Advisor, People Strategic Initiatives

WestJet Group; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

WestJet Group seeks an Advisor, People Strategic Initiatives to drive priority HR projects through analysis, planning, and disciplined execution. The role collaborates with HR and enterprise teams to translate priorities into defined initiatives with timelines and governance.

Reporting to the Director, Planning & Analytics, you will partner with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to advance delivery and address risks.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting projects or workstreams in HR or related environment.
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems and translate priorities into practical plans.
• Comfort working with senior stakeholders and coordinating follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Support defined strategic People initiatives from analysis through implementation.
• Manage deliverables with clear scope, timelines, risks, and success measures.
• Turn objectives into practical workplans, actions, and implementation steps.
• Coordinate stakeholders, milestones, issues, and documentation across projects.
• Prepare analyses, options, and decision materials for sponsors and leaders.
• Contribute to operating model, governance, and HR PMO initiatives.
• Develop project artifacts, process maps, templates, and knowledge repositories.
• Identify opportunities to use AI, automation, and self-serve tools.

Skills

Execution discipline

Structured analysis

Project management

Clear communication

Decision making

Education

Undergraduate degree

Job description

Overview

The Advisor, People Strategic Initiatives supports the delivery of priority projects across the People function through clear analysis, practical planning, and disciplined execution. The role helps translate emerging priorities into defined initiatives with clear outcomes, timelines, decision points, and delivery expectations.

Working across HR and enterprise teams, the Advisor supports workstreams tied to strategic initiatives, integration, operating model delivery, governance, process improvement, and HR PMO priorities. This role offers well-rounded enterprise People experience beyond a single HR portfolio, with exposure to senior leader priorities, cross-functional decision-making, and future ways of working for HR.

Reporting to the Director, Planning & Analytics, the Advisor partners closely with the Senior Advisor, People Strategic Initiatives and collaborates with People Analytics, HR Business Partners, Finance, and initiative owners to advance project delivery, manage risks, and elevate issues when senior direction is needed. The role also helps build capability across special projects, governance, transformation delivery, and AI-enabled process improvement.

Role Responsibilities

• Support defined strategic People initiatives and project workstreams from analysis through implementation and handoff.
• Manage assigned deliverables within clear scope, timelines, decision rights, risks, and success measures.
• Turn strategic objectives into practical workplans, deliverables, stakeholder actions, and implementation steps.
• Coordinate stakeholders, milestones, issues, dependencies, documentation, and follow-through across assigned projects.
• Prepare clear analysis, options, recommendations, status updates, and decision materials for project sponsors and senior leaders.
• Contribute to operating model, governance, integration, process improvement, and HR PMO initiatives that advance People priorities.
• Develop and maintain practical project artifacts, process maps, templates, toolkits, and knowledge repositories.
• Identify opportunities to use AI, automation, and self-serve tools to improve delivery practices, simplify COE ways of working, and build future-ready HR capability.

Core Competencies

• Execution discipline and ownership
• Structured analysis and practical problem-solving
• Project and workstream management
• Clear communication and stakeholder coordination
• Sound judgment, escalation, and continuous improvement

Experience and Qualifications

• Experience supporting projects, initiatives, or workstreams in HR, corporate functions, consulting, operations, or another related environment.
• Strong ability to structure ambiguous problems, synthesize information, and translate priorities into practical plans and deliverables.
• Comfort working with senior stakeholders, preparing clear materials, and coordinating follow-through across multiple contributors.
• Interest in process improvement, digital tools, AI, automation, and future ways of working within HR or enterprise functions.

Education

• Undergraduate degree / equivalent education or job-related experience.