General supervisor, program management

Help turn evidence into action and shape the next chapter