Senior IT Business Analyst

Why Keyrus, Why Now!

Keyrus is an international group of 2,800 consultants and experts across 29 countries, built on a single conviction: AI does not transform businesses. Architected intelligence does. For more than 30 years, we have been building the data foundations that make intelligent systems work — designing the Operating System of the intelligent enterprise, where intelligence is embedded into the core of business processes to create sustainable value: we operationalise intelligence.

AI does not replace humans. It repositions us to a place no system can follow: understanding, deciding, designing, and creating. At Keyrus, you will not just develop skills—you will develop judgment. Your expertise sharpens with every system you architect, every client challenge you solve, and every deployment that compounds on the last.

Over time, you grow into one of the rarest professionals of the intelligence era: someone who bridges data, AI, and human decision-making at scale, across industries and geographies. This is not a role you fill. It is a discipline you master and a story you help write to become a Keyrus Architect of Intelligence.

Technology amplifies. Keyrus culture differentiates. Industrial discipline connects the two.

📍 Location: Hybrid – Montreal, Canada (2 days per week at the office) 💼 Contract: Permanent, Full-time

WHAT YOU'LL ARCHITECT:

As a Senior IT Business Analyst within our client's Corporate AI & Automation + BI function, you will architect the bridge between business ambition and technology delivery, ensuring every requirement, process, and solution is grounded in real business value. You will represent IT with the business units, challenging expressed needs to maximize impact, and applying a structured approach across people, process, data, and technology. Beyond your own delivery, you will bring a consulting mindset to the role, coaching internal Business Analysts and helping them grow their own capabilities in BI, automation, and AI.

You will:

• Manage BI report/dashboard requests, support BI tool upgrades, and provide data analysis support to projects and other Business Analysts

• Support automation and AI requests from internal analysts and business partners, including use-case assessment, tool selection, and business case evaluation, while coaching them to build their own capabilities

• Gather, analyze, and document business unit needs, facilitating workshops to capture, clarify, and prioritize requirements

• Translate business needs into functional requirements, contribute to solution design, and map current and future processes (AS-IS / TO-BE)

• Produce required artifacts (e.g., URS, FS) and ensure the quality, completeness, and traceability of requirements through the solution lifecycle

• Support project intake, impact analysis, and prioritization, collaborating with architects and IT teams on technology alignment

• Participate in demand management, functional solution design, and validation activities (testing, UAT)

• Ensure requirements account for regulatory, compliance, quality, and information security needs

• Support training, change management, and communication activities to drive solution adoption

WHO YOU ARE:

• You see business analysis as the discipline of turning complexity into structured, high-value solutions, not just documenting requirements

• You naturally connect business challenges with technology opportunities that generate measurable value

• You are comfortable engaging executives and business stakeholders, facilitating workshops, and influencing complex decisions

• You thrive in consultative environments where curiosity, structure, and collaboration create competitive advantage

• You balance rigorous requirements discipline with a genuine interest in your stakeholders' long-term objectives

• You enjoy coaching and developing other analysts, sharing your expertise to raise the bar across the team

• You bring an entrepreneurial mindset and act as a trusted advisor, challenging the status quo rather than simply executing requests

WHAT YOU BRING:

Qualifications / Certifications

• Bachelor's degree related to Information Technology or equivalent experience

• Relevant certifications such as CBAP (BABOK) and BPMN 2.0 are considered an asset

• 7 to 10 years of IT experience, preferably in a regulated and/or manufacturing industry

Technical Skills

• Proven experience in business analysis, including eliciting, understanding, and verifying business requirements in complex technology environments

• Leadership experience managing business and commercial stakeholders, with a strong track record of value-driven delivery aligned to business strategy

• Knowledge of regulatory/GxP requirements and their application to requirements analysis, documentation, and validation

• Working knowledge of major enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, SCM, MES, QMS, LIMS, HRIS, BI, etc.) and the SAP technology environment

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose issues and recommend high-value solutions

• Experience with change management involving business processes and organizational change

• Bilingual proficiency in French and English (spoken and written)are required.

Nice-to-have

• Prior experience coaching or mentoring junior Business Analysts

• Hands-on exposure to BI tool upgrades and dashboarding platforms

• Experience assessing automation and AI use cases, including tool selection and business case development

WHAT MAKES YOU SUCCESSFUL:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, acting as a trusted advisor within the business

• Excellent storytelling skills to articulate the value of technology initiatives in connection with business objectives

• Ability to communicate across the management chain, adapting the message to the audience

• Confidence working with senior business and IT stakeholders to influence and challenge the status quo

• Customer-service orientation, with strong motivation and autonomy

• Strong ability to prioritize and execute effectively under pressure, adapting quickly to changing priorities

• Empathy and strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, and resolve conflicts

WHAT WE OFFER AT KEYRUS:

• A stimulating environment where you will be able to surpass yourself and discover new horizons

• A strong culture of innovation and entrepreneurship

• Team celebrations, social events, birthdays, breakfasts, and special activities

• Group insurance for you and your family members

• RRSP and DPSP participation plans

• Monthly Wellness Allowance

• Telecommunication reimbursement

• Flexible work-from-home policy

• 4 weeks of paid vacation

• Language courses (French & English)

• Access to continuous learning through conferences, certifications, training programs, and industry events

The expected base compensation for this position ranges from $70,000 to $90,000 CAD, depending on experience, skills, location, and internal equity. This salary range is provided as a guideline and may be adjusted for the selected candidate.

ABOUT KEYRUS

At Keyrus, we help organizations move from experimental AI to industrialized AI, from isolated agents to orchestrated systems, and from insight to execution. This is the discipline we call being an Architect of Intelligence. Designing the Operating System of the intelligent enterprise, where intelligence is embedded into the core of business processes to create sustainable value: we operationalize intelligence.

Powered by our proprietary Human Orchestrated Model™ (HOM), we architect reliable:

• Intelligence Foundations

• Human in Command governance

• Performance Steering

To create intelligent environments where technology amplifies human capabilities and performance compounds over time.

With 30+ years of expertise and 2,800 employees across 28 countries, we help organizations go beyond transformation: to build adaptive, resilient, and continuously improving intelligent organizations.

AI does not transform businesses. Architected intelligence does.

Keyrus is listed on Euronext Growth Paris. (ALKEY – ISIN Code: FR0004029411 – Reuters: KEYR.PA – Bloomberg: ALKEY: FP).

For more information: www.keyrus.com