HR Transformation Program Manager

Team: Human Resources

Location: Canada

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic HR transformation and people programs aligned with enterprise and organizational priorities.

• Define program scope, objectives, timelines, deliverables, milestones, responsibilities, and success metrics for high-impact initiatives.

• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and manage progress across multiple interconnected workstreams.

• Establish clear accountability and governance structures while monitoring execution against agreed objectives and timelines.

• Prepare concise program updates, insights, risks, dependencies, and recommendations for senior leadership.

• Connect individual transformation initiatives with broader organizational priorities, strategic programs, and parallel enterprise efforts.

• Build stakeholder alignment and influence decisions and outcomes without relying on direct reporting authority.

• Lead change management activities supporting program rollout, adoption, process implementation, and sustainable transformation.

• Identify program risks, dependencies, and potential barriers, developing mitigation strategies to maintain delivery momentum.

• Support strategic planning and portfolio coordination across People Programs and broader enterprise initiatives.

• Monitor program outcomes and help ensure initiatives deliver measurable organizational and operational impact.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of program management practices, processes, and governance.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience leading complex strategic programs, enterprise initiatives, or transformation projects.

• Proven experience coordinating cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders across multiple organizational functions.

• Strong program management capabilities spanning strategic planning, execution, milestone tracking, risk management, reporting, and delivery governance.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex program information, progress, insights, and recommendations effectively to senior leadership.

• Experience managing high-visibility initiatives with measurable organizational or business impact.

• Strong decision-making and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to connect individual initiatives to broader business priorities.

• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive outcomes without direct authority.

• Excellent organizational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, combined with a highly structured and execution-focused approach.

• Experience supporting or implementing HR transformation, People Operations, or people-focused strategic programs is strongly preferred.

• Familiarity with enterprise-level change management practices and organizational adoption strategies is an asset.

• Exposure to AI-driven program implementation or technology-enabled HR initiatives is a plus.

• Experience managing or coordinating program portfolios within large-scale organizations is advantageous.

• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a fully remote, distributed environment.

Benefits

• 100% remote position available across Canada.

• Competitive compensation of CAD $75–$85 per hour.

• Opportunity to lead high-visibility HR transformation and enterprise initiatives.

• Exposure to complex strategic programs involving people, operations, technology, and organizational change.

• Regular interaction with cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership.

• Opportunity to influence transformation outcomes without being limited to a single functional area.

• Inclusive and respectful working environment that values diverse perspectives and contributions.

• Opportunity to work on future-focused initiatives, including emerging AI-enabled transformation programs.