Senior Manager, Diversified Industries Group

About the Role

Join a dynamic and engaging team that thrives on collaboration, innovation, and growth. The Senior Manager, Diversified Industries Group role is an exciting, transformative opportunity to help grow Optimus SBR’s presence across private-sector industries, while delivering meaningful strategy, transformation, process improvement, and project management work. If you’re passionate about building trusted client relationships, developing new leads, shaping account growth, and leading high-performing consulting teams across sectors such as real estate, manufacturing, construction, energy, transportation, retail, and professional services, this role is for you.

About Us

Optimus SBR is a leading management consulting firm and award-winning workplace where we help organizations get done what isn’t.

Our team of committed consultants takes swift action to deliver innovative, impactful results. As the largest independently owned Canadian management consulting firm, we are a place where people and culture come first. Our success is driven by attracting individuals who are insatiably Curious, Entrepreneurial Thinkers, Authentic, and Bold.

Our Awards and Recognitions:

• Best Workplaces™ in Canada National List 2026
• Best Workplaces™ with the Most Trusted Executive Team 2026
• Best Workplaces™ for Young Talent 2026
• Best Workplaces™ for Women 2026
• Best Workplaces™ in Professional Services 2025
• Globe and Mail – Canada's Top Growing Companies 2025
• Waterstone Human Capital - Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ 2025

Culture is Everything. Period.

That’s why we’ve been consistently rated one of the best places to work in North America – and are one of the fastest growing. As a firm that was built on culture, we value our people and their growth. Each of us embody the entrepreneurial spirit and have something unique to contribute to the fabric of our organization. From employee-championed committees to celebratory events and learning paths, these are just a few of the ways we cultivate a positive and engaging work environment.

What’s in It for You?

• Growth Opportunities: Build your career through sophisticated clients, impactful projects, and continuous learning.
• Diverse Workplace: Collaborate with a team of professionals from unique backgrounds, fostering innovation and excellence.
• Flexibility and Autonomy: Enjoy the freedom to take ownership of your work, bring creative ideas to market, and drive meaningful results.
• Leadership Development: Develop your skills through two-way mentorship and career progression opportunities

• Lead and deliver complex client engagements across diversified industries, including real estate, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, construction, wholesale and retail, professional, transportation and warehousing, and power and utilities.
• Act as a senior client-facing lead, building trusted relationships with executives, senior leaders, and key decision-makers across existing and prospective accounts.
• Identify, develop, and nurture new client leads by leveraging market insight, industry knowledge, relationship-building skills, and Optimus SBR’s broader network.
• Support account management and account growth by identifying client needs, shaping opportunities, developing account plans, and positioning Optimus SBR’s capabilities in a relevant and practical way.
• Lead business development activities, including client conversations, opportunity qualification, proposal development, pricing support, presentations, and pursuit strategy.
• Translate complex client challenges into clear consulting opportunities, practical solutions, and executable project approaches.
• Oversee the development of high-quality client deliverables, including strategy documents, operating model recommendations, transformation roadmaps, process improvement plans, implementation plans, executive presentations, and governance materials.
• Provide strategic advisory support to clients navigating growth, operational change, business transformation, market expansion, process improvement, cost optimization, and organizational effectiveness challenges.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, issues, resources, and client expectations to ensure high-quality delivery and strong client satisfaction.
• Lead client workshops, executive meetings, stakeholder interviews, working sessions, and presentations with confidence, professionalism, and a strong understanding of client context.
• Bring an entrepreneurial mindset to growing the Diversified Industries Group by contributing to market development, thought leadership, service offerings, and practice-building initiatives.
• Provide day-to-day direction, coaching and mentoring project teams. You will also be responsible for career management, professional development, and supporting employees through Optimus SBR’s Career Development Program (CDP).
• Contribute to the life and culture of Optimus SBR.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in management consulting, strategy, transformation, operations, account management, business development, or a related advisory capacity.
• Demonstrated experience leading client-facing engagements and building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to identify, develop, and support growth of new client opportunities, including lead generation, opportunity shaping, proposal development, and account planning.
• Experience working with or advising private-sector organizations in industries such as manufacturing, real estate, construction, energy, utilities, transportation, retail, mining, professional services, or other diversified industries.
• Strong consulting toolkit, including problem structuring, research, analysis, facilitation, executive communication, project management, stakeholder management, and change leadership.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple workstreams in a fast-paced, client-service environment.
• Ability to develop practical recommendations that balance strategy, operations, people, process, technology, and implementation considerations.
• Strong executive presence, with excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence, advise, and build credibility with senior clients.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project economics, scope, resources, timelines, risks, and client expectations.
• Entrepreneurial, collaborative, and growth-oriented mindset with a strong interest in helping build a growing practice area.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Required Education: Related university degree in business, commerce, economics, engineering, technology, operations, or another relevant field.
• Preferred Education: Post-Graduate degree (e.g., MBA, MPA or MPP), PMP, CPA, or additional professional (e.g., CPA, P.Eng., or R.N) or other designation (e.g., CPA, PMP, Lean, or PROSCI).

Interview recording & AI notetakers

During the interview process, we may use transcription or AI notetaking tools. To protect privacy, legal compliance, and interviewer/candidate experience, the use of these tools is not permitted without your prior consent. We will ask for your consent and if you wish to decline, handwritten notes are welcome.

Compensation: Salary range is $148,000-$160,000 CAD

Salary ranges are designed to be competitive. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, and experience and is subject to negotiation and subject to the candidate meeting the specific requirements or the role. Exceptional candidates may be considered above the top of the range, and pay can increase quickly for those who make a big impact in the role.

Benefits at Optimus

Financial

• Annual Bonus
• Retirement savings through our Group RRSP program
• Company equity for Managers and above
• Maternity and Parental Leave with top up compensation

Flexibility

• Work in a Hybrid model (when client projects permit)
• 12 Optimus Days paid

Health

• Top-tier health benefits
• Life & disability insurance
• Health Spending Dollars