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WSP

Plans and designs infrastructure projects

Workplace Transformation & Change Manager

Human Capital & Change ConsultingUpdated on Nov 13
Full-timeToronto, ON, CanadaCA$81.1k - CA$118.9k

About the Job

Requirements

  • Demonstrated workplace transformation experience within Corporate Real Estate, Facilities Management, Workplace Strategy, consulting, or corporate workplace environments, including direct experience supporting workplace change initiatives.
  • Hands-on experience with workplace projects and programs such as corporate office relocations and employee moves; restacks, space optimization, and occupancy transitions; workplace modernization and renovations; workplace strategy implementation; hybrid or return-to-office programs; or real estate portfolio consolidations and decommissions.
  • Demonstrated change management expertise within workplace, facilities, corporate real estate, or built-environment transformations, including stakeholder impact assessments, organizational readiness, communications, training, resistance management, and adoption strategies.
  • Project management experience delivering medium- to high-complexity workplace projects, with an understanding of project lifecycles from planning and design through implementation, transition, and operational readiness.
  • Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement experience, including leadership sessions, interviews, workshops, focus groups, employee engagement activities, and collaboration with senior leaders, Corporate Real Estate and Facilities teams, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Understanding of employee experience and workplace operations, including occupancy planning, space allocation, employee moves, workplace policies, hybrid working arrangements, operational transitions, and adoption.
  • Client advisory and business development capability, with experience developing proposals, scopes of work, methodologies, budgets, project approaches, and executive-level presentations.
  • Willingness and ability to travel throughout Canada as required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead change management programs for workplace transformation initiatives, including corporate office relocations, restacks, workplace modernization, space optimization, workplace strategy implementation, hybrid work models, and return-to-office programs.
  • Partner with Corporate Real Estate, Facilities Management, Workplace Strategy, Human Resources, Information Technology, business leaders, and other key stakeholders to drive organizational readiness, employee engagement, adoption, and long-term sustainability.
  • Develop and execute comprehensive change strategies, including stakeholder engagement plans, employee and organizational impact assessments, readiness assessments, communications strategies, training programs, and adoption frameworks tailored to workplace transitions.
  • Guide organizations through the people, process, and operational impacts of workplace change, including evolving office environments, space allocation, occupancy models, employee experiences, ways of working, and workplace policies.
  • Facilitate stakeholder workshops, leadership sessions, employee interviews, focus groups, and engagement activities to understand business needs, align stakeholders, identify impacts, and build readiness for change.
  • Identify and mitigate change-related risks, resistance, stakeholder concerns, and operational impacts, while establishing adoption measures and evaluating outcomes to help clients realize the full value of their workplace investments.
  • Support delivery of medium- to high-complexity workplace projects when required, including relocations, restacks, site activations, decommissions, modernization, and operational transitions, with responsibilities spanning planning, schedules, vendor coordination, risk and issue management, financial reporting, and operational readiness.
  • Contribute to business development and account growth by developing proposals, scopes of work, methodologies, change management approaches, and client-facing presentations for workplace transformation opportunities.

Desired Qualifications

  • Change Management certification such as Prosci, CCMP, or equivalent is preferred.
  • Project Management Professional certification is considered an asset.

About the Company

WSP

Plans and designs infrastructure projects

WSP is an engineering and science consultancy that helps governments and businesses plan, design, and manage infrastructure. Its teams work on transport networks, buildings, water systems, power facilities, and environmental projects, combining engineers with scientists, planners, and technical advisers. Services include feasibility studies, detailed design, environmental assessments, and project management, with specialists supporting assets through construction and operation. Clients pay through contracts priced by staff time, agreed project fees, or a share of project costs. Genivar reorganized as WSP Global in 2014, and the group is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Montreal, Canada
Founded
1959

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