About the role
Join a dynamic and engaging team that thrives on collaboration, innovation, and growth. The Senior Associate role within our Technology Services Group is an exciting, transformative opportunity to lead meaningful projects across diverse industries, shaping the future of technology and digital transformation. If you’re passionate about solving complex problems, mentoring teams, and delivering practical technology-enabled solutions, this role is for you.
About Us
Optimus SBR is a leading management consulting firm and award-winning workplace where we help organizations get done what isn’t.
Our team of committed consultants takes swift action to deliver innovative, impactful results. As the largest independently owned Canadian management consulting firm, we are a place where people and culture come first. Our success is driven by attracting individuals who are insatiably Curious, Entrepreneurial Thinkers, Authentic, and Bold.
Our Awards and Recognitions:
- Best Workplaces™ in Canada National List 2026
- Best Workplaces™ with the Most Trusted Executive Team 2026
- Best Workplaces™ for Young Talent 2026
- Best Workplaces™ for Women 2026
- Best Workplaces™ in Professional Services 2025
- Globe and Mail – Canada's Top Growing Companies 2025
- Waterstone Human Capital - Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ 2025
Culture is Everything. Period.
That’s why we’ve been consistently rated one of the best places to work in North America – and are one of the fastest growing. As a firm that was built on culture, we value our people and their growth. Each of us embody the entrepreneurial spirit and have something unique to contribute to the fabric of our organization. From employee-championed committees to celebratory events and learning paths, these are just a few of the ways we cultivate a positive and engaging work environment.
What’s in It for You?
- Growth Opportunities: Build your career through sophisticated clients, impactful projects, and continuous learning.
- Diverse Workplace: Collaborate with a team of professionals from unique backgrounds, fostering innovation and excellence.
- Flexibility and Autonomy: Enjoy the freedom to take ownership of your work, bring creative ideas to market, and drive meaningful results.
- Leadership Development: Develop your skills through two-way mentorship and career progression opportunities
• Manage defined project workstreams, including work planning, task coordination, progress monitoring, risk management, and the timely delivery of high-quality outcomes.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess business needs, technology capabilities, operating models, industry trends, and potential solution options.
• Facilitate stakeholder interviews, workshops, and working sessions to gather requirements, validate findings, and build alignment around proposed solutions.
• Lead the documentation and validation of business, functional, technical, data, and user requirements.
• Assess current-state systems, applications, processes, data flows, integrations, controls, and technology operating models to identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Design future-state processes, technology solutions, target operating models, implementation roadmaps, governance structures, and performance measures.
• Support technology selection activities, including market scans, vendor assessments, requests for proposal, requirements evaluation, and solution comparisons.
• Develop clear, concise, and executive-ready presentations, reports, process maps, requirements documents, business cases, and implementation plans.
• Lead or support system implementation and transformation activities, including planning, configuration, testing, data migration, deployment, change readiness, and post-implementation support.
• Manage project governance activities, including status reporting, risk and issue management, decision tracking, resource coordination, and stakeholder communications.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, practical recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and communicate confidently with project teams, managers, senior leaders, vendors, and technical specialists.
• Identify emerging project risks and issues, recommend mitigation strategies, and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Support data analysis, reporting, and visualization activities to inform decision-making and measure project outcomes.
• Support business development activities, including opportunity identification, proposal development, solution design, project scoping, and the preparation of client-facing materials.
• Contribute to the development of intellectual capital, methodologies, tools, accelerators, and reusable assets for the Technology Services Group.
• Provide day-to-day direction, coaching and mentoring project teams. You will also be responsible for career management, professional development, and supporting employees through Optimus SBR’s Career Development Program (CDP).
• Contribute to the life and culture of Optimus SBR.
• Demonstrated experience leading project workstreams or coordinating teams in a consulting, technology, or complex corporate environment.
• Strong understanding of technology-enabled business transformation and the relationship between business needs, processes, data, people, and technology.
• Experience gathering, documenting, and validating business, functional, technical, data, or user requirements.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Experience assessing systems, processes, data flows, integrations, controls, technology capabilities, or operating models.
• Experience supporting or leading technology selection, systems implementation, digital transformation, data, cloud, cybersecurity, or enterprise technology initiatives.
