Manager, HR Advisory

Oil Authority; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Health & dental benefits

Mental health coverage

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Employee assistance

Virtual healthcare coverage

Job summary

Cenovus is seeking a Manager, HR Advisory to lead Tier 2 HR service delivery across Canadian HR Operations. You will oversee the HR Advisory team and ensure efficient, compliant, employee-centered support while handling sensitive information in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires a post-secondary degree and 12 years of progressive HR leadership, with experience in ServiceNow, Workday, or SAP as assets.

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Post-secondary degree or diploma with 12+ years HR leadership experience.
• Experience with HR systems such as ServiceNow, Workday, SAP is an asset.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for decision support.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the HR Advisory team for Canada.
• Drive alignment and employee development within the team.
• Translate policy and system changes into scalable Tier 2 solutions.
• Handle confidential matters, including executive and terminations.
• Develop and improve tools, policies, and processes for HR advisories.

Skills

People leadership

HR operations

Analytical skills

Policy compliance

Education

Post-secondary degree or diploma in HR or related field

Tools

ServiceNow

Workday

SAP

Job description

Worker Type: EmployeeJob Post End Date: 08/29/2026

About this opportunity:

Reporting to the Senior Manager, HR Operations, the Manager, HR Advisory is responsible for leading Tier 2 HR service delivery across Canadian HR Operations. This role oversees the HR Advisory team and ensures the delivery of efficient, consistent, and employee-centered HR support while maintaining compliance with company policies, programs, and applicable legislation. The ideal candidate demonstrates discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive and confidential information. They are highly adaptable, able to effectively manage competing priorities, and possess strong organizational, customer service, and analytical skills. This role is well suited to an individual who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, and dynamic environment and is committed to delivering an exceptional employee experience.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the HR Advisory team, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery

• Cultivate a high-performing team by driving alignment, focusing on priorities, and employee development

• Enable and influence HR Operations strategy by translating policy, system, and business changes into scalable, compliant, and operationally sound Tier 2 solutions.

• Lead and execute time-sensitive and confidential matters, including executive support, escalations, reorganizations and involuntary terminations

• Accountable for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of tools, policies, procedures, and processes necessary for executing specialized case management/advisory requests and people-related transactions

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada

• Post-secondary degree or diploma, combined with a minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in human resources and people leadership

• Experience working with ServiceNow, Workday, and SAP is considered an asset

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to provide insights, recommendations, and informed decision support

• Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT August 28, 2026.

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:

Ranked as one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025, Cenovus is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, responsible and cost-efficient manner. We operate in Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Our operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia. Cenovus’s downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.

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The Cenovus experience

Total rewards

We’re committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:

• Paid vacation (including a flex day program for eligible staff)
• Health & dental benefits
• Substantial mental health coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability benefits
• Employee family assistance
• Virtual healthcare coverage

Our development philosophy

We foster a culture of continuous learning and development to support employees as they build meaningful careers. We offer a variety of employee development initiatives, including:

• Internal course offerings
• Education assistance for additional development
• Opportunities to work on special projects
• Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders

We actively promote internal job movement, recognizing the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways. As a fully integrated energy company, we believe that sharing knowledge across our business and operations creates stronger outcomes—for employees and for the company as a whole.

Our culture

• Our purpose: We energize the world to make people’s lives better.
• Our values:
  • Protect what matters
  • Do it right
  • Make it better
  • Do it together

• Cenovus Cares: We believe in the power of purpose-driven work. Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares, connects our people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year-round.
  • Support causes you care about with volunteer opportunities in and outside of work.
  • Earn donation grants while volunteering (up to $1,000 per event).
  • Receive donation matching up to $10,000 annually.

• Staff resource groups: We have various staff resource groups to help ensure our people feel a sense of belonging and can grow and do their best work. These voluntary groups are employee-led and all groups are open to all staff in all locations.

Equal opportunity employer

We believe a workplace where everyone has merit-based opportunities to grow, achieve career aspirations and feel a sense of belonging benefits our people, our company and the regions where we live and work. We embrace and encourage different perspectives and approaches, which help us make better business decisions. We believe that through this approach, we can solve challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions.

To achieve an unbiased and respectful workplace, individuals are evaluated based on qualifications, merit and abilities, and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We also acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

For more information about working at Cenovus, visit cenovus.com.

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.