Senior Business Analyst/ Change Management Analyst

Senior Business Analyst/ Change  Management Analyst

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst/ Change  Management Analyst
Client: Government of Alberta – Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration
Location: Edmonton, Alberta – 10405 Jasper Avenue
Work Arrangement: Primarily 100% onsite; occasional remote work may be permitted with notice
Contract: Approximately 891.75 hours
Hours: 36.25 hours/week, 7.25 hours/day
Max Rate: $80 - 90 CAD/hour
Positions: 3
Alberta Residency: Required for the contract
Estimated Interview Dates: September 21–25, 2026 (onsite)

Role Summary

Senior Business and Change Management Analyst responsible for business analysis (60%) and change management (40%), supporting complex IT initiatives from planning through implementation and stabilization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis and project delivery activities.
  
• Conduct discovery sessions, interviews, workshops, and requirements gathering.
  
• Develop business cases, process maps, user stories, use cases, and project documentation.
  
• Analyze and improve business processes.
  
• Support application development, testing, implementation, and maintenance.
  
• Facilitate UAT, business readiness, and implementation activities.
  
• Develop and execute change management strategies and plans.
  
• Conduct stakeholder analysis and change impact assessments.
  
• Develop communications, engagement, resistance management, coaching, and training plans.
  
• Monitor adoption, utilization, readiness, and organizational change.
  
• Support project governance, risk/issue management, and continuous improvement.
  
• Present recommendations, options, roadmaps, governance materials, briefing notes, and business cases to senior leadership.
  

Requirements

Mandatory Qualifications

• University degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Public Administration, Organizational Development, Change Management, Information Systems, or related discipline.
  
• 4+ years of progressively responsible experience in business analysis, change management, project delivery, or process improvement.
  
• Certified Business Analyst (IIBA) or equivalent.
  
• Certified Change Management Professional, such as ACMP, Prosci, CMI, or APMG.
  

Key Mandatory Experience

Candidates must demonstrate 5+ years of experience in:

• Integrated plans, portfolio/project reporting, and executive reporting.
  
• Strategy execution involving technology, processes, organizational design, and IT operations.
  
• Project management.
  
• Project documentation and governance.
  
• Stakeholder collaboration and engagement.
  
• Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, or other SDLC methodologies.
  
• Cross-functional teams and detailed requirements.
  
• Senior leadership, project scope, goals, roadmaps, governance, briefing notes, and business cases.
  
• Project governance, change management, and communications.
  

Nice-to-Have

• PMP certification
  
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  
• Clinical application/data integration experience.
  
• Change Manager experience on large, complex custom software projects.
  
• Complex IT systems, multiple data sources, web services, and legacy systems.
  
• Strong business analysis and analytical problem-solving experience.
  
• Prosci ADKAR, ACMP, Kotter, or equivalent methodology.
  
• Value Stream Mapping and process re-engineering.
  
• Public-sector experience.