Sr. Consultant, Release Engineer

You’ll join a team that helps drive business and transformation initiatives across the organization by making change practical, thoughtful, and sustainable. As a Senior Consultant, Change Management, you’ll lead and support change management activities for strategic initiatives, working closely with business leaders, project teams, and key stakeholders. You’ll assess organizational impacts, develop change strategies, and create plans that build readiness, engagement, and adoption. You’ll help teams navigate changes to processes, tools, and ways of working by identifying risks and barriers early and recommending solutions. You’ll also provide guidance to leaders and managers so they can confidently support their teams through change and help ensure outcomes are sustained over time.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 2-3 day per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

Change Strategy Leadership - Lead the development and execution of change management strategies and plans for business and enterprise initiatives, ensuring change activities are aligned to project goals and delivery timelines.

Impact Assessment - Conduct change impact assessments to identify implications for stakeholders, business processes, roles, and operational practices, and translate findings into actionable plans

Stakeholder Engagement - Build strong relationships with business leaders, project managers, and cross-functional partners to drive alignment, support decision-making, and embed change activities into overall project delivery.

Readiness and Adoption - Develop and deliver communication, stakeholder engagement, readiness, and adoption plans that help employees understand, prepare for, and adopt change successfully.

Risk Mitigation and Coaching - Assess organizational readiness, identify resistance points and barriers, and recommend mitigation strategies while coaching leaders and people managers on their role in leading change.

Measurement and Continuous Improvement - Track and report on change progress, stakeholder readiness, adoption measures, and key risks, while contributing to the continuous improvement of change management practices, templates, and tools.