Join a Challenger
At EQ, we're remaking banking so every Canadian gets ahead, every day. Serving nearly 4 million Canadians from coast to coast, we offer a wide variety of financial services from banking and lending, to trust and credit union solutions.
We've been at this since 1970, challenging the conventions of traditional banking with smarter, faster, and more connected financial experiences.
What's kept us moving? The people behind it all: challengers who ask better questions, push back on old assumptions, and look for a better way forward.
If you're driven to help reshape how banking works for Canadians and the businesses that power our economy, this could be your next big opportunity.
We can’t wait to get to know you!
The Work
The Director, Change Enablement advances EQ Bank’s enterprise Change Enablement practice, a standing capability within People & Talent accountable for readiness, adoption and sustained behaviour change across the Bank’s concurrent transformation agenda. The role closes the gap between funded transformation delivery and the employee readiness required to realize value across enterprise AI, PC Financial integration and convergence, and the EQB 2.0 operating model. Reporting to the Vice President, Talent, Transformation & Design, the incumbent owns the enterprise change method, demand prioritization, adoption readiness and executive-level visibility of change saturation. The mandate is to identify, plan, sequence and land change with the business, making adoption an engineered outcome rather than a communications task applied at go-live.
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The Core Responsibilities
Enterprise Change Enablement Strategy
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Establish and maintain the enterprise Change Enablement practice within People & Talent, including standards, methods, tools, intake, demand prioritization and governance routines.
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Partner with program sponsors, business leaders, Enterprise AI, IMO, Convergence, EQB 2.0, Organization Design, Communications, Risk and Finance to ensure change, structure, process and value-realization plans are aligned.
Adoption, Readiness and Leader Enablement
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Lead change impact assessments, stakeholder mapping, readiness assessments, resistance sensing and adoption planning for high-impact enterprise initiatives.
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Create and maintain reusable change playbooks, templates, communications inputs, training supports and adoption measurement practices that can be scaled across initiatives.
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Use employee feedback, pulse checks, readiness data, service data and adoption telemetry to identify friction early and adjust enablement plans.
Portfolio, Measurement and Executive Reporting
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Maintain a consolidated enterprise change calendar across AI, integration, convergence and operating model initiatives to identify collisions, capacity pressure and sequencing risks.
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Provide executive-level reporting on change saturation, readiness at go-live, adoption velocity, friction after go-live and time to value.
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Translate readiness and adoption data into clear recommendations for senior leaders, including where to accelerate, pause, sequence differently or add support.
Practice Governance and Flexible Capacity
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Build and manage a pre-qualified contractor pool to provide flexible capacity for large waves, peak demand, training build, communications production and adoption measurement.
Let's Talk About You
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Post-secondary education in Business, Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development or a related field; graduate degree is an asset.
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10+ years of total work experience, including at least seven years leading organizational change on enterprise-scale transformation, technology, AI, automation, operating model or integration programs.
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Demonstrated experience building impact assessments, readiness plans, stakeholder maps, leader enablement approaches, adoption measures and sustainment plans.
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Strong analytical capability, with the ability to interpret adoption telemetry, readiness data, engagement feedback and operational signals and translate findings into executive recommendations.
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Exceptional written, verbal and facilitation skills, including the ability to influence executives, prepare briefing materials, lead senior workshops and shape enterprise-wide messaging during uncertainty.
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Strong judgement, resilience and credibility with senior leaders, including the ability to hold a view on sequencing, saturation and adoption risk when sponsors want to move faster.
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What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]
💰 Competitive discretionary bonus
✨ Market leading RRSP match program
🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
📝 Employee Share Purchase Plan
👶🏽 Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one
🏝 Generous vacation policy and personal days
🖥 Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
🎓 Professional development and comprehensive Career Development program
💛 A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience
The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from EQ Bank’s additional office space located at 2200-25 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
EQ is committed to building an inclusive, accessible environment where every employee feels valued, respected, and supported. We believe our organization is stronger - and our people thrive - when we honour and celebrate diverse experiences, identities, and perspectives. We’re equally committed to supporting your growth, both professionally and personally.
We provide a barrier‑free recruitment process and work environment. If you require accommodations at any stage, we will work with you to ensure you can bring your best self to the process and beyond.
As part of our recruitment process, EQ uses AI to help screen, assess, and/or select applicants for this position. All AI-enabled outputs are reviewed and validated by our talent team. All candidates considered for hire must successfully complete a criminal background check and credit check. While we appreciate every application, an EQ recruiter will contact only those whose skills and experience most closely match the requirements of the role.
EQB Inc. (TSX: EQB) is the parent company of Equitable Bank, the country's seventh-largest Schedule I bank by assets, which operates EQ Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™. EQB Inc. serves nearly 4 million Canadians and manages approximately $150 billion in combined assets under management and administration.
To learn more, visit eqb.investorroom.com and eqbank.ca.
