HR Business Partner Specialist### HR Business Partner SpecialistApply: CA-AB-Calgary: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 30, 2026 (8 days left to apply): R-411240Worker Type: EmployeeJob Post End Date: 10/30/2026About this opportunity:Reporting to the Senior Manager, HRBP Enabling, the HRBP Specialist provides strategic HR partnership and expertise to the Chief Financial Officer and Finance leadership team. Working closely with HR Business Partners, HR Operations, and Centers of Expertise, you will identify people priorities, assess complex organizational challenges, and develop solutions that strengthen business performance, organizational capability, and workforce readiness. As a trusted advisor, you will provide independent counsel to senior leaders and guide strategic people initiatives, complex workforce matters, organizational change, and employee relations. You will also contribute to broader HR priorities through cross-functional initiatives, knowledge sharing, and mentorship of HR Business Partners.
This position is based in Calgary, Alberta.

Responsibilities:
* Partner with the CFO and Finance leaders as a trusted advisor, identifying people priorities and providing counsel, coaching, and strategies that support business objectives, organizational capability, and workforce readiness.
* Diagnose complex organizational challenges and advise on organizational effectiveness, operating models and design, leadership effectiveness, accountability, decision-making, and ways of working.
* Drive integrated talent and workforce strategies, including talent reviews, succession and development, workforce planning, performance management, retention, and internal mobility.
* Leverage workforce data, people metrics, external trends,



and business insights to identify risks and inform strategic people and workforce decisions.
* Independently manage complex employee relations matters, including performance concerns, workplace conduct, policy interpretation, and sensitive workforce issues.
* Guide the people and change components of significant business initiatives, organizational changes, and high-impact workforce transformations.
* Partner across HR Centers of Expertise, HR Operations, and HR Business Partner teams to deliver integrated solutions, advance strategic initiatives, and represent Finance priorities in the ongoing improvement of HR programs, processes, governance, and services.
* Serve as a subject matter expert and mentor to HR Business Partners, building capability, sharing expertise, and promoting consistent HRBP practices.Qualifications:
* Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
* Post-secondary degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related discipline.
* Minimum 12 years of progressive HR experience, including at least 8 years in an HR Business Partner capacity.
* Demonstrated success partnering with senior leaders to identify people priorities and develop strategic solutions aligned with business objectives.
* Strong expertise across key HR disciplines, including organizational effectiveness and design, talent and succession management, workforce planning, employee relations, and change management.




* Proven ability to diagnose complex organizational challenges and independently develop and implement practical, business-focused solutions.
* Experience driving cross-functional initiatives and supporting significant organizational, operating model, and workforce changes.
* Demonstrated leadership capability, including mentoring, coaching, and developing HR professionals.
* Experience supporting Finance or another complex corporate or enabling function is considered an asset.
* Qualified HR designation, such as CHRP, CPHR, or equivalent, is considered an asset.Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT October 29th, 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.
If you require accessibility assistance to complete the on-line application or otherwise apply for an open position with Cenovus, its subsidiaries and affiliates, please email [email protected]. 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 Un

📌 HR Business Partner Specialist (Calgary)
🏢 Cenovus Energy
📍 Calgary