Time Systems Capability Strategist

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The Opportunity Our IS Operational Technology, Growth and Divestitures organization is looking to add a Real Time Systems (RTS) Capability Strategist based in Calgary, AB, Houston, TX, or Charleston, WV. This role reports to the Manager of Real Time Systems and PI.Operational Technology is at the heart of how the organization safely and reliably operates critical infrastructure. As OT environments continue to evolve—through modernization, integration, data, AI, and growth initiatives—the ability to connect business outcomes, capability improvements and technology investments is more important than ever.

The RTS Capability Strategist supports the planning and evolution of Real Time Systems capabilities by working with business stakeholders, the Portfolio Architect, the RTS Manager, technical leads, vendors and delivery teams to understand needs, identify opportunities and maintain capability roadmaps aligned with business priorities. This is a business-facing individual contributor role focused on the Plan function.

If you are passionate about Operational Technology and excited by the future ahead, this role offers meaningful influence and visibility in shaping that future.

What you’ll do Maintain and evolve multi-year RTS capability roadmaps, including Measurement, PI, AVEVA CONNECT, CR LINC and related platforms

Engage business stakeholders to understand operational challenges, emerging needs, desired outcomes and opportunities for capability improvement

Translate business needs into clear capability requirements, use cases, outcome statements and planning inputs

Co-develop capability strategies and roadmaps with the Portfolio Architect, incorporating business priorities, architecture direction, lifecycle requirements, dependencies, risk, and technical constraints

Maintain visibility into enhancement requests, future demand, product health, lifecycle risks, technical debt and modernization opportunities

Develop evidence-based recommendations on capability investments, prioritization, sequencing, and optimization

Support business case development by defining the problem, expected outcomes, options, benefits, costs, risks and dependencies

Facilitate roadmap, planning, governance, and investment discussions across business, architecture, delivery, and operations stakeholders

Contribute subject matter expertise to governance, portfolio planning and investment review activities

Partner with delivery and operational teams to clarify capability outcomes and ensure successful implementation, adoption, transition to support, and sustainable operation of capabilities

Champion awareness, adoption and effective utilization of RTS capabilities across the organization

Partner with business stakeholders to define success measures and monitor adoption and capability effectiveness. Business stakeholders remain accountable for realizing the associated operational and business benefits

Assess vendor roadmaps, industry trends, and emerging technologies for applicability to RTS capabilities

Maintain capability documentation, roadmap decisions, assumptions, dependencies and lessons learned

Escalate material risks, priority conflicts, and investment decisions requiring management or governance action

Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business or a related discipline, or equivalent experience6+ years of experience in…