About this role
Spartan Controls is an employee-owned company and leading provider of data management, industrial automation, valves, measurement and control solutions for process industries in Western Canada and beyond. We are dedicated to providing exceptional sales, support and service experiences for our diverse customer base in industries such as mining, power, oil & gas, municipal, pulp & paper, and chemical.
Spartan is committed to creating a sustainable modern world with innovative automation. Our focus is Customer Outcomes. By leveraging applied automation we assist customers improving their Safety, Reliability, Operations and Productivity.
Our employee ownership model creates a unique culture of community, creativity, entrepreneurship, and a place to build your career. Spartan Controls provides an environment that not only encourages you to do your best, but also empowers you to do what it takes to create a solution, address a need, or respond to an issue.
Summary
About Spartan
As Spartan continues to grow and invest in its future, we are undertaking several significant business and technology transformation initiatives that will shape how we work, collaborate, and deliver value to our customers.
To support this evolution, we are establishing an enterprise change management capability that will help leaders and employees successfully navigate change while preserving the entrepreneurial culture that makes Spartan unique.
We are seeking an experienced Change Management professional to lead this effort.
The Opportunity
This is a unique opportunity to build to advance Spartan’s change management foundation while directly leading several large-scale business and technology transformations.
As Spartan's Senior Change Management Specialist, you will establish practical and sustainable change management practices that fit our culture and business needs. You will assess our current tools, processes, and methodologies and determine what should be enhanced, simplified, or expanded. We are not looking to reinvent change management for the sake of reinvention. We are looking for someone who can evaluate what is working, improve what is not, and build a pragmatic approach that leaders can embrace.
In addition to developing Spartan's change framework, you will serve as the lead change practitioner for two major enterprise technology transformations and provide mentorship to an internal Change Management Advisor who will ultimately carry the capability forward within Spartan.
Key Accountabilities
Build Spartan's Enterprise Change Management Framework
- Assess Spartan's existing change management tools, templates, practices, and governance processes.
- Recommend enhancements to current approaches and identify opportunities to improve consistency and effectiveness.
- Refine and evolve existing tools such as:
- Change intake processes
- Change impact assessments
- Stakeholder analysis tools
- Readiness assessments
- Communication planning templates
- Change measurement approaches
- Evaluate current methodologies and recommend enhancements where appropriate.
- Develop a scalable model that supports both enterprise transformation initiatives and business-led change.
Lead Major Transformation Initiatives
- Act as the lead change management practitioner for two significant technology transformation initiatives.
- Develop and execute comprehensive change management strategies and plans.
- Conduct organizational readiness reviews and change impact assessments.
- Partner with project leaders, sponsors, and functional leaders to drive adoption and business readiness.
- Identify adoption risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Measure and report on change readiness, engagement, adoption, and sustainability.
Develop Internal Capability
- Mentor and coach Spartan's Change Management Advisor.
- Transfer knowledge, tools, practices, and expertise to support long-term sustainability.
- Build leader and manager capability in change leadership.
- Deliver change management education and awareness sessions across the organization.
Support Change Governance
- Establish practical governance and intake processes for enterprise change initiatives.
- Develop a framework that enables business leaders to effectively manage smaller-scale change while providing dedicated support for more complex transformations.
- Help establish a change portfolio view across Spartan.
Assess cumulative change impacts and organizational capacity across initiatives, and recommend sequencing and mitigation approaches where overlapping changes place competing demands on business units, functions, or employee groups.
Qualifications and Skills
- 10+ years of progressive change management experience.
- Proven experience leading organizational change for major technology implementations or business transformations.
- Experience designing, building, or maturing enterprise change management capabilities.
- Strong experience coaching leaders and executive sponsors.
- Demonstrated success influencing adoption across complex stakeholder groups.
- Knowledge of multiple change management methodologies and experience applying them in mid-sized organizations, supported by strong analytical skills to assess business needs, solve problems, and make practical recommendations.
- Experience working in engineering, industrial, manufacturing, technology, professional services, or related industries is considered an asset.
Success in This Role Looks Like
After two to three years:
- Spartan has a practical and scalable change management framework.
- Leaders understand when and how to apply change management.
- Major technology initiatives achieve strong adoption outcomes.
- An internal change management capability exists and can operate independently.
- Change management is viewed as a business enabler rather than an administrative process.
Spartan recognizes that there are many ways in which candidates develop knowledge, abilities, and competencies throughout their careers. We encourage applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds and we do consider qualifications and competencies that are equivalent to those specifically mentioned above.
Close Date: November 4, 2026 (11:59 pm MT)
Requisition ID: 1910