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Communications Manager Jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Dexian
Title: Communications Manager
Company: Dexian
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Job Description: Manager, Digital Strategy & Transformation (Contract)
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Location : Toronto, ON
Extension possible: yes
Conversion Possible: yes
Position Responsibilities:
- Strategy & transformation support: Collaborate with the Director, Digital Strategy & Transformation to support digital strategy development and refreshes; structure ambiguous problems, synthesize insights, and develop clear options, recommendations, and action plans.
- Executive-ready storytelling: Co-develop and refine presentations, one-pagers, and updates for leadership audiences; ensure crisp narrative, key messages, and decision points.
- Meeting preparation & follow-through: Partner with the Director to prepare agendas, pre-reads, meeting decks and associated logistics; capture decisions and actions; track progress and escalate risks/issues as needed.
- Operating model / ways of working: Support the Director in developing materials and facilitating conversations to evolve the operating model, governance, and ways of working; document processes and drive alignment.
- Reporting & finance support: In coordination with the Director, support recurring reporting and finance inputs (status, metrics, budget/forecast support as applicable); consolidate updates across workstreams into leadership-ready views.
- Engagement & talent programs: Help drive employee engagement action plan implementation; coordinate summer student/intern onboarding and program logistics (as applicable).
- Change management (as needed): Assist with communications and adoption activities for changes impacting the digital organization.
- Product “hands-on” support (as needed): Provide support to product-related work (e.g., data analysis, research synthesis, roadmap inputs, prioritization support).
- Team enablement & “run the business” (as needed): Support smooth day-to-day team operations by maintaining core team assets as needed (org charts, onboarding checklists, team sites/distribution lists); coordinating onboarding and tool/access setup; and ensuring the team has the right information and templates to execute
Required Qualifications
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in strategy, transformation, management consulting, chief-of-staff, product operations, or digital program roles (or equivalent).
- Education: Bachelor’s degree required.
- Skills: Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities; able to simplify complexity into clear, actionable recommendations. Expert PowerPoint skills are essential.
- Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated ability to build executive-ready decks and narratives.
- Collaboration & Influence: Proven ability to influence and collaborate across all levels and functions to drive alignment and outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting digital strategy and/or digital transformation in a product-led organization.
- Familiarity with agile ways of working and tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, Confluence).
- Comfort contributing to digital product work across discovery-to-delivery (roadmaps, backlogs, journeys, adoption metrics).
- Experience in financial services (tailor to your business line as needed).
Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority-owned staffing company in the Canada, Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian's platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.
Dexian's brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/ to learn more.
Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Dexian will on request provide accommodation for disabilities to support your participation in all aspects of Recruitment, Assessment and selection process.
