Senior Manager, Technology Consulting – Application & AI Engineering
Description
Putting people first, every day
BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.
Your Opportunity
BDO Consulting is expanding its Technology Consulting practice in British Columbia and is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Technology Consulting – Application & AI Engineering to help grow our local market presence and build our AI Engineering practice. Our AI Engineering practice includes modern application engineering, AI-enabled software delivery, systems integration, and engineering transformation, helping clients modernize enterprise technology and deliver better business outcomes.
This is an opportunity for a consulting leader who enjoys combining executive advisory, business development, practice leadership, and client delivery. Working closely with our BC Technology Consulting leadership team, you will help build trusted executive relationships, lead complex technology transformation engagements, develop our consulting capabilities, and mentor the next generation of consultants.
At BDO, we believe technology creates value when it helps clients solve meaningful business challenges. We are looking for business advisors with strong technology consulting credibility—leaders who can help executives shape transformation strategies while successfully leading complex technology-enabled initiatives from strategy through implementation.
This role offers the opportunity to help shape one of BDO's fastest-growing consulting practices while building toward increasingly senior leadership responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
Market Growth & Client Development
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Develop trusted relationships with senior business and technology executives across British Columbia.
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Identify, qualify, and develop new consulting opportunities across existing and prospective clients.
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Lead business development activities including proposals, RFP responses, executive presentations, workshops, and client pursuits.
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Collaborate across BDO service lines to develop integrated client solutions that address broader business transformation opportunities.
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Represent BDO within the local market through networking, industry events, and thought leadership activities.
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Help establish and grow BDO's Technology Consulting presence across the BC market.
Client Advisory & Delivery Leadership
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Lead complex technology consulting engagements from strategy through implementation.
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Serve as Engagement Manager, Program Director, Technology Advisor, Architecture Lead, or Executive Sponsor depending on client needs.
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Advise executive stakeholders on technology strategy, application modernization, AI adoption, engineering transformation, and delivery approaches.
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Provide executive oversight across multidisciplinary delivery teams while ensuring quality, governance, commercial performance, risk management, and client satisfaction.
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Lead consulting engagements across areas such as:
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Enterprise application modernization
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AI-enabled business solutions
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Custom application development
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Systems integration
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Enterprise architecture
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Intelligent automation
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Software engineering transformation
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Modern engineering operating models
Practice Leadership
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Help shape the future direction and growth of BDO's AI Engineering practice in British Columbia.
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Develop new consulting offerings, methodologies, accelerators, and reusable delivery assets.
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Support practice planning, forecasting, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
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Collaborate with national Technology Consulting and AI Engineering leaders to bring the firm's full capabilities to clients.
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JB> Act as the internal champion for AI across the BC Technology Consulting practice by driving AI strategy, promoting responsible AI adoption, and enabling teams through playbooks, training, and practical implementation standards. Something about being the champion of AI internally, you mentioned build the AI practise this is just to hit home for the applicant.
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Contribute thought leadership, market insights, and innovative ideas that differentiate BDO in the marketplace.
People Leadership
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Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop consulting professionals.
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Provide career coaching, performance feedback, and leadership development.
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Support workforce planning and resource management.
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Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing consulting culture.
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Help develop the next generation of consulting leaders.
How do we define success for your role?
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You demonstrate BDO's core values through all aspect of your work: Integrity, Respect and Collaboration
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You understand your client’s industry, challenges, and opportunities; clients describe you as positive, professional, and delivering high quality work
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You identify, recommend, and are focused on effective service delivery to your clients
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You share in an inclusive and engaging work environment that develops, retains and attracts talent
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You actively participate in the adoption of digital tools and strategies to drive an innovative workplace
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You grow your expertise through learning and professional development
Your Experience and Education
You are an experienced consulting leader who combines executive advisory capabilities with strong technology delivery credibility.
You will typically bring:
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10+ years of consulting, advisory, or technology transformation experience with significant client-facing responsibilities.
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Experience within a leading consulting organization, with Big Four consulting experience considered a strong asset.
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Demonstrated success developing trusted relationships with CIOs, CTOs, senior technology leaders, and business executives.
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Proven business development experience including proposal development, RFP responses, executive presentations, account planning, and pursuit leadership.
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Experience leading complex consulting engagements from strategy through implementation.
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Experience managing multidisciplinary consulting teams while coaching and developing future leaders.
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Strong commercial acumen including engagement financial management, delivery governance, quality management, and risk mitigation.
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Exceptional executive communication, facilitation, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
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The ability to translate complex technology concepts into practical business outcomes for executive audiences.
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JB > Experience leading production AI-enabled applications, not just AI-assisted delivery. I would love we bring a person who allready build AI enabled application, knows all the best practices to bring that knowledge in.
Technical Consulting Experience
Successful candidates will typically have developed their consulting careers leading modern engineering and technology transformation engagements with expertise in one or more of the following areas:
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AI Engineering JB> It would be great to mention something "Responsible AI and AI Governance (privacy, security, compliance, model risk, and human oversight)" A senior manager candidate should encompass this in AI Engineering just a thought
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Application Engineering
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Systems Engineering
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Enterprise Architecture
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Application Modernization
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Systems Integration
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Software Engineering Transformation
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Intelligent Automation
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Enterprise Application Platforms
This is not a hands-on software engineering role. Successful candidates will have sufficient technical depth and delivery experience to establish credibility with client technology leaders, guide engineering and architecture decisions, and lead complex technology transformation programs. JB> Maybe we add something here instead like "
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