Program & Change Manager
Top Benefits
About the role
Your Opportunity:
As a Program & Change Manager within Change Management & Capacity Planning, you own the project management and change management of retail initiatives — from scoping and delivery planning through build and rollout — ensuring they are tightly managed and introduced to stores in a way that will land. Our team is unique in that we are very collaborative in how we work: we have dedicated team members supporting each cross-functional partner to achieve shared initiatives throughout the year.
This role is highly critical to keeping the portfolio of initiatives with our partners tracked and delivered. You will also bring a strategic lens to how initiatives are prioritized and sequenced across North America, helping create a complete, coordinated picture of work that protects store capacity and the guest experience. Success in this role requires strong judgment, the ability to create clarity in ambiguous situations, and comfort escalating or re-sequencing work when needed.
Meet Your Future Team:
The Operational Solutions team defines how Arc’teryx plans, invests in, and delivers the systems, programs, and operating models that enable retail performance at scale. As a team, we focus on creating clarity where complexity exists, ensuring change is intentional, coordinated, and grounded in real store needs.
Within this structure, the Change Management & Capacity Planning function serves as the connective layer for all store-impacting work — ensuring initiatives are scoped appropriately, sequenced intentionally, and delivered with quality to protect both team and guest experience.
If you were in the Program & Change Manager role now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
Owning a portfolio of initiatives for multiple cross-functional partners, keeping priorities, sequencing, and delivery status tracked and visible throughout the year
Managing end-to-end project management of large-scale retail programs, including defining scope, building plans, coordinating partners, making decisions, and ensuring launches land smoothly
Leading roadmapping, prioritization, and scoping and discovery, bringing consistency to how initiatives move from intake through rollout and sustainment
Setting up and maintaining project structure, including meetings, tracking risks and dependencies, keeping documentation organized, and factoring in store capacity
Leading change rollout for your retail initiatives, making sure stores adopt changes successfully
Identifying risks early and working with partners on practical solutions, keeping senior leaders informed when decisions or timing shifts are needed
Helping build and improve program management and change management frameworks artifacts, partnering with retail-facing teams so they’re used consistently, and acting as a consultant to other teams as they adopt our ways of working
Supporting to create a clear, combined view of all retail initiatives across North America, to support leadership visibility, sequencing, and prioritization
Are You Our Next Program & Change Manager?
You have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in business, operations, program management, or change management
You have 5+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives
You have demonstrated success delivering large, non-technology retail or operational programs end-to-end
You bring strong organizational and project management skills and create clarity where ambiguity exists
You are a clear, credible communicator who can translate complex work into simple, actionable content for diverse audiences — including pod partners, store leaders, and senior stakeholders
You are comfortable escalating risks and re-sequencing work to protect store and guest experience
You influence without authority and guide cross-functional teams through complex, ambiguous problems
You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right.
CompensationThe salary range for this role is: CAD$94,000-CAD$124,000
Total Rewards
Most new team members join between the start and midpoint of the range, where you can contribute right away while continuing to grow your craft, your collaborations, and your impact at Arc’teryx. This range reflects market alignment and the scope of the role. Individual pay is determined by your skills, experience, and level of responsibility.
We’re committed to fair, equitable, and competitive pay, reviewed regularly to ensure internal alignment and market relevance. Transparency is part of how we follow through on our commitments and how we honour the value you bring to our team.
In addition to base pay, Arc’teryx supports people through benefits designed to sustain both work and life:
Health & wellbeing - Extended health, dental, and vision coverage, including mental health support, fertility benefits, gender-affirming care and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Financial wellbeing - RRSP matching and eligibility for Arc'teryx Annual Incentive Plan and access to Employee Stock Purchase program (ESPP) where applicable.
Time & Flexibility - Paid time off, wellness time, and No Wasted Day program (dedicated paid days to get outside & explore).
Family support - Parental leave top-up and a nesting period for new parents.
Growth, community & gear - Professional development opportunities, Arc'teryx Academies (outdoor skill-building events), Employee Belonging Councils, and access to employee discounts and Pro Deals (exclusive discounted pricing on gear).
*Eligibility for certain programs may vary by role.
Equal Opportunity
Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance.
Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.
All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.
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