senior organizational change management specialist - hybrid.

Embedded within the Information Technology department, this role is responsible for leading all change management coordination for the enterprise VMS program. You will act as the vital internal anchor coordinating closely with Managed Service Provider (MSP) and VMS partner change teams to ensure consistent communication, training strategies, and rollout execution. Your work will directly impact hiring leaders, suppliers, Procurement, and Technology teams, making this role critical to achieving major corporate objectives centered around operational visibility, process efficiency, governance, and compliance.

Advantages
Strategic Business Impact: Take ownership of a critical change program that significantly enhances organizational visibility, efficiency, and governance.

Cross-Functional Visibility: Collaborate extensively across a diverse ecosystem of stakeholders, including IT, Procurement, business functions, and external supplier networks.

Collaborative Partnership: Work alongside global system providers and established MSP change leads, guiding an unified rollout strategy.

Balanced Work Style: Enjoy a professional, collaborative hybrid schedule while staying locally anchored in the Calgary market.

Responsibilities
Change Management & Rollout Coordination
Develop and execute comprehensive change management, communication, and training plans tailored for the VMS rollout.

Act as the internal OCM lead, aligning external MSP and VMS partner change management activities with internal communication and deployment strategy.

Partner closely with Procurement (Program Owners) to ensure a fully aligned rollout and continuous stakeholder engagement.

Adoption & Stakeholder Engagement
Drive stakeholder engagement, organizational readiness tracking, and user adoption metrics across the business.

Engage and communicate effectively with external stakeholders, including suppliers, in close coordination with Procurement.

Coordinate directly with MSP and VMS change leads to maintain consistent messaging and flawless execution across all groups.

Support end-to-end go-live readiness milestones and provide dedicated post-launch stabilization support.

Qualifications
Core Requirements

Experience Level: Senior-level expertise in Organizational Change Management.

Technology Implementation: Proven track record of delivering successful change management for large-scale technology implementations across multiple stakeholder groups.

VMS Familiarity: Platform-agnostic experience executing Vendor Management System (VMS) implementations.

Partner Coordination: Direct experience coordinating change activities across multiple delivery partners, such as system providers and MSPs.

Platform Articulation: Ability to articulate the specific VMS platforms and/or MSP partners you have worked with alongside your explicit role in those implementations.

Geographic Baseline: Must be currently based in Calgary.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

Professional proficiency in the French language.
Previous experience supporting corporate mergers or large-scale organizational transformations.
Experience working directly alongside MSP partners or within contingent workforce programs.

Ways of Working (Soft Skills)
Proactive, self-starting, and thoroughly outcome-driven.
Strong communicator who is uniquely capable of simplifying complex technical changes for business users.
Collaborative and influential across a wide array of corporate business functions.
Exceptionally structured and detail-oriented.

Summary
Our Client is seeking a dedicated Senior Organizational Change Management (OCM) Specialist to drive the enterprise-wide implementation and adoption of a new Vendor Management System (VMS). This contract position is scheduled to begin on June 15, 2026, and run until February 16, 2027, operating on a 40-hour work week under a hybrid model based out of Calgary. In this role, you will serve as the internal OCM lead, aligning stakeholder readiness, user adoption, and corporate strategies across internal departments and external delivery partners.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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