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About the Role:
Role Purpose
The Senior Manager, Organizational Design and Change Management will partner with leaders and teams to strengthen IMAX’s organizational effectiveness. This role will assess structures, roles, decision-making and ways of working; develop recommendations; and help leaders guide employees through change.
The successful candidate will bring sound judgment to complex and sensitive matters and turn program management, organizational design and change management expertise into practical solutions. Recommendations, plans and materials should reflect IMAX’s culture, readiness, size and resources.
Key Responsibilities
Organizational design and transition planning
- Partner with leaders and teams to assess current ways of working and develop practical organizational design options, including structures, roles, decision rights and leadership capabilities.
- Develop implementation and transition plans that sequence organization changes, clarify accountabilities, identify dependencies and support stable handoffs.
- Prepare clear design materials, options, recommendations and decision documents for business leaders, partners and other key stakeholders.
- Assess workforce, talent, process and operating risks associated with proposed changes and recommend practical mitigations.
Change management and organizational readiness
- Develop and maintain change strategies, stakeholder maps, impact assessments, readiness plans and adoption measures for each workstream.
- Partner with Communications and Change Management, Talent & Culture, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Legal and Workplace teams to coordinate people-related implementation activities.
- Equip leaders to communicate the case for change, lead through transition and address employee questions consistently and confidentially.
- Identify change risks, resistance points and support needs early; coordinate timely actions that improve readiness and adoption.
Program management, delivery and governance
- Develop and maintain plans for cross-functional initiatives, including milestones, deliverables, dependencies, decisions and implementation timing. Work with initiative owners to keep plans current.
- Establish governance and reporting practices suited to each initiative, with clear meeting agendas, decisions, owners and follow-up actions.
- Track progress against scope, timelines, outcomes and budget. Prepare concise updates and decision materials for leaders and key stakeholders.
- Maintain visibility into risks, issues and dependencies. Help teams resolve conflicts and elevate decisions when needed.
- Coordinate resource and capacity planning, flag constraints early and assess the implications of proposed changes to priorities, timelines or investment.
- Apply appropriate delivery and confidentiality practices, and connect implementation tracking with organizational design, transition and change readiness measures.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, Psychology or a related field. Advanced degree or change management certification is an asset.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in program management, organizational design, change management, HR transformation or consulting, including coordination of complex, cross-functional initiatives
📌 Sr. Manager Organizational Design and Change (Canada)
🏢 IMAX
📍 Canada