SENIOR ADVISOR, OPERATIONALIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

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Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:

• Flexible and competitive benefits, including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few   

• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days, sick days as necessary, and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1

• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life

• Opportunities for learning, training and development, and much more... 

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POSITION OVERVIEW

BDC is the only bank dedicated exclusively to Canadian entrepreneurs. We support the growth of small and medium-sized businesses across Canada through financing, capital and advisory services.

The Senior Advisor, Operationalization and Implementation works at the intersection of strategy and execution, helping translate BDC’s Impulse strategy and other priority strategies into coordinated initiatives, implementation plans and measurable outcomes.

Working with senior leaders, initiative owners, Lines of Business and enabling functions, you will structure complex initiatives, align stakeholders, support decision-making and provide hands-on leadership from operationalization through implementation. Your work contributes directly to turning strategic priorities into sustainable changes and outcomes for BDC and Canadian businesses.

At BDC, we value inclusion, equity and diversity, and you can be yourself at work.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Translate strategic priorities into clearly defined initiatives with measurable outcomes, scope, solution hypotheses, success measures and accountable ownership.

• Lead operationalization activities by defining future-state capabilities, ways of working, operating and delivery requirements, sequencing, dependencies, governance, resource requirements and implementation roadmaps.

• Mobilize and support cross-functional teams through implementation, coordinating workstreams, decisions, risks, dependencies and stakeholder commitments.

• Develop and manage delivery plans, backlogs and sprint plans to move priority initiatives forward through manageable releases while maintaining alignment with the broader roadmap.

• Establish fit-for-purpose governance and decision-making forums.

• Prepare recommendations, decision materials and executive-ready presentations that give leaders clear visibility into progress, trade-offs, risks and required decisions.
• Partner with Lines of Business and enabling functions to test solutions, gather feedback, adapt approaches and prepare changes for adoption and scale across BDC.

• Track outcomes, benefits and implementation performance, using evidence and lessons learned to recommend whether work should continue, be adjusted, sequenced, scaled or stopped.

• Identify and escalate material risks and dependencies while maintaining a focus on ethical and responsible delivery.

• Build alignment across multiple stakeholders, resolve obstacles and maintain implementation momentum in complex and changing environments.

• Translate complex information into clear insights, choices and calls to action for senior leaders.

• Help turn BDC’s strategic priorities into practical, sustainable changes that contribute to the success of Canadian businesses.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in one or more of the following areas:

• • Strategy execution

• • Business transformation

• • Operational improvement
  • Program management or project delivery
  • Product management

• • Management consulting

• • Corporate development

• • Change implementation

• Experience translating strategy into actionable initiatives and implementation plans.

• Experience leading complex initiatives, implementing change, or delivering cross-functional business transformation.

• Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous or complex business problems and develop actionable recommendations.

• Demonstrated ability to move initiatives from definition and planning through implementation.

• Business acumen with the ability to connect strategic priorities to implications across:

• • Operating models

• • Organizational capabilities

• • Business processes
  • Technology

• • People

• • Governance

• Experience working with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to build stakeholder alignment and influence decisions.

• Ability to develop and manage:

• • Strategic or implementation roadmaps

• • Workplans

• • Milestones

• • Dependencies

• • Risks

• • Decision points

• • Measures of success

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience developing structured presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.

• Experience facilitating working sessions with stakeholders.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.

• Experience with Agile, iterative, or product-oriented delivery approaches.

• Bilingual proficiency in English and French.

Proudly one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees can thrive and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work. If you require an accommodation to complete your application, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.