Senior Business Partner, Organizational Change Management

Alberta Innovates is seeking a Senior Business Partner, Organizational Change Management, within the People and Culture division. This is a permanent position and will be based out of our Edmonton Research Park office. This position is eligible for hybrid work.

This role plays a critical role in enabling successful adoption of strategic initiatives that impact our people, process and culture. It applies a structured change management approach to foster meaningful behavior change, ensuring individuals are ready, willing, and able to embrace new ways of working.

As a foundational member of our change management practice, this individual will contribute to the design and implementation of our standards, framework, tools and infrastructure that supports transformation across the organization. It will also play a central role in building change capability and fostering a culture of agility, resilience, and continuous improvement through strong cross-functional partnerships.

You would be a good fit for this position if you:

• Are skilled at navigating organizational complexities when planning and executing change initiatives.
• Bring a builder’s mindset, anticipate challenges and adapt with precision.
• Build relationships and resolve stakeholder concerns across diverse groups
• Take ownership and accountability to drive progress and deliver outcomes.
• Can interpret data from assessments, interviews, surveys to inform change strategy and measure impact.
• Thrive working autonomously while fostering strong partnerships across cross-functional teams in an evolving environment.
• Understand how internal and external factors may influence change outcomes.
• Understand how change management integrates across the project life cycle.

We are game changers

Alberta Innovates is a provincially funded corporation with a mandate to deliver 21st-century solutions for the most compelling challenges facing Albertans. We do this by building on our province’s research and technology development strengths in the core sectors of health, environment, energy, food and fibre, and platforms such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and omics. We are working with our partners to diversify Alberta’s economy, improve our environmental performance and enhance the well-being of Albertans through research and innovation.

Our subsidiary, InnoTech Alberta, offers a diversified range of scientific engineering and technological research and testing capabilities, and the facilities to support technology scale-up. Our multidisciplinary team has the depth of experience to work across all sectors, from energy to health to food and fibre. InnoTech Alberta offers you access to research talent, technical expertise, and unique facilities that can help accelerate technology development that serves both the private and public sector.

Here’s some more information about the position:

Job Details

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Lead organizational change initiatives including technical, business, and cultural transformation to ensure successful adoption.
• Develop and execute change strategies informed by impact assessments, stakeholder analysis and readiness.
• Create integrated change plans with clear metrics, milestones, and deliverables.
• Monitor change effectiveness using qualitative and quantitative measures.
• Coach leaders and teams to apply change management principles and foster adaptability.
• Partner to design and deliver programs to build change capability across the organization.
• Build strategic partnerships with cross-functional teams to align change efforts.
• Act as a trusted advisor and change catalyst, fostering a culture of agility, resilience, and continuous improvement.
• Stay current on change management trends to continuously evolve our frameworks, tools and processes.

Qualifications and skills we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• A change management certification (e.g., Prosci, CCMP) is preferred
• 5-7 years of progressive experience in change management, organizational development, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience leading complex, cross-functional change initiatives in large or matrixed organizations.
• Proven ability to design, guide, and execute structured change management strategies and plans.
• Comfort with interpreting data to inform strategies and measure impact.
• Demonstrated success in developing or contributing to change management infrastructure, including governance models, playbooks, toolkits, and templates.
• Public sector working experience is an asset
• Skilled in facilitation, coaching, and tailoring communication approaches to suit various audiences.
• Familiar with digital tools and platforms used in change management, communication and collaboration (e.g. SharePoint, MS Teams, survey platforms, digital content creation etc.)

Why Alberta Innovates?

We offer our employees opportunities to work on projects that will expand their skill sets while witnessing the visible impacts of their efforts. We value the development of our employees and create opportunities for working in capacities that allow new skills to be learned. We know that the wellness of our team is the most important part of our business, so we offer a strong benefits package, vacation starting at 3 weeks and paid time off programs to promote work-life balance.

The final candidate will be required to undergo a security clearance and provide credible references.

Open until a suitable candidate is found.

Interested and qualified applicants are encouraged to submit a cover letter and resume to applynow@albertainnovates.careferencing the competition title and number in the subject line.

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