Senior Business Consultant
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About the Role
BMO seeks a Senior Business Consultant to lead complex business and technology transformation initiatives within the insurance domain. This hybrid role provides end-to-end consulting leadership with a focus on legacy platform modernization to Sapient platforms.
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Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic advisor to business and technology stakeholders, aligning solutions to business objectives, KPIs, and operating models
- Lead the development of IT strategy by understanding business processes, policies, information and information systems
- Translate business needs into roadmaps, capabilities, and actionable transformation strategies
- Provide thought leadership on insurance trends, digital transformation, and emerging technologies
- Provide oversight across multiple projects/workstreams, ensuring delivery quality, timelines, and alignment to strategy
- Coordinate and optimize resource allocation, guiding Consultants and Business Analysts
- Attract, retain, and enable the career development of top talent
- Lead end to end business analysis, including requirements elicitation, process modeling, and solution validation
- Lead or support the migration from legacy insurance systems to Sapient platforms
- Define target state processes, integration approaches and guide architectures
- Build strong relationships across business, IT, and vendor teams
- Facilitate workshops, steering committees, and executive level communications
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in business consulting, business analysis, or transformation delivery
- Strong insurance industry expertise, including Life & Annuities, Group Annuities / Pension Risk Transfer, Retail Insurance products, policy administration, underwriting, and advisory
- Demonstrated experience in legacy modernization and platform transformation (Sapient or similar platforms preferred)
- Solid understanding of SDLC methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid), system integrations, enterprise ecosystems, data analysis, process modeling, and requirements frameworks
- Proven ability to lead through influence, manage ambiguity, and drive outcomes without formal authority
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills
- Business Analysis certification (CBAP or equivalent) is an asset
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Role Overview
- The Senior Business Consultant is a senior manager responsible for leading complex business and technology transformation initiatives within the insurance domain.
- This hybrid role provides end to end consulting leadership, with a strong focus on legacy platform modernization to Sapient platforms, while overseeing project execution and resource alignment.
- Acting as a trusted advisor, the consultant bridges business and technology, drives strategic alignment, and ensures high quality delivery across cross functional teams.
Key Responsibilities Consulting & Strategy
- Serve as a strategic advisor to business and technology stakeholders, aligning solutions to business objectives, KPIs, and operating models.
- Leads the development of IT strategy by understanding business processes, policies, information and information systems.
- Translate business needs into roadmaps, capabilities, and actionable transformation strategies.
- Provide thought leadership on insurance trends, digital transformation, and emerging technologies.
Key Responsibilities Project & Resource Oversight
- Provide oversight across multiple projects/workstreams, ensuring delivery quality, timelines, and alignment to strategy.
- Coordinate and optimize resource allocation, guiding Consultants and Business Analysts.
- Attracts, retains, and enables the career development of top talent.
- Improves team performance, recognizes and rewards performance, coaches employees, supports their development, and manages poor performance.
- Assess risks, impacts, and dependencies, adjusting priorities as needed.
Key Responsibilities Business Analysis & Solution Delivery
- Lead end to end business analysis, including requirements elicitation, process modeling, and solution validation.
- Break down complex problems, analyze data, and deliver clear, actionable recommendations.
- Ensure alignment between business requirements and technical design, particularly in platform transformation initiatives.
- Review and ensure quality of deliverables (e.g., requirements documents, process flows, data models).
Key Responsibilities Platform Transformation (Legacy → Sapient)
- Lead or support the migration from legacy insurance systems to Sapient platforms.
- Define target state processes, integration approaches and guides architectures.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure scalable, business aligned solutions.
- Support adoption of Agile delivery models, API based integrations, and modern digital platforms.
Key Responsibilities Stakeholder Engagement & Change
- Build strong relationships across business, IT, and vendor teams.
- Facilitate workshops, steering committees, and executive level communications.
- Lead change management efforts, including stakeholder alignment, readiness, and adoption strategies.
Key Responsibilities Governance, Risk & Continuous Improvement
- Ensure adherence to enterprise governance, risk, and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct root cause analysis and support resolution of complex issues.
- Promote continuous improvement, consulting best practices, and capability uplift across teams.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in business consulting, business analysis, or transformation delivery.
- Strong insurance industry expertise, including Life & Annuities, Group Annuities / Pension Risk Transfer, Retail Insurance products, policy administration, underwriting, and advisory.
- Demonstrated experience in legacy modernization and platform transformation (Sapient or similar platforms preferred).
- Solid understanding of SDLC methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid), system integrations, enterprise ecosystems, data analysis, process modeling, and requirements frameworks.
- Proven ability to lead through influence, manage ambiguity, and drive outcomes without formal authority.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills.
- Business Analysis certification (CBAP or equivalent) is an asset.
Salary
- Salary range: $94,600.00 $176,000.00.
- Pay Type: Salaried.
- Salaries vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications.
- May include performance based incentives, discretionary bonuses, and other perks.
- BMO offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans.
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