• Ability to develop persuasive, professional, and executive-ready presentations, reports, business cases, requirements documents, and other client deliverables.
• Strong facilitation, written communication, and verbal presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate effectively with business, technical, vendor, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong project management, organizational, and time-management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Experience coaching, supporting, or providing direction to junior team members.
• Demonstrated initiative, sound judgement, intellectual curiosity, adaptability, and ownership.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Visio, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, cloud platforms, enterprise systems, or project management applications is considered an asset.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, systems development lifecycle, design thinking, enterprise architecture, change management, or product delivery methodologies is considered an asset.
• Ability to demonstrate the bold, entrepreneurial, hard-working, and client-focused behaviours that support Optimus SBR’s culture.
Interview recording & AI notetakers
During the interview process, we may use transcription or AI notetaking tools. To protect privacy, legal compliance, and interviewer/candidate experience, the use of these tools is not permitted without your prior consent. We will ask for your consent and if you wish to decline, handwritten notes are welcome.
Compensation: Salary range is $100,000-$130,000 CAD
Salary ranges are designed to be competitive. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, and experience and is subject to negotiation and subject to the candidate meeting the specific requirements or the role. Exceptional candidates may be considered above the top of the range, and pay can increase quickly for those who make a big impact in the role.
A Taste of Some of the Great Benefits at Optimus
Financial
- Annual Bonus
- Retirement savings through our Group RRSP program
- Company equity for Managers and above
- Maternity and Parental Leave with top up compensation
Flexibility
- Work in a Hybrid model (when client projects permit)
- 12 Optimus Days paid
Health
- Top-tier health benefits
- Life & disability insurance
- Health Spending Dollars
So, what’s next?
At Optimus SBR, we’re all about creating a space where everyone belongs and can thrive. We’re committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming people from all backgrounds. We’re proud to back missions like the BlackNorth Initiative to drive real change. Let’s build something meaningful together, where your voice matters and fearless ideas can shine.
Accommodation
We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to everyone. If you require any accommodations to remove barriers and fully participate in the interview process—such as accessible meeting rooms or captioning for virtual interviews—please let us know. Your needs will be met with respect and confidentiality. We look forward to connecting with you!
Vacancy Status: Existing vacancy within our organization.
Submit your application with your resume today! While we appreciate all applications, only selected candidates will be contacted for interviews.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of progressive experience in technology consulting, digital transformation, business analysis, systems implementation, technology strategy, project delivery, data, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience leading project workstreams or coordinating teams in a consulting, technology, or complex corporate environment.
- Strong understanding of technology-enabled business transformation and the relationship between business needs, processes, data, people, and technology.
- Experience gathering, documenting, and validating business, functional, technical, data, or user requirements.
- Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information and translate findings into practical recommendations.
- Experience assessing systems, processes, data flows, integrations, controls, technology capabilities, or operating models.
- Experience supporting or leading technology selection, systems implementation, digital transformation, data, cloud, cybersecurity, or enterprise technology initiatives.
- Ability to develop persuasive, professional, and executive-ready presentations, reports, business cases, requirements documents, and other client deliverables.
- Strong facilitation, written communication, and verbal presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate effectively with business, technical, vendor, and executive stakeholders.
- Strong project management, organizational, and time-management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Experience coaching, supporting, or providing direction to junior team members.
- Demonstrated initiative, sound judgement, intellectual curiosity, adaptability, and ownership.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
- Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Visio, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, cloud platforms, enterprise systems, or project management applications.
- Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, systems development lifecycle, design thinking, enterprise architecture, change management, or product delivery methodologies.
- Related University Degree (e.g., Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent).
- Post-Graduate degree, MBA, or other relevant designations.
What We Do
Optimus SBR works with leading firms to get done what isn’t. We’re an independent consultancy with a long track-record of delivering game-changing results for clients in the Financial Services, Government & Broader Public Sector, Health Care, Social Sector, Transportation, Energy, Travel and other industries. We built our firm to be everything typical consultancies are not. While our team may come from diverse backgrounds and fields of specialty, we all share a passion for growing businesses — primarily yours, and by extension, ours. Our functional practice areas include strategy, process management, program & project management, data & analytics, technology consulting, human capital, change management, and learning & development. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.optimussbr.com/
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