BUSINESS ADVISOR, STRATEGY, ADVISORY SERVICES - Vancouver

Business Development Bank of Canada; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness account

Defined benefit pension plan

Paid vacation & personal days

Job summary

Business Development Bank of Canada is seeking a Business Advisor, Strategy and Operations to drive enterprise-level performance across manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and service operations. You will deliver standard and customized consulting mandates, manage end-to-end projects, and support solution development within BDC Advisory Services.

You will lead multiple engagements, translate strategy into action, and work with senior client managers to articulate value and achieve outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of consulting, advisory, operational leadership, or transformation experience.
• Proven experience delivering operational improvement, strategic planning and business transformation initiatives.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable, measurable plans and manage stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, high impact advisory mandates for SME and mid-market clients.
• Collaborate with executives and client managers to drive growth and operational performance.

Skills

Strategic planning

Operational leadership

Project management

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Business analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree (Engineering/Operations/Business)

Job description

We are banking at another level. Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs. Choosing BDC as your employer also means: Flexible and competitive benefits, including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days, sick days as necessary, and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1 A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life Opportunities for learning, training and development, and much more... Explore the BDC Way in our Culture Book

POSITION OVERVIEW As a Business Advisor, Strategy and Operations within BDC Advisory Services, you act as a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs and leadership teams seeking to improve operational performance, accelerate growth, strengthen organizational capabilities, and ownership transition. This position resides within Advisory Services and serves Canadian small and medium-sized businesses through advisory mandates. The successful candidate combines deep operational expertise with strong knowledge of the technologies that enable modern manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and service operations. They understand how strategy, business processes, operational technologies, automation, and artificial intelligence work together to improve productivity, scalability, decision-making, and business performance. The Business Advisor delivers both standard and customized consulting mandates, manages end-to-end project delivery, acts as a subject matter expert, supports solution development, and contributes to business development activities.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Lead complex, high impact advisory mandates for entrepreneurs and senior leadership teams, focused on enterprise level strategic planning, operational efficiencies (Business process optimization, Operational performance improvement, Manufacturing), organizational effectiveness (e.g. Operations Process Automation and artificial intelligence), and leadership decision making within SME and mid market environments.
• Maintain full accountability for mandate outcomes across multiple concurrent engagements, ensuring delivery excellence related to scope, budget, timelines, risk management, and quality of deliverables.
• Act as a trusted senior advisor during periods of ambiguity, transformation, and change, applying market insight, competitive analysis, and practical experience to guide high-stakes decisions.
• Contribute to the evolution of the Centre of Expertise by developing, refining, and scaling advisory solutions, tools, and methodologies aligned with emerging client needs and market trends.
• Support business development and revenue growth by partnering with senior client managers on complex sales cycles, including executive level diagnostics, value articulation, and proposal development.
• Enable strong internal collaboration by connecting advisors, delivery teams, and relationship managers, ensuring continuity of client strategy and effective knowledge transfer across engagements.
• Represent BDC Advisory Services externally through thought leadership, content development, speaking engagements, and participation in targeted events that promote Business and Organizational Capabilities solutions.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR (Must-have)

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, Strategy, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field
• Professional certifications (Lean, Six Sigma, PMP, or equivalent)
• 5-10 years of consulting, advisory, operational leadership, or transformation experience
• Demonstrated success delivering operational improvement, strategic planning and business transformation initiatives
• Proven experience leading consulting or advisory mandates from diagnosis through implementation, in strategy consulting and business transition, and operations management
• Ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels, translating strategy into actionable, measurable plans.
• Experience working directly with executive teams, business owners, and senior operational leaders
• Experience managing project scope, budgets, timelines, risks, and stakeholder expectations
• Strong business analysis and problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to engage credibly with executives, operational leaders, and technical stakeholders
• Excellent facilitation, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to translate complex operational and technical concepts into practical business language
• Professional proficiency in English, spoken and written.
• Willingness to travel within a designated region and occasionally across Canada

Proudly one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees can thrive and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work.

If you require an accommodation to complete your application, please do not hesitate to contact us at [e-mail]. While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.

BDC is a bank unlike any other. We are the only bank dedicated exclusively to the development of Canadian businesses. The only institution whose purpose is to promote the growth of the Canadian economy by focusing on the success of small and medium-sized businesses, with a human touch and a genuine presence. At BDC, we’re changing people’s and businesses’ lives for the better. That’s what makes us unique as a bank. That’s why we are banking at another level.