Business Program Manager

Mnp Llp; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus programs

Group pension plan

Flexible benefits

Mental health resources

Job summary

MNP is seeking a Business Program Manager to lead a portfolio of strategic initiatives within its Business Advisory Services. You will coordinate across Digital, Consulting and ERS, shaping priorities, driving governance, and delivering measurable outcomes in a national, in-office role.

You will partner with senior leaders, translate strategy into execution, and oversee performance metrics, financial tracking, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in program management, business operations, or strategic initiatives within a professional services or consulting environment.
• Strong understanding of business operations, financial management, and performance measurement.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and drive outcomes through influence.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and facilitation skills, including experience working with senior leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into execution with measurable results.
• Experience defining and tracking KPIs, dashboards, and financial metrics.
• Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on practical, business-driven solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and governance of a portfolio of business initiatives aligned to the Business Advisory Services strategic plan.
• Act as both Program Manager and Project Manager, ensuring initiatives are well-structured, resourced, and progressing on track.
• Establish clear roadmaps, milestones, and success measures for annual priorities.
• Provide transparency and visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes to leadership.
• Partner with Digital, Consulting, and ERS leadership to define key business priorities, challenges, and growth opportunities.
• Facilitate joint planning sessions to drive alignment across service lines and regions.
• Ensure initiatives are integrated, eliminating silos and duplication while maximizing firm-wide value.
• Drive accountability by tracking progress against strategic objectives and escalating where needed.
• Define, implement, and monitor key performance and success metrics across the portfolio.
• Provide ongoing financial tracking and reporting.
• Translate data into actionable insights to support decision-making and course correction.
• Act as a connector across the business, strengthening collaboration between Digital, Consulting, and ERS.
• Identify and address operational gaps, friction points, and inefficiencies.
• Design and implement improvements to business processes, governance, and ways of working.
• Champion a “one team” mindset, driving consistency and shared accountability.
• Proactively identify areas of challenge and opportunity across the business.
• Provide oversight to ensure solutions are implemented effectively and deliver intended outcomes.
• Drive business maturity across planning, execution, and performance management practices.
• Operate at the intersection of strategy and execution across three high-impact service lines.
• Direct exposure to and partnership with leadership.
• Lead initiatives that shape the future of Business Advisory Services at MNP.
• Work alongside complementary roles focused on technology and innovation, allowing you to stay focused on business outcomes, people, and process.
• Be a catalyst for integration and growth, helping us truly operate as one unified team.

Skills

Program management

Business operations

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategy execution

KPIs tracking

Problem solving

Job description

What do you think of when you hear the name MNP? If it’s just tax and accounting, it’s time to think bigger. At MNP, we’re helping organizations compete and win in the digital age, bringing together strategy, technology, and execution to unlock real, measurable impact. From intelligent collaboration to scalable IT and digital transformation, we’re shaping the future of how businesses work.

Make an impact as a Business Program Manager with our Business Advisory Services team. In this business-focused leadership role, you will help shape and accelerate our Digital, Consulting, and Enterprise Risk Services practices by driving strategic priorities, fostering collaboration across service lines, and enabling the business to operate as one integrated team.

Working closely with senior leaders, you will lead a portfolio of strategic and operational initiatives, translating priorities into measurable outcomes. Acting as both a program and project leader, you will identify opportunities, solve complex business challenges, and advance initiatives across people, process, performance, and growth. This is more than a traditional program management role—it is an opportunity to influence strategy, strengthen organizational maturity, and support the continued success of the practice.

At Digital, we are a team of highly skilled and creative thinkers that continuously support and learn from each other. We pride ourselves on translating our clients’ challenges into real results by leveraging technology – and that all starts with having the right people to deliver. We have created an environment where you will continuously grow, always have a voice and collaborate on work that is meaningful and fulfilling. If you are ready to take your career into your own hands, you have come to the right place.

This opportunity will support the Digital practice nationally and can be based from any of our major MNP locations across Canada. This is an in office position.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the planning, execution, and governance of a portfolio of business initiatives aligned to the Business Advisory Services strategic plan
• Act as both Program Manager and Project Manager, ensuring initiatives are well-structured, resourced, and progressing on track
• Establish clear roadmaps, milestones, and success measures for annual priorities
• Provide transparency and visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes to leadership

Strategic Execution & Alignment

• Partner with Digital, Consulting, and ERS leadership to define key business priorities, challenges, and growth opportunities
• Facilitate joint planning sessions to drive alignment across service lines and regions
• Ensure initiatives are integrated, eliminating silos and duplication while maximizing firm-wide value
• Drive accountability by tracking progress against strategic objectives and escalating where needed

Performance Management & Financial Oversight

• Define, implement, and monitor key performance and success metrics across the portfolio
• Provide ongoing financial tracking and reporting
• Translate data into actionable insights to support decision-making and course correction

Integration & Collaboration Enablement

• Act as a connector across the business, strengthening collaboration between Digital, Consulting, and ERS
• Identify and address operational gaps, friction points, and inefficiencies
• Design and implement improvements to business processes, governance, and ways of working
• Champion a “one team” mindset, driving consistency and shared accountability

Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement

• Proactively identify areas of challenge and opportunity across the business
• Provide oversight to ensure solutions are implemented effectively and deliver intended outcomes
• Drive business maturity across planning, execution, and performance management practices

What You Bring

• 8+ years of experience in program management, business operations, or strategic initiatives within a professional services or consulting environment
• Strong understanding of business operations, financial management, and performance measurement
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and drive outcomes through influence
• Exceptional stakeholder management and facilitation skills, including experience working with senior leaders
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into execution with measurable results
• Experience defining and tracking KPIs, dashboards, and financial metrics
• Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on practical, business-driven solutions

Core Competencies

• Strategic Thinking & Execution
• Business Acumen & Financial Literacy
• Change Management
• Communication & Facilitation
• Process Improvement & Operational Excellence

What Sets This Role Apart

Operate at the intersection of strategy and execution across three high-impact service lines

• Direct exposure to and partnership with leadership
• Lead initiatives that shape the future of Business Advisory Services at MNP
• Work alongside complementary roles focused on technology and innovation, allowing you to stay focused on business outcomes, people, and process
• Be a catalyst for integration and growth, helping us truly operate as one unified team

MY REWARDS @ MNP

With a focus on high-potential earnings, MNP is proud to offer customized rewards that support our unique culture and a balanced lifestyle to thrive at work and outside of the office. You will be rewarded with generous base pay, vacation time, 4 paid personal days, a group pension plan with 4% matching, voluntary savings products, bonus programs, flexible benefits, mental health resources, exclusive access to perks and discounts, professional development assistance, MNP University, a flexible ‘Dress For Your Day’ environment, firm sponsored social events and more

Diversity@MNP

We embrace diversity as a core value and celebrate our differences. We believe each team member contributes unique gifts and amplifying their potential makes our business stronger. We encourage people with disabilities to apply!