Senior Strategic HR Partner

About this opportunity:

Reporting to the Senior Manager Strategic HR Partnerships, your main responsibility will be to provide strategic HR support to Senior Leaders, Front line leaders and employees who reside in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. This role is based in Calgary Alberta with frequent travel (up to 50%) to Lloydminster. This role works closely with the broader Strategic HR Partner team as well as the HR Centers of Expertise (COE) to deliver programs and services in alignment with the business and people strategy and plans.

The ideal candidate will be client-focused with abilities to build important relationships and capable of leading change to support HR goals aligned with the company's strategy and culture. A strong business sense is necessary to comprehend operations and the external environment in order to apply insights and tools that align HR initiatives with Cenovus's overall strategy.

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What you’ll do:

• Serve as a strategic partner to leadership, aligning people strategies with business goals to enhance capacity, capability, experience, and drive high performance

• Diagnose organization challenges, identify interventions and work with leaders to facilitate improvement and change

• Implement the Cenovus People Plan/People Principles by leading HR projects and partnering with COEs to ensure alignment on programs that enhance capacity, capability, and employee experience

• Lead and facilitate integrated talent development, succession planning, and internal mobility to support performance needs, while representing business needs in HR program design/planning and improvement

• Provide change management support and collaborate with leaders and employees on performance and conduct

• Support annual HR programs (i.e. leadership and employee development, performance management, mentoring etc) and provide expertise in organization design, workforce planning, team effectiveness, and talent development to drive retention and performance

• Capture feedback from clients regularly to ensure planning, projects, services, and support that is being provided aligns with business area needs

• Collaborate with HR Operations to ensure consistent and quality delivery of services to clients

• Report and address employee concerns in accordance with Company policies

• Influence and support the development and delivery of fit for purpose governance, programs, processes and services within the COEs and service delivery teams of the HR Department

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada

• Post-secondary degree in a related field, CHRP designation or equivalent is an asset

• Minimum 8 years HR experience with experience demonstrating technical and behavioral HR Capabilities below

• Minimum of 5+ years of Organizational Effectiveness / Team Effectiveness, and demonstrable ability to influence culture and both Senior and Frontline leaders

• Progression of roles within HR with increased responsibility and scope

• Strong collaboration and critical thinking skills—able to partner across teams, design solutions, work independently, and use data to inform business decisions.

We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT June 11, 2025.

Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to determining next steps.

Cenovus was ranked one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025. We’re committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.

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Who we are:

We’re an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary with oil and natural gas production operations in Canada and the Asia Pacific region, and upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. We’re committed to maximizing value by sustainably developing our assets in a safe, innovative and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans.

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The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

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