Manager, HR Partnerships, Heavy Oil Operations

Cenovus Energy; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation & flex days

Health & dental benefits

Mental health coverage

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Employee assistance

Virtual healthcare

Job summary

Cenovus Energy in Calgary, Alberta seeks a Manager, Human Resources Business Partnerships to lead a team of Senior HR Business Partners supporting Oil Sands and LTCHO units. This working manager role blends people leadership with strategic HR expertise, delivering trusted advice on workforce and organizational matters across our Canadian Heavy Oil Operations.

Based in Calgary, you will partner with senior leaders to drive workforce priorities, organizational design, culture and change

Qualifications

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
• Post-secondary degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive HR experience, including 8+ years in an HR Business Partner capacity or related roles demonstrating comparable technical expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of Senior HR Business Partners, building capability and ensuring high-quality HR support.
• Provide strategic HR guidance to senior leaders to support performance, organizational effectiveness, and workforce capability.
• Act as the lead HRBP for an assigned client group, delivering strategic and operational HR support in a working manager capacity.
• Partner with leaders to identify priorities and design strategic workforce and organizational initiatives.
• Diagnose organizational culture and leadership challenges, offering practical HR solutions and guidance.

Skills

People leadership

Strategic HR

HR analytics

Coaching

Stakeholder management

Education

Post-secondary degree in HR or related field

CHRP designation (asset)

Tools

HRIS systems

Job description

Worker Type: Employee Job Post End Date: 10/28/2026

About this opportunity

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Strategic HR Partnerships, the Manager, Human Resources Business Partnerships leads a team of Senior HR Business Partners supporting our Oil Sands and LTCHO business units, while providing direct HR partnership to an assigned client group. As a working manager, this role combines people leadership with strategic HR expertise, providing trusted advice on complex workforce and organizational matters. The role leads key people initiatives, mentors HR talent, and supports the effective delivery of HR programs and solutions across our Canadian Heavy Oil Operations. This position is based in Calgary, Alberta.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of Senior HR Business Partners, building capability and ensuring consistent, high-quality HR support across the business.
• Serve as a trusted partner to senior leaders, providing strategic HR guidance to support business performance, organizational effectiveness, and workforce capability.
• Act as the lead HR Business Partner for an assigned client group, providing strategic and operational HR support in a working manager capacity.
• Partner with business leaders to identify people priorities and design and implement strategic workforce and organizational initiatives aligned with business objectives.
• Diagnose complex organizational, leadership, workforce, and culture challenges, providing practical solutions and expert guidance on employee relations, operating model changes, and workforce transitions.
• Leverage workforce insights, people metrics, and business intelligence to identify trends, inform decisions, and develop targeted people solutions.
• Lead the effective implementation and adoption of enterprise HR programs and strategic initiatives, providing guidance and expertise across the HRBP team and supported client groups.
• Build strong partnerships across HR Centers of Expertise, HR Operations, and business leadership to deliver integrated, sustainable people solutions.

Qualifications

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
• Post-secondary degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive HR experience, including 8+ years in an HR Business Partner capacity or related roles demonstrating comparable technical expertise.
• Demonstrated expertise in organizational effectiveness, including organizational design, team effectiveness, and influencing organizational culture.
• Proven ability to influence and advise senior and frontline leaders on complex people and organizational matters.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale organizational change and developing solutions to complex organizational challenges.
• Formal or informal people leadership, coaching, or mentorship experience is considered a strong asset.
• CHRP designation or equivalent professional HR designation is considered an asset.
• We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT October 27, 2026.

Company Culture

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.

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.

Total rewards

• 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.

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

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.