Organizational Change Management Specialist

Thales • Ottawa, ON

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Thales has a vacancy for a proactive Organizational Change Management (OCM) Specialist to support the successful delivery of transformation initiatives across the organization. Reporting to the OCM Lead, the Specialist will help implement change management strategies that enable employees and stakeholders to successfully adopt new processes, technologies, and ways of working. This role will support change planning, stakeholder engagement, communications, and training activities across multiple projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Business, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in organizational change management, transformation, or program delivery roles.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Prosci or other recognized Change Management certification.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a Canadian security clearance.
• All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and able to obtain a Canadian NATO Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in defence, technology, engineering, or regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of change management plans aligned with program and organizational objectives.
• Assist with change impact assessments to identify how initiatives affect employees, processes, and teams.
• Coordinate change management activities across multiple projects and workstreams.
• Support stakeholder identification and mapping for transformation initiatives.
• Assist with engagement activities such as workshops, feedback sessions, and change champion networks.
• Maintain strong relationships with project teams and business stakeholders to support change adoption.
• Draft and coordinate change communications including announcements, updates, presentations, and leadership messaging.
• Ensure communication materials are clear, consistent, and aligned with change strategies.
• Support the delivery of communications across internal channels.
• Support the development and coordination of training and learning materials.
• Assist in scheduling and coordinating training sessions, workshops, and adoption activities.
• Monitor feedback from users and stakeholders to identify areas needing additional support.
• Track change management activities, deliverables, and milestones.
• Support readiness assessments and adoption monitoring.
• Prepare reports and dashboards for the OCM Lead and program leadership.

Benefits

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree