Director, Business Transformation - Operations

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Job Level: E Date Posted: June 11, 2026 Closing Date: June 25, 2026 Job Type: Full-time Permanent Category: Internal/External Opportunities Location: Calgary Powering a bright future starts with you! At AltaLink, people are at the heart of our success. We are a team committed to doing the right thing for each other and our customers. We foster an environment that is inclusive, collaborative and high performing and we value personal accountability. Our people are empowered to continuously improve, deliver outstanding customer service and make a meaningful impact every day. We embrace the unique identities, experiences and perspectives of our workforce, reflecting the communities where we operate. Everyone at AltaLink can expect to work in a safe, respectful environment where trust and commitment are at the core of how we operate. Oh, and, what do we do? We power Alberta! Our transmission lines deliver electricity to millions of Albertans 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When you're on our team, you're supporting Alberta's homes, farms, businesses and industries by providing the safe, reliable and affordable electricity they rely on. Whether working in the field or in the office, every AltaLinker contributes to keeping the lights on. Want to join our team? We're excited to share that we are hiring a Director, Business Transformation - Operations. Job Description The Director, Business Transformation - Operations, reporting to the VP, Business Transformation, is a senior leadership role accountable for leading business transformation across Operations and other impacted functions, with a primary focus on the successful business adoption of AltaLink's replacement of its end-of-life Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and related core systems. This role serves as the senior business leader responsible to define the business requirements, process design decisions, operating model definition, data stewardship, organizational readiness, adoption, and benefits realization. Working closely with peers across the business, Information Services (IS), and external implementation partners, the Director leads disciplined business decision-making and readiness activities across design, business testing, training, cutover readiness, go-live support, stabilization, and adoption, while partnering with IS, which leads technical architecture, system delivery, integrations, environments, and deployment. As a key member of the Business Transformation leadership team, the Director translates enterprise transformation direction into executable plans, recommendations, and measurable outcomes. The role provides advice to executive leadership and governance forums, supports business cases and investment recommendations, and helps ensure transformation strategies and investments are executed in a practical, defensible manner aligned with AltaLink's regulated environment and long-term strategic direction. The successful candidate will be based out of Calgary head office and will lead and establish a multi-disciplined team of approximately 10 -20 employees. Responsibilities Lead the cross-functional business team to facilitate the definition of functional business requirements, confirm priorities, and make timely business decisions across the EAM/ERP replacement program and the impacted business functions, working closely with the IS delivery team and implementation partners. Lead business decision forums, escalation paths, functional sign-offs, and milestone readiness reviews, and provide structured recommendations and status reporting to the VP, Business Transformation and executive governance. Enable appropriate business process design, assess business readiness, and organizational implementation activities required to enable successful implementation of AltaLink's next-generation EAM, ERP, and related core systems, in partnership with IS-led technical delivery. Work with the various business functions leadership, VP, Business Transformation and Executive governance committee to define the future-state operating model, including process ownership, roles and responsibilities, decision rights, service delivery expectations, and cross-functional interfaces required to sustain the transformation. Develop and maintain the business transformation roadmap, sequencing decisions, workstreams, and business readiness activities based on value, risk, dependencies, and organizational capacity. Lead and coach the business transformation team to support the achievement of business objectives, with a focus on enhancing talent and enabling high performance. Support managers to develop their teams, work practices, processes, technology applications, and employee engagement. Lead and facilitate business transition planning from current-state processes and ways of working to the future-state operating model and supporting systems. Define and implement the organizational, cultural, process, and capability changes requir

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