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people like you to help us. A career at BC Hydro is meaningful and provides you the opportunity to be part of a talented,
inclusive, and diverse team. We offer a healthy work-life balance, competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package,
and training opportunities to support you in your career growth. We're proud to be ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers
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We invite you to join us as we build an even cleaner B.C. We welcome applications from all qualified job seekers. If you’re a
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This role is accountable for advancing BC Hydro’s AI strategy by delivering AI-enabled solutions that drive measurable
business value and improved outcomes. Reporting to the Director of Digital Innovation, Platforms and Analytics, the role
leads a team of approximately 15 employees and contractors.
The Senior Manager, Digital Innovation provides both technical and strategic leadership to identify, prioritize, and respond
to demand for AI solutions. This includes accelerating the transition of practical use cases from concept to production, as
well as working with service providers to transition AI products into sustainment and continuously identify opportunities to
enhance and optimize those solutions over time.
A key responsibility of the role is to establish and maintain a robust AI governance framework that ensures alignment with
business strategy as well as ensuring that all solutions are secure, reliable, scalable, and cost optimized, and aligned with
enterprise risk and compliance standards. The role is also accountable for building organizational capability by advancing AI
literacy, enabling teams across the business to effectively adopt and leverage AI in their daily work.
Additional responsibilities include driving Microsoft 365 (M365) value realization, maximizing adoption and business
impact from digital tools and platforms. Working in close partnership with business leaders and technology teams, the role
identifies opportunities, shapes digital and AI strategy and adoption, and ensures alignment with organizational priorities.
This is achieved while fostering a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and strong cross-functional collaboration.
Digital Innovation & Strategy
- Lead the execution and continuous evolution of the digital innovation strategy and roadmap.
- Identify emerging AI tools and trends that can unlock new business value.
- Champion a culture of experimentation, rapid prototyping, and continuous improvement.
- Evaluate and prioritize digital initiatives based on impact, feasibility, and alignment with business goals.
Platform Leadership
- Oversee the M365 platform to maximize business value and enable adoption of new capabilities
- Ensure platform is secure and aligned with architectural standards.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Lead management, professional, and unionized staff to ensure alignment with digital innovation goals and priorities.
- Collaborate with business leaders to understand needs and co-create digital solutions.
- Manage vendor relationships and evaluate external partners, tools, and technologies.
- Communicate progress, insights, and recommendations to the
Director of Digital Innovation, Platforms and Analytics and key stakeholders.
Governance & Performance
- Establish KPIs and success metrics for digital initiatives
- Track and manage AI costs and realization of expected business benefits.
- Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
- Manage budgets, resource planning, and operational processes for the digital innovation portfolio.
