24 Aug
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Blue-Mark Management Consultants
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Toronto
24 Aug
Blue-Mark Management Consultants
Toronto
We’re looking for change consultants who make change land — people who work through sponsors and leaders, embed with delivery teams, and build the conditions for adoption before, through, and beyond go-live. You understand that change isn’t a parallel workstream; it’s how the work gets done. You’re as comfortable coaching a resistant executive as you are designing a stakeholder engagement strategy or pressure-testing readiness two weeks before launch.
This is not a communications-and-training role (though you can do both). It’s a sponsor-oriented, delivery-integrated change leadership role — and you’ll be in the room where decisions are made.
Who We Are
Founded in 2008, Blue-Mark is a Toronto-based organizational effectiveness consultancy that works with leaders and teams to significantly improve their ability toFOCUSon what really matters;ALIGNpeople, process, and expectations; andIMPLEMENTmeaningful and sustainable change. Blue-Mark has established long-term relationships with North America's top organizations and has guided them through many of their largest business transformations.
We hire on a rolling basis. Apply any time; when opportunities arise, we review submissions and contact qualified candidates to discuss next steps.
What You’ll Be Doing
Lead change through sponsors and stakeholders
- Assess the change landscape — sponsor readiness, stakeholder disposition, organizational capacity for change, cultural dynamics — and translate it into a pragmatic change strategy tied to delivery milestones, not a standalone plan.
- Build and activate sponsors: coach leaders on their role in the change, equip them to lead it visibly, and create the feedback loops that keep sponsorship active through implementation — not just at kickoff.
- Enable leaders to provide Direction, Engagement, Commitment, and Knowledge (DECK™) to their teams by equipping them with the information, tools, materials, and knowledge they need to lead their people through change effectively.
- Design and sequence stakeholder engagement, communications, enablement,
and adoption activities that are integrated with the delivery roadmap — so change lands with the solution, not six weeks later.
- Facilitate working sessions that surface resistance early, build shared ownership of design decisions, and move groups from awareness to commitment.
Embed with delivery and make change stick
- Work alongside cross-functional client teams to identify change impacts, assess readiness, and shape implementation sequencing — not from a separate workstream, but as part of the core team.
- Define adoption metrics and feedback mechanisms that tell you whether the change is actually taking hold; course-correct when it isn’t.
- Build client capability so the organization can sustain the change after we leave: coach leaders, develop internal change networks, and leave behind practical tools — not binders.
Build the firm
- Create IP, tools and templates; mentor teammates; help shape our practices.
- Support growth through proposals, statements of work, and lasting client relationships.
What You Need to Succeed
Core Qualifications:
- 3+ years in consulting or 5+ years in corporate roles leading organizational change management on complex initiatives — not just developing plans, but driving adoption to measurable outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to work through sponsors and leaders as the primary mechanism for change — you coach up, not just down.
- Strong facilitation skills: you run sessions that build alignment and make decisions, not sessions that produce post-its and parking lots.
- Experience integrating change with delivery — you’ve been embedded on implementation teams and understand how design decisions create change impacts.
- Structured thinking and crisp, executive-ready communication (PowerPoint, Excel); you can frame a change case for a steering committee and translate it into field-level actions.
- Comfortable with ambiguity; organized, accountable, and biased to action.
Differentiating Qualifications:
- Sponsor-oriented change leadership experience on large-scale transformations (operating model, technology, process redesign).
- Experience designing and standing up change networks, champion models, or distributed change capacity within client organizations.
- Familiarity with operating model and organization design concepts (structure, governance, roles, accountabilities).
- Adoption measurement, readiness assessment design, or benefits tracking experience.
- Experience in financial services, telecommunications, consumer/retail, or enterprise functions (HR, IT, operations).
Personal Characteristics:
- Pragmatic builder mindset; low‑ego collaborator who listens well and challenges constructively.
- Facilitative mindset; you work with and through people, not around them.
- Clear, concise communicator who can turn complexity into simple actions.
- Ownership, resilience, and discretion with sensitive information.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
- Masters degree or higher in Business Administration / Management or Organizational Psychology an asset.
Location:
We employ a hybrid work model. You will split your time working from Blue-Mark’s downtown office, at client sites, and remotely.
Compensation and Perks:
- Industry competitive salaries and a performance bonus
- A comprehensive benefits package with health, dental and vision coverage, RRSP matching and parental leave top up is available to all employees.
- Monthly events organized by our social committee, where the entire team can catch up and connect!
- Learning and development opportunities to help build your skills and advance your career.
- Early and frequent exposure to senior-level client leadership, including C-Suite contacts - we don't hide our consultants away in a back room to work on decks.
Blue‑Mark is an equal prospect employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and will provide accommodations during the recruitment process upon request.
📌 Change Consultant - Organizational Change Management (Toronto)
🏢 Blue-Mark Management Consultants
📍 Toronto