Senior Business Consultant

ARC Business Solutions; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

ARC Business Solutions Inc. is seeking a Senior Business Consultant to lead digital modernization engagements for clients across Canada and the US. This three-year term role can be performed remotely, focusing on delivering strategic and operational improvements.

Responsibilities include guiding project and change management efforts, developing implementation plans, and engaging stakeholders to align business architecture, processes, and technology—leveraging Azure and Microsoft tooling.

Qualifications

• PMP or equivalent project management certification.
• Prosci CCMP or equivalent change management certification.
• CBAP or PMI-PBA or equivalent business analysis certification.
• Experience managing large transformational changes in public-sector environments.
• Ability to develop and maintain project/implementation plans.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and business architecture skills.
• Experience enabling large-scale technology adoption across 2,000+ staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital modernization initiatives for public/private sector clients.
• Manage project and change management activities for large transformations.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project implementation plans.
• Engage stakeholders to align business, people, processes, and systems.
• Support organizational design and policy development for delivery model changes.
• Assist with communications, training, and sponsor activities.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Business analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Organization design

Requirements gathering

Readiness planning

AI initiatives awareness

Education

PMP designation

Prosci/CCMP certification

CBAP or PMI-PBA certification

Tools

Azure

Microsoft Fabric

GitHub Copilot / Microsoft Copilot

Job description

ARC Business Solutions Inc. is an established, customer-focused information technology consulting firm with proven expertise in combining strategy, innovation, and technical excellence to deliver practical business solutions. ARC operates across Canada and the United States, with offices in Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Toronto and Rutland, Vermont, serving a diverse range of private and public sector clients. ARC’s services include Solutions Delivery, Enterprise Information Management (EIM), Managed IT Services, Utility Sector Consulting, Nuclear Sector Consulting, Oil & Gas Pipeline Solutions, and AI Strategy & Data Analytics. Our team brings extensive experience across Energy, Utilities, Government, Financial Services, and the Public Sector, delivering solutions that help organizations modernize, improve efficiency, and achieve their strategic objectives.

ROLE: SENIOR BUSINESS CONSULTANT

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Consultant for a proposed engagement supporting digital modernization. This opportunity is subject to contract award and client approval. This is for a three year term and can be done remotely.

MANDATORY:

• Project management training and/or a Project Management Professional (PMP) designation.
• Prosci Change Management certification or Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP) designation.
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) certification.

• Project management and change management supporting large transformational changes in a public-sector environment - 10 years
• Developing and maintaining project or implementation plans - 8 years
• Stakeholder engagement, analysis, and development of business architecture addressing business, people, systems, and processes - 8 years
• Business analysis assessing the impact of organizational change - 5 years
• Organizational design, policy, and procedure development supporting delivery model changes - 5 years
• Supporting technology adoption for large staff populations of 2,000+, including gathering business and technology requirements - 5 years
• Designing and implementing stakeholder readiness plans - 5 years
• Assisting with organization-level change management plans covering communications, engagement, coaching, training, and advocate/sponsor activities - 3 years
• Working with a modern Microsoft technology stack, including experience with both Azure and Microsoft Fabric - 2 years
• Demonstrated knowledge of both GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Copilot - 6 months

DESIRED:

• Eight years creating training courses and assessing training effectiveness.
• Seven years working with internal and external stakeholders with differing requirements and expectations.
• Five years supporting Government of Alberta ministry finance and grant functions, including working groups.
• Five years developing and conducting people and technical readiness assessments for internal staff and social service providers supporting government programs.
• Four years developing and implementing communication plans for external organizations affected by transformation.
• Two years identifying, assessing, or supporting AI-enabled initiatives, including benefits, limitations, risks, implementation requirements, and human oversight.

We offer a competitive salary, profit sharing, and comprehensive benefits package. These positions can be filled by fulltime ARC employees or contractors.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only candidates considered for interviews will be contacted. We will be conducting interviews immediately. For more information on ARC, please visit our website at www.arcbus.com.