Director, Talent Partnerships Hybrid

Location: AER Calgary Head Office AB

Employment Type: Full Time Permanent

Salary Range: Director Level 9 $194650 - $229000 per year. The final compensation for this position will bedeterminedbased on individual factors including education qualifications experience and internal equity.

Director Talent Partnerships - Hybrid

The Opportunity

At the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) we are redefining how talent drives performance in a complex high-impact environment. We are seeking a Director Talent Partnerships to play a pivotal role in transforming how we align people strategy and organizational capability. This is not a traditional human resources (HR) leadership role. This is an opportunity to design and lead a modern talent partnership model elevate strategic advisory capability and directly influence how the organization delivers on its mandate.

Reporting to the Vice President People Culture & Learning you will shape and lead the HR Business Partner (HRBP) model partner with senior leaders to translate business priorities into actionable workforce and talent strategies ensuring enterprise programs are thoughtfully designed adopted impactful and measurable and build a team capable of delivering insightful data-informed talent solutions.

What your day-to-day work will look like:

• Lead the Talent Partnership Model by defining and elevating the HRBP model setting expectations for strategic enterprise-focused partnership and building capability within the HRBP team to deliver high-value insight driven support to leaders.

• Drive the AER Workforce and Talent Strategy by translating business strategy into forward-looking workforce and talent plans identifying risks gaps and opportunities in organizational capability and leadership pipelines and aligning talent acquisition workforce planning and development into integrated solutions.

• Deliver impact through programs by partnering with program design teams to implement enterprise talent initiatives ensuring programs enhance the overall employee experience and are adopted effectively and deliver measurable business outcomes.

• Influence at the Executive level by acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on talent and organizational effectiveness and bringing insight challenge and perspective to decision-making.

• Lead and develop a high-performing team providing leadership to the HRBP and Talent and Workforce Planning functions and fostering an enterprise mindset and a culture of accountability growth and continuous improvement.

What were looking for in you:

• A Bachelors degree in Human Resources Organizational Development Business or a related discipline with 15 years of progressive experience in human resources organizational development or related fields.

• 8 years of leadership experience including leading senior professionals and building diverse highperforming crossdisciplinary teams in complex organizations.

• Proven ability to deliver enterpriselevel impact by applying systems thinking and sound judgment to influence senior leaders and shape people talent and organizational decisions.

• Deep expertise in HR business partner models and talent strategy with experience elevating HRBP capability and translating business priorities into integrated workforce talent and organizational solutions.

• Demonstrated success translating workforce planning talent management organizational effectiveness and change initiatives into practical scalable outcomes.

• Experience applying data-informed approach to decision-making translating insights into action; CPHR coaching and project management credentials are considered assets.

Additional Information:

• This role has a business requirement to work from the AERs Calgary Head Office.

• All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada at the time of application.

• Should an individual with the required qualifications not be available applicants with closely related qualifications may be considered. As a result the position may be redesigned and/or reclassified.

• If you need accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process please email . Information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

What we offer you:

• Direct influence on enterprise workforce and talent decisions in a complex highly visible regulatory organization.

• The ability to shape and lead a modern HR Business Partner model elevating how talent supports business performance.

• Great benefits from your first day of work.

• Hybrid work - employees may work remotely up to five days per calendar month with a limit of two remote days per week.

• Defined benefit pension plans.

• Flexible benefits program options including Personal & Health care spending account(s).

• Generous vacation entitlement and flex days.

More information about working at the AERs including our comprehensive Total Rewards package can be found in the careers section of our website.

Our Commitment to Diversity:

At the AER our values of Accountability Collaboration Transparency and Trust & Respect are foundational to our culture a culture where every individual regardless of race colour religion gender national origin age disability or any other legally protected factors thrives and contributes their unique perspectives.

Our commitment to diversity equity and inclusion fuels innovation creating a brighter more sustainable Alberta for all. Join us in shaping this dynamic future.

Application closing date: May 10 2026 at midnight.

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