce workforce reporting, forecasts, and governance materials for senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Identify risks and capacity constraints and help teams address challenges proactively.

Skills

Excel

M&A integration

Workforce analytics

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it.

What if you could redefine what's possible?

With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it.

We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers.

With an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory and science-based expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions.

We are pathfinders and impact makers.

We are Visioneers.

We are WSP.

The Opportunity

Join a team at the center of one of WSP's most important growth strategies. As a Specialist, IT M&A People Integration and Workforce Planning, you will help shape how people, talent, and organizational capacity are integrated across acquisitions within Global IT. Working closely with HR, Finance, IT leaders, and integration teams, you'll bring clarity to complex workforce environments, enabling successful transitions while supporting long-term talent and workforce strategies. This is an exceptional opportunity for a professional who thrives on solving complex organizational challenges, working with data-driven insights, and influencing outcomes across a global business.

Your Impact

• Drive workforce planning activities that support the successful integration of acquired organizations into WSP's Global IT environment.
• Develop and maintain workforce, headcount, and labour-cost models that provide visibility into talent, organizational structures, and resource requirements.
• Transform workforce data into actionable capacity plans that support integration schedules, transition planning, and future organizational needs.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to coordinate talent assessment activities, retention planning, knowledge-transfer initiatives, and workforce transitions.
• Monitor workforce-related synergies, labour costs, and integration investments to support informed business decisions and value realization.
• Produce meaningful workforce reporting, forecasts, and governance materials for senior leadership and integration stakeholders.
• Identify workforce risks, critical talent dependencies, and capacity constraints while helping teams proactively address challenges.
• Safeguard highly confidential workforce and compensation information while promoting strong governance, compliance, and operational discipline.

The Skills That Set You Apart

• 5-8 years of experience in workforce planning, HR business partnering, organizational change, M&A integration, or a related strategic people function.
• Demonstrated experience handling confidential employee, workforce, and compensation information with professionalism and discretion.
• Strong expertise in workforce analytics, labour-cost planning, headcount modelling, forecasting, or benefits realization tracking.
• Experience supporting resource planning, capacity management, organizational transitions, or transformation initiatives in complex environments.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across functions without direct authority in matrixed organizations.
• Advanced Excel capabilities and strong analytical skills, with experience building and maintaining large, accurate workforce datasets.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to present concise insights to senior leaders.
• Experience with HRIS, ERP, workforce reporting tools, Power BI, M&A environments, and bilingualism in English and French are considered strong assets.

Why Choose WSP?

Why Choose WSP? We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe call WSP home.

• Proudly Canadian – we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
• A global community of brilliant minds – your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
• Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it's across the country or around the globe, we help you tailor your role to match your ambition — because your growth drives ours.
• Flexible work, real balance – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.

Compensation

• AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $89,800 - $118,900
• MB & ON: $81,900 - $112,800
• NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $81,100 - $107,700

Disclosure

The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Shape the Future of Integration

Every acquisition brings new opportunities, new talent, and new possibilities. Join WSP and play a key role in ensuring those opportunities translate into lasting success. If you're passionate about workforce strategy, organizational transformation, and helping people navigate change, we'd love to hear from you.

About Us

At WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity.

It’s why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what’s possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers.

As one of the world’s leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.

At WSP, you’ll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose.

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here .

Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).