Senior Digital Enablement Consultant

Swim Recruiting; Winnipeg; Hybrid; CAD 96,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Swim Recruiting seeks a Senior Digital Enablement Consultant to establish an enterprise capability focused on Microsoft 365 governance, Power Platform automation, citizen development, Copilot governance, process modernization, and organizational adoption.

Hybrid role in Winnipeg with three to four days remote and one to two days onsite weekly. Nine-month contract starting Sep 28, 2026, with potential extension. Requires 10+ years of transformation leadership and strong platform expertise.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading digital transformation initiatives in complex orgs.
• 5+ years enterprise automation experience.
• Experience establishing or maturing a Digital Enablement/Automation/CoE practice.
• Experience designing governance for digital solutions, automation, and Copilot.
• Expert knowledge of SharePoint Online, Teams, Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot.
• Developing enterprise standards, reference architectures, guardrails and best practices.
• Establishing intake, prioritization, and portfolio-management processes.
• Experience implementing citizen-developer programs and governance models.
• Building communities of practice, training and adoption plans.
• Ability to engage diverse groups and facilitate executive workshops.

Responsibilities

• Define the Digital Enablement Strategy and Roadmap.
• Develop operating model, governance, service catalogue, and adoption plan.
• Establish intake, assessment, prioritization, and portfolio processes.
• Create reference architectures, guardrails, and best practices.
• Lead training, knowledge transfer, and transition-to-operations.

Skills

Transformation leadership

Process mapping

Workflow optimization

Automation assessment

Governance

Change management

Executive facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Engineering/CS

Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect Expert

Copilot for Microsoft 365

CBAP/CCBA/ECBA/PMI-PBA/PMP/PRINCE2

Tools

SharePoint Online

Microsoft Teams

Power Automate

Power Apps

Microsoft Copilot

Copilot Agents

Job description

Senior Digital Enablement Consultant contract role establishing an enterprise Digital Enablement capability focused on Microsoft 365 governance, Power Platform automation, citizen development, Copilot governance, process modernization, and organizational adoption.

• Hybrid role in Winnipeg, with three to four days remote and one to two days onsite each week
• Initial nine-month contract anticipated to begin September 28, 2026, with a potential extension

What & Why:

Our client, a large Canadian organization, is establishing a Digital Enablement capability to replace fragmented manual and automated processes with secure, scalable, and governed Microsoft solutions. The consultant will define the strategy, operating model, governance, standards, services, and adoption approach needed to support enterprise automation and responsible self-service innovation.

Who:

The Senior Digital Enablement Consultant will work with business leaders, technology teams, architecture, privacy, information security, and other organizational stakeholders. The consultant will assess the current environment, define the future-state Digital Enablement model, and help transition the resulting capability to a permanent internal team. Expected deliverables include a Digital Enablement Strategy and Roadmap, operating model, governance framework, service catalogue, intake and prioritization process, Microsoft 365 automation standards, reference architectures, citizen-developer guardrails, Copilot and agent-governance guidelines, Community of Practice model, maturity assessment, training and knowledge-transfer plan, and transition-to-operations plan.

You:

You combine enterprise transformation leadership with Microsoft platform expertise, process improvement, governance, change management, and executive facilitation.

Critical experience requirements include:

• At least 10 years leading digital transformation or business-process modernization initiatives in complex organizations
• Strong experience with process mapping, workflow optimization, automation-opportunity assessments, and value-realization planning
• Five or more years of enterprise automation experience
• Experience establishing or maturing a Digital Enablement, Automation, Low-Code, Innovation, or Centre of Excellence practice
• Experience designing enterprise governance for digital solutions, automation, citizen development, Copilot, or AI-enabled technologies
• Expert knowledge of SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Power Automate, Power Apps, Microsoft Copilot, and Copilot Agents
• Experience developing enterprise standards, reference architectures, guardrails, and best practices for secure, scalable, maintainable, and supportable solutions
• Experience establishing intake, assessment, prioritization, and portfolio-management processes for digital solutions
• Experience implementing citizen-developer programs and governance models
• Experience developing communities of practice, training programs, adoption strategies, and knowledge-transfer plans
• Demonstrated ability to engage diverse business and technical groups, facilitate executive workshops, build consensus, and influence senior leadership
• Strong change-management capabilities, including stakeholder readiness, adoption, issue resolution, and organizational capability building
• Excellent analytical, facilitation, organizational, problem-solving, presentation, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities concurrently

Nice to have:

• Higher-education, public-sector, or large decentralized organization experience
• Experience working with Privacy and Information Security Officers
• Experience in multi-union environments
• Relevant degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect Expert, Copilot for Microsoft 365, or equivalent certification
• CBAP, CCBA, ECBA, PMI-PBA, PMP, PRINCE2, or comparable certification
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint, and Visio

Compensation:

Competitive hourly contract rate based on experience, qualifications, Microsoft platform expertise, and overall fit.

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