THE OPPORTUNITY
To lead and support the effective execution of change initiatives across the Foundation by partnering with initiative owners, shaping tailored change approaches, and activating a network of agility ambassadors to drive adoption and engagement. This role also contributes to building enterprise-wide change capability and supports the continuous improvement of the Foundation's change management practices.
WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
Enablement initiatives Change
Change Strategy & Planning
- Support the design and execution of change enablement strategies that align with initiative goals and desired outcomes.
- Develop sustainment plans to drive long-term adoption of change initiatives.
- Establish success metrics and monitor performance to measure change effectiveness.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Conduct stakeholder analysis and mapping to inform change impact assessments.
- Design and deliver tailored engagement plans to build stakeholder readiness and commitment.
- Facilitate change-related engagements (e.g., steerco, roadshows, all-in sessions, agility network meetings, and focus groups) to communicate project updates, capture feedback, and foster buy-in.
Leadership Alignment
- Drive leadership alignment and commitment by engaging senior leaders (GMT) and sponsors to build a shared understanding of the change vision, priorities, and desired outcomes.
- Equip and enable leaders as champions through coaching, communication tools, and structured forums that strengthen their ability to model and cascade change effectively.
- Foster collective accountability by facilitating collaboration, addressing gaps, and ensuring leaders are visibly engaged and aligned in supporting change adoption.
Communication & Training
- Partner with the PAC team to design and implement communication plans that drive awareness and adoption.
- Collaborate with Learning & Development to design targeted learning paths that build knowledge and skills.
- Ensure consistent, clear messaging across all channels and stakeholder groups.
- Establish and maintain feedback loops throughout the change implementation cycle to continuously improve effectiveness.
Agility Ambassadors
- Identify and coach agility ambassadors to act as change champions.
- Monitor agility ambassadors' engagement and provide ongoing support to strengthen their role as change enablers.
Adoption & Sustainment
- Develop and maintain adoption dashboards to track change adoption post go-live.
- Provide adoption insights to leadership, highlighting progress and areas requiring additional focus.
- Design and execute action plans to address adoption gaps and ensure long-term sustainment of change.
Enterprise Change Enablement
- Act as thought partner and ally on the design and implementation of the change enablement operating model.
- Proactively identify and analyze enterprise-level lessons learned and insights.
- Contribute to identifying and mitigating enterprise-level change risks.
- Support documentation and knowledge management.
- Contribute to enterprise change capability building through knowledge sharing and recommending capacity-building initiatives.
- Contribute to enterprise planning.
- Represent the change enablement team in enterprise forums, presenting materials and facilitating discussion as relevant (and upon request).
- Promote a culture of agility, resilience, and innovation.
WHO YOU ARE
- Bachelor's degree in Organizational Development, Business, Psychology, or a related field.
- Certification in Prosci, ACMP, or similar frameworks preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in change management or transformation leadership.
- Proven track record of contributing to enterprise-wide change initiatives.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into action.
Technical Competencies
- Advanced knowledge of project management tools (e.g., MS Project), team management tools (e.g., Asana), and MS Suite (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel); PMP is advantageous.
- Proficiency in structured change methodologies (e.g., Prosci ADKAR, Kotter, Lewin, Agile change approaches).
- Fluent in English required. Ability to speak French and/or local language(s) is an asset.
Other Competencies (Leadership, Behavioral)
- Detail-oriented, methodical, and process-oriented to produce and deliver high-quality results consistently and effectively.
- Ability to link change initiatives to business strategy and outcomes.
- Understanding organizational dynamics, culture, and political landscapes.
- Commercial awareness to assess business impact of change.
- Capability to coach sponsors and leaders on their role in change.
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills.
- Competence in driving capability-building initiatives (training, upskilling, coaching).
- Empathy and resilience in supporting people through uncertainty.
- Comfort in managing multiple change initiatives simultaneously.
- Ability to define and track adoption metrics and change readiness indicators.
- Analytic