Director, Manager Research & Oversight

Aviso Wealth Inc.; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation & leave

Medical, Dental, Vision

Employee stock ownership

RRSP/401k matching

Remote work

Job summary

Cayenta is seeking an Application Consultant to bridge Operations, R&D and clients, delivering IT transformation for utility clients. You’ll guide deployments, train users, and ensure successful utilization of our CayOps solution. Travel up to 25% across North America is required.

Remote work across Canada and the US supported. Ideal candidates have utility CIS knowledge, strong communication, and ability to align business processes with software configuration.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of utility CIS processes and functionality.
• Strong influencing, coaching, and communication skills across all levels.
• Experience working with both business and IT groups.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% across North America.

Responsibilities

• Bridge Operations, R&D and clients to deliver IT transformation.
• Lead customers through processes, ensure solutions are implemented and issues resolved.
• Perform business analysis and requirements elicitation to align needs with product configurations.
• Own UAT and change management with client training and acceptance.

Skills

Utility CIS processes

Influencing & communication

Business & IT collaboration

Education

Degree in Computer Science / BITM / MIS

Tools

SQL

Job description

Cayenta, a division of Harris; is seeking an Application Consultant Our Client Services team has an exciting opportunity for driven individuals with Utility experience. We are looking for an Application Consultant who is passionate about providing segregated IT transformation for our clients. It is important for this individual to evolve into a conduit between Operations, R&D, and our clients, working cross‑functionally to become a product expert and a client process advisor. The Application Consultant role is project driven and will support a wide array of services for our Install Base customers. The focus of this position will be on our CayOps program, focusing on working directly with existing clients to improve their day‑to‑day operations. This remote role welcomes candidates anywhere in Canada and the US. Travel is required as needed, approximately 25%. Candidates must hold a current, valid passport and be legally eligible to travel internationally. This includes either passport based visa exemption or possession of any required travel visas for entry into Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean. Salary: 75K - 90K AI & Innovation Mindset We are committed to leveraging emerging technologies to improve how we work, serve our customers, and drive business outcomes. The successful candidate will demonstrate curiosity and a willingness to actively adopt and leverage AI tools to improve workflows, solve problems, and increase efficiency. Candidates should be comfortable using AI enabled technologies, including copilots, chat based AI assistants, and automation tools, as part of their everyday work while maintaining appropriate judgment, security, and compliance standards.

What your impact will be:

• Work with colleagues and managers to proactively manage a superior technology solution for our clients.
• Provide support to existing and new clients by leading customers through our processes, communicating with those involved to ensure that solution is completed and any issues are resolved so the client can be successfully utilizing the product. Train users in the system set up, administration and maintenance.
• Provide Business analysis, through gap analysis, root cause analysis, facilitation of business process reviews & documentation, requirements elicitation, allowing the project team to gain a comprehensive understanding of the client's needs in order to overcome barriers and achieve the organizational goals of the client. Understand clients' business processes and configure applications based on business needs and accepted best practices.
• Own the user acceptance testing and change management process by ensuring stakeholder satisfaction with the outcome of the project through client testing and training.
• Create user documentation when required and the complete handover documentation to assist support staff in providing quality customer care.
• Build our clients' capabilities; encouraging them to achieve success beyond their expectations by identifying opportunities for recommending additional products and services that fit the needs of our clients.
• Support Project Managers in managing engagement contracts, identifying & escalating bottlenecks, and project progress updates.
• Efficient delivery of services that ensure key project milestones are met on a timely manner, in addition to exceptional utilization of assigned resources.
• Be a leader in providing subject matter expertise to R&D and other operational groups, by understanding market trends of client needs and business practices to ensure the success of our product, incorporating industry best practices in order to maintain strengthen our position within the market.

What we are looking for:

• Knowledge of utility customer (meter to cash) life cycle.
• Knowledge of a utility Customer Information System (CIS) processes and functionality.
• Strong influencing, coaching, and communication (both written and verbal) skills across all levels of an organization.
• Experience working with both business and IT groups.
• Must be able to travel up 25% of the time within North America.

What would make you stand out:

• Preferred experience in providing software implementation to the utility sector.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit, with a willingness to 'roll up sleeves' and work at all levels of the client organization.
• Degree in Computer Science, Business Technology Management, or Management Information Systems is nice to have.
• Knowledge of SQL and experience in system configuration is helpful.
• A passion for seeing others succeed.

What we can offer:

• 3 weeks’ vacation and 5 personal days
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits starting from your first day of employment
• Employee stock ownership and RRSP/401k matching programs
• Lifestyle rewards
• Remote work and more!

About Cayenta:

Cayenta is a leading provider of enterprise resource management solutions in the local government, utility and financial industries. Cayenta’s products, services and customer relationships provide the foundation for continued innovation and growth.

About Harris:

Harris is a leading provider of mission critical software to the public sector in North America. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. (“CSI”, symbol CSU on the TSX), Harris has become the cornerstone for CSI’s investment in utility, local government, school districts, public safety, and healthcare software verticals. Our success has been realized through investments in our proprietary software and market expertise. This focus, combined with acquiring businesses that build upon or complement our offerings, has helped drive our success. Harris will continue to growth through reinvestment – both in the people and products that we offer and making investments in acquiring new businesses. Harris will continue to growth through reinvestment – both in the people and products that we offer and making investments in acquiring new businesses.

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