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Senior Manager, AI & Digital Strategy Consulting

BDO Canada
Toronto, CAN
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Hybrid
Discovered 2 weeks ago
AI strategyDigital strategyData strategyTechnology advisoryDigital transformationProject management
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Opportunity Overview

Join BDO’s Digital, AI & Data Strategy & Transformation practice to help Canadian organizations use digital, AI, and data technologies to improve performance and gain competitive advantage.

Advise and partner with clients from strategy development through transformation design, implementation planning, and adoption of new capabilities.

The practice seeks business-first, technology-aware advisors who enjoy solving business problems with business and technology leaders.

Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee end-to-end AI, digital, and data strategy engagements and ensure project milestones and quality standards are met.
  • Develop new perspectives and offerings and support practice growth.
  • Generate business through proposal writing, client outreach, relationship development, and follow-on opportunities.
  • Advise senior stakeholders, facilitate discovery sessions, and synthesize business, technology, and data insights.
  • Build transformation roadmaps, business cases, implementation plans, and target operating models.
  • Analyze current-state capabilities and provide pragmatic guidance.
  • Deliver executive presentations, facilitate workshops, and lead client interactions.
  • Mentor junior colleagues and help attract and develop talent and delivery-team capabilities.

Must-Have Qualifications

  • 8–10+ years of client-facing management consulting or technology advisory experience.
  • Track record of delivering measurable impact, including cost savings, efficiency gains, or customer experience improvements.
  • Experience advising VP or C-suite stakeholders on strategic digital, data, or AI initiatives.
  • Experience managing project teams, mentoring junior staff, and leading client interactions.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams through ambiguity and change.
  • Experience leading or contributing to full-cycle digital, data, or AI-enabled transformation programs.
  • Deep understanding of digital strategy, data and analytics capabilities, and AI applications in business.
  • Strong business process analysis, stakeholder engagement, roadmap development, business case development, solution optioning, and operating model design capabilities.
  • Comfort working in fast-paced, ambiguous, client-driven environments.

Preferred Experience

  • Industry experience in Financial Services, Private Equity, Real Estate, Manufacturing, or Distribution.
  • Bilingual English and French capability.
  • Familiarity with Design Thinking, Agile, TOGAF, or Lean Six Sigma.
  • Certifications in AI/ML, data, cloud, or related technologies.
  • Exposure to SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday, Snowflake, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML platforms such as DataRobot or Azure ML and tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

About BDO

BDO emphasizes client service, professional growth, collaboration, inclusion, learning, and community involvement.

The firm offers access to diverse clients, leadership opportunities, training, knowledge sharing, and practice-growth initiatives.

Workplace Model

  • Personnel are expected to spend some time working in the office, at client sites, and virtually.
  • BDO uses a blended work approach that adjusts where and how work is performed to meet role and client expectations.

Rewards and Support

  • BDO provides competitive total cash compensation, comprehensive benefits from day one, flexible personal time off, and wellness reimbursement.
  • The firm supports learning and development, community participation, inclusion, accessibility, and employee wellbeing.

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