Human Resources Director (Toronto)

Human Resources Director (Toronto)

04 Sep
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Robert Half
|
Toronto

04 Sep

Robert Half

Toronto

About the Company

A leading organization is seeking an experienced Organizational Development and Change leader to help shape a future-ready workforce. This role will lead enterprise-wide initiatives across organizational design, workforce modernization, change management, employee experience, and people practices.

About the Role

Working closely with People & Culture, Technology, and senior leadership, this individual will help ensure employees, roles, capabilities, and ways of working evolve alongside digital transformation and emerging technologies, including AI.

Responsibilities

- Organizational Development & Effectiveness
- Lead organizational design and workforce effectiveness initiatives aligned with strategic priorities.
- Use workforce data, employee insights, and organizational diagnostics to inform structures, roles, policies, programs, and ways of working.
- Drive modernization and continuous improvement across people practices and frameworks.

Transformation & Change Management

- Lead change management strategies supporting enterprise transformation, technology adoption, and evolving ways of working.
- Develop structured approaches to readiness, stakeholder engagement, communications, adoption, reinforcement, and measurement.
- Identify emerging capability and skill gaps and partner with learning teams and business leaders on upskilling and reskilling initiatives.
- Support responsible, human-centred adoption of AI and emerging technologies.

Workforce Strategy & Analytics

- Leverage workforce analytics and qualitative insights to identify organizational risks, trends, and opportunities.




- Translate data and insights into practical workforce recommendations and actions.

Culture & Employee Experience

- Embed inclusion, accessibility, wellbeing, engagement, and employee experience considerations into organizational design, policies, and change initiatives.
- Support leaders in strengthening culture, adaptability, accountability, and organizational performance.

Strategic Advisory & Leadership

- Advise senior leaders on organizational change, workforce readiness, culture, technology adoption, and related people risks and opportunities.
- Partner cross-functionally to align workforce strategy with broader transformation priorities.
- Lead and develop an Organizational Development team, establishing priorities and fostering a collaborative, high-performing setting.

Qualifications

- Approximately 6–9+ years of progressive experience in Organizational Development, Organizational Design, Change Management, Workforce Strategy, or a related area.
- Demonstrated experience leading organization-wide transformation and change initiatives.
- Strong systems-thinking and organizational diagnostic capabilities.
- Experience advising senior leaders on complex workforce and organizational matters.
- Strong understanding of inclusive and human-centred organizational practices.
- Experience leading teams and complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Organizational Behaviour, Business, Psychology, or a related discipline preferred.
- Change Management, OD, or HR professional certifications are considered assets.

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