Location: Outside of Fredericton, NB (Remote with Occasional Office Visits)
Duration: 06+ Months (Extensible)
Overview
Change Strategy Development: Design and implement a comprehensive change management strategy aligned with the goals of the Cyber Security modernization program; identify change impacts, stakeholder groups, and risk areas.
Responsibilities
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a bridge between technical project teams, business units, and executive leadership; engage early and often with key stakeholders to communicate the vision, rationale, and benefits of the modernization initiative.
- Staff Reskilling and Support: Oversee the creation and execution of reskilling plans for cybersecurity staff, including training programs, coaching, and support resources; ensure teams are equipped to operate new tools and adopt revised procedures with confidence.
- Communication Planning: Lead the development of clear, consistent, and timely communication tailored to different audiences; include updates on project milestones, training opportunities, changes to service delivery, and anticipated impacts.
- Impact Mitigation for Client Services: Collaborate with service owners and delivery teams to identify how changes in the cybersecurity environment may affect client-facing services; work to minimize service disruption and ensure clients are informed and supported during transitions.
- Change Readiness and Adoption Monitoring: Establish metrics and feedback mechanisms to assess organizational readiness, monitor adoption progress, and adjust the change approach as needed to ensure success.
- Sustainment Planning: Support the integration of changes into the organizational culture and operational routines, ensuring lasting benefits and continuous improvement beyond the initial rollout.
Qualifications & Must Have Skills
- The proposed resource must meet or exceed one of the following combinations of education or certification and experience in the resource role: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Organizational Change, Information Technology, or a related discipline); Two (2) Year Community College Diploma with relevant years of experience
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience acting as a lead Change Manager on medium to large-scale transformational projects within complex environments; projects spanning multiple business units and/or stakeholder groups, involving coordination with more than eight direct project participants; preferably within cybersecurity, technology, or other security-sensitive domains.
- Enterprise Change Experience: Demonstrated experience leading complex, organization-wide change initiatives in multi-stakeholder environments.
- Facilitation & Leadership in Cross-functional Teams: Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams, facilitating workshops, and aligning diverse groups to change objectives.
- Organizational Readiness & Adoption Planning: Demonstrated experience with assessing organizational readiness, adoption tracking, and measurement of change effectiveness.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Communications: Demonstrated experience or ability to develop and execute stakeholder engagement strategies, including internal/external communications to support effective change and adoption.
- Client Impact & Risk Mitigation Planning: Proven ability to anticipate and mitigate service delivery impacts to clients during change; includes risk identification and planning.
- Workforce Reskilling Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading or supporting workforce reskilling, capability building, or talent transition efforts as part of change initiatives.
- Public Sector Environment Experience: Demonstrated experience managing change in large public sector organizations, preferably in the technology or cybersecurity space.
- Cybersecurity or IT Transformation Experience: Demonstrated experience delivering change in cybersecurity, IT modernization, or digital transformation projects; knowledge of technical impacts on people and processes; understanding of cybersecurity principles, programs, and their organizational impact.
- Change Management Certification: Certification in a recognized change management methodology (e.g., Prosci, ADKAR, Lean Change Management) is an asset.
Contact
Interested candidates can forward your profiles at shaik@aragainc.com and for more details you can reach us at +1 609-359-2007
Change Manager in Ottawa employer: ARAGA SOLUTIONS
As a Change Manager with our organization, you will thrive in a supportive and collaborative work culture that prioritizes employee growth and development. Located just outside Fredericton, NB, this remote role offers flexibility with occasional office visits, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life while contributing to impactful cybersecurity initiatives. We are committed to fostering an environment where innovation is encouraged, and your expertise in change management will be valued as we navigate complex transformations together.
