Senior Business Analyst

Alberta Health Services; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 79,000 - 135,000; Part time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services in Calgary or Edmonton is seeking a Senior IT Analyst to lead technology-enabled business transformation across people, processes and systems. You will apply senior BA techniques to engage stakeholders, map current processes, personas and access, and synthesize requirements across hardware, software and identity and access management.

Based in a hybrid role within Alberta, you will drive strategy, risk mitigation and benefits realization while coordinating with executives

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in business, IT or health discipline.
• 5–7 years in business analysis with strategic and tactical execution.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and negotiation skills; executive presentations.
• Strong data analysis and stakeholder elicitation experience.
• Ability to work autonomously with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis activities for large, complex initiatives.
• Own the BA stream: strategic analysis, elicitation, requirements and validation.
• Assess benefits realization and manage risks with mitigation strategies.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement, including executives, and support change management.
• Collaborate with Project Manager and IT stakeholders across departments.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Communication

Business analysis

Education

Post-secondary degree

Tools

MS365 Word

PowerPoint

Visio

SharePoint

Teams

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Your Opportunity:

You are a highly motivated Senior Business Analyst who takes pride in driving technology-enabled business transformation through the right combination of people, processes, and technology. You will apply your senior-level BA experience and techniques to expertly engage stakeholders and map existing processes, personas and access. You will apply strategic thinking and strong data analysis skills and experience in data governance and taxonomy to synthesize requirements across hardware, software and identity and access management. You can manage other technology-enabled initiatives as needed, with strong analytical, process design, planning, communication and facilitation skills. You demonstrate independence and initiative in your work and have experience in working across all levels within an organization including senior executives, managers, front line, corporate and technical staff. This is a temporary position, based out of Calgary or Edmonton.

Description:

Leading business analysis activities for large, complex initiatives with a high degree of change and business transformation impact, providing input on technology and business strategy. Owning the business analysis stream, including: Strategic analysis, BA engagement planning, current state elicitation, requirements analysis, documentation and socialization. Assessment of benefits realization. Leading and/or facilitating stakeholder engagement to understand and solve a range of complex problems, recommending best practices and identifying potential gaps. Engaging and managing stakeholder expectations including senior and executive management level. Providing expert support to Project Manager and participating in and/or supporting organizational change management, communication and training activities as required. Managing risks and implementing mitigation strategies.

• Transition Company: Health Shared Services
• Classification: Senior IT Analyst
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: IT Technology Projects
• Primary Location: Quarry Crossing
• Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
• Negotiable Location: Provincial
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 01-OCT-2026
• Date Available: 19-OCT-2026
• Temporary End Date: 08-OCT-2027
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $38.73
• Maximum Salary: $66.42
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Post-secondary completion in business, information technology or a health-related discipline. Proven equivalent knowledge will be considered. A minimum of five - seven years of work experience in business analysis, including strategic and tactical execution of business analysis processes, tools and techniques. Competency in business analysis should be at a senior level. Excellent communication, facilitation and negotiation skills; ability to conduct group presentations effectively and efficiently including at the executive level. Excellent data analysis skills. Proven expertise in engaging business and IT stakeholders to understand business needs, conduct stakeholder elicitation activities effectively, and adeptly manage requirements analysis, documentation and validation. Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy, planning and monitoring own workload. Ability to work in an organization with both direct and dotted-line reporting and peer relationships.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Experience working on infrastructure projects such as Microsoft technology updates, hardware deployments, identity and/or cybersecurity programs. Experience in MS365 Word, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, Teams. Intermediate skills in Microsoft Power BI and Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working on Identity and Access Management projects, that includes role-based and attributed-based access analysis, is preferred. Knowledge and/or experience working within a Digital Health/healthcare organization is preferred. Experience in data governance and taxonomy is an asset.