Senior AI Transformation Strategist

Finance and Treasury Board

Senior AI Transformation Strategist,
Digital Transformation Team

Pay Band 06

Remote in New Brunswick or Fredericton

Permanent Full-time

Open Competition

Who we are:

The Finance and Treasury Board's Office of the Chief Information Officer has a career opportunity for a Senior AI Transformation Strategist to join our dynamic, progressive team of professionals in an environment in which employees can learn, grow, create, and support innovative strategies to help the Government of New Brunswick (GNB) deliver on transformational business objectives.

Who you are:

You are a senior professional who operates comfortably across business, technology, and delivery. You do not focus only on models or code; you focus on solving real problems and ensuring that solutions work in production.

You bring strong judgment, clarity of thinking, and the ability to move initiatives forward in complex environments.

What you will do:

We are seeking a senior IT professional to identify, shape, and deliver enterprise AI-enabled solutions and automation opportunities across government.

This is a technical leadership role responsible for translating complex business needs into implementable AI solutions, guiding delivery from concept to production, and ensuring alignment with governance, privacy, security, and operational standards.

The successful candidate will act as a central connector across business teams, technical teams, and leadership to ensure that solutions are practical, scalable, secure, and deliver measurable value.

Senior AI Transformation Strategist responsibilities include:

• Lead the identification and framing of high-value AI and automation opportunities across departments
• Translate business problems into clear, implementable AI solution approaches
• Lead end-to-end solution design across discovery, analysis, integration, implementation, and production readiness
• Define enterprise solution patterns for AI-enabled automation and AI-assisted workflows, ensuring solutions work cohesively across platforms, systems, data, and business processes
• Define integration patterns with existing systems, data sources, platforms, and workflows
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, maintainable, and compliant with policies and standards
• Provide expert advice to leadership on feasibility, risks, trade-offs, value, and implementation approach
• Align AI solutions with governance, privacy, accessibility, service, and operational standards
• Support delivery teams by removing ambiguity and ensuring clarity of direction
• Oversee implementation to ensure alignment with solution intent and business outcomes
• Evaluate tools, platforms, and vendors to support enterprise AI initiatives
• Mentor team members and elevate internal capability in AI solution design and automation delivery
• Support production readiness and operational sustainability of delivered solutions

Your attitude, skills, and interests are just as important as your area of study. We are looking for diverse backgrounds that bring a combination of the following:

Need to have (Essential qualifications and skills):

• A university degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related IT field and a minimum of eight (8) years of experience in solution design, business systems analysis, digital delivery, application delivery, or related fields. A combination of education, training and experience may be considered
• Minimum one (1) to two (2) years of experience leading teams, projects, initiatives, or delivery efforts in a technical or solution-focused environment
• Experience translating business needs into technical designs, solution approaches, requirements, or implementation plans
• Ability to connect business needs to applications, data, platforms, and integrated solution delivery
• Experience leading or guiding cross-functional business and technical teams
• Experience with modern digital solutions, cloud platforms, integration patterns, or AI-enabled systems
• Experience with AI-enabled solutions, automation tools, or workflow automation platforms (including emerging approaches such as agentic AI)
• Strong understanding of system integration, APIs, data flows, and enterprise environments
• Experience assessing technical feasibility, operational fit, and implementation risks
• Experience working in complex organizations with multiple stakeholders

Behavioral Competencies:

The successful candidate will possess the following behavioral competencies:

• Problem framing and structured thinking
• Leadership without authority
• Decision-making and prioritization
• Stakeholder engagement and influence
• Delivery focus and outcome orientation

Technical Competencies:

The successful candidate will possess the following technical competencies:

• Solution architecture and integration thinking
• Experience with AI-enabled solutions, automation tools, or workflow automation platforms
• Experience with cloud platforms, integration patterns, APIs, and enterprise systems

• Understanding of AI-enabled automation, copilots, retrieval-augmented solutions, or related implementation patterns

Written and spoken competence in English is required. Please state your language capability.

Applicants must clearly demonstrate the essential qualifications to be given further consideration. Please ensure that the preferred language for assessment is identified on your resume

Nice to have (Asset qualifications):

Preference may be given to candidates that possess one or more of the following asset qualifications:

• Experience working with large language models (LLMs), including designing, integrating, or implementing solutions that leverage LLM capabilities. Candidates should provide examples in their résumé demonstrating this experience.
• Experience building or supporting solutions such as copilots, retrieval-augmented systems, or AI-assisted workflows using LLMs
• Experience with Microsoft cloud, Power Platform, Azure, AWS, integration tooling, enterprise automation platforms, or comparable technologies
• ITIL certification
• PMP or other recognized project management certification
• Agile delivery certification
• Experience in government or other large enterprise environments

Résumés should be in chronological order specifying education and employment in months and years including part-time and full-time employment.

Salary:

Pay Band 6 - $78,546.00 to $104,494.00 per annum

Candidates on the eligibility list may be considered for future vacancies.

How to apply:

Applicants are to apply on-line at www.ere.gnb.ca indicating competition number 15824. This opportunity will remain open until the position is filled.

Human Resources Services
Phone: (506) 259-3145

We thank all those who apply; however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

As per the Civil Service Act, candidates registered with the Equal Employment Opportunity Program and veterans, who demonstrate they are among the most qualified, shall be given preference at the time of appointment.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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