Senior Associate, Technology Strategy, Consulting (Bilingual FR/EN)

PwC Canada; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Canada seeks a Senior Associate, Technology Strategy, Consulting, to drive strategic guidance for clients. You will shape AI, automation, and digital transformation initiatives, leading teams and engaging with executives to deliver measurable business value.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, strong communication, and ability to align business and technology objectives across large-scale programs in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of relevant experience in consulting or industry roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field; MBA asset.
• Experience conducting maturity or needs assessments, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Experience defining Target Operating Models, IT governance, and supporting processes.
• Experience in digital transformation, IT function transformation, or business-technology integration.
• Understanding of AI, analytics, and emerging technologies in business value creation.
• Fluency in English; French collaboration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop transformative strategies to help clients navigate digital disruption and reimagine their organizations.
• Lead technology transformation programs with agile design, development, and implementation.
• Collaborate with business and technology decision-makers and mentor teams.
• Define operating models, governance, and roadmaps for AI, automation, and digital initiatives.
• Support business development activities and contribute to thought leadership.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Business/Engineering

MBA or advanced degree (asset)

Tools

Agile certifications

S/4HANA / ERP programs

Job description

At PwC, our people in strategy consulting focus on providing strategic guidance and insights to organisations. They analyse market trends, assess business performance, and develop recommendations to help clients achieve their goals. These individuals work closely with clients to identify opportunities for growth, optimise operations, and enhance overall business performance.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Associate, Technology Strategy, Consulting, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:

• Develop transformative strategies to help clients navigate digital disruption and reimagine their organizations for the future.
• Support the delivery of business-led technology transformation programs that place users at the center, leveraging agile design, development, and implementation methodologies.
• Lead and contribute to discussions with business and technology decision-makers.
• Help others think critically and communicate complex technical solutions to non-technical audiences, both verbally and in writing.
• Collaborate and contribute as both a team member and team leader, including providing coaching, feedback, and guidance to support professional development.
• Prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities, including researching and analyzing client, industry, and technology-related issues, while applying strong problem-solving skills.
• Contribute to the development of technology strategies and roadmaps that enable clients to leverage artificial intelligence, automation, and emerging technologies to create business value.
• Assess and prioritize AI, advanced analytics, and automation use cases based on business value, feasibility, risk, and organizational readiness.
• Support the definition of operating models and governance frameworks that enable the responsible and sustainable adoption of AI technologies.
• Participate in digital and technology maturity assessments and develop strategic recommendations to accelerate transformation initiatives.
• Help clients align business strategies, operating processes, organizational models, and technology capabilities.
• Contribute to the design of Target Operating Models supporting digital transformations, ERP initiatives, S/4HANA programs, and other large-scale enterprise transformations.
• Assess organizational, operational, and technological impacts of transformation initiatives and support change management activities.
• Develop business cases, cost-benefit analyses, and value realization models to support technology investment decisions.
• Define and measure expected benefits from technology initiatives, including key performance indicators, efficiency gains, and business outcomes.
• Support business development activities, including proposal development, responses to requests for proposal (RFPs), and client account growth initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of thought leadership, service offerings, methodologies, and intellectual property related to technology trends, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation.

What You'll Bring

• 5 to 7 years of relevant experience, either in consulting and professional services or in an industry role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related discipline; an MBA or other advanced degree is considered an asset.
• Experience conducting maturity or needs assessments, identifying and prioritizing opportunities, and developing roadmaps and implementation plans aligned with business priorities.
• Experience defining and implementing Target Operating Models, including IT operating models, governance frameworks, and supporting processes.
• Experience in digital transformation, IT function transformation, business process improvement, or business-technology integration.
• Understanding of the end-to-end technology value chain, including applications, infrastructure, cloud environments, and SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS delivery models.
• Knowledge of enterprise technology architecture, design, and solution development, including information management, data, infrastructure, and applications.
• Understanding of methodologies, processes, and tools used for technology solution development and delivery, including Agile approaches.
• Experience with, or a strong interest in, generative AI, intelligent automation, emerging technologies, and their application to business value creation.
• Understanding of the AI lifecycle, including opportunity identification, feasibility assessment, data readiness, adoption, benefit realization, and responsible AI principles such as security, privacy, transparency, and risk management.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: IT strategy, IT governance, portfolio management, ERP, cloud computing, data and analytics, cybersecurity, or artificial intelligence.
• Ability to structure complex or ambiguous problems, perform rigorous analyses, develop executive-level recommendations, and build consensus among diverse stakeholder groups.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with business executives and technology leaders, along with a strong commitment to continuous learning and staying current with technology trends.
• Scrum Master (and other Agile certifications), PMP, ITIL, TOGAF, or other relevant technology certifications would be considered an asset.
• The successful candidate requires fluency in English, in addition to French as they will be required to support or collaborate with English-speaking clients, colleagues and/or stakeholders during the course of their employment with PwC Canada

This newly created role reflects our commitment to growth and delivering distinctive value for our clients and stakeholders.

The salary range for this position is $84,700 - $134,700. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

We’re committed to providing accommodation throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.

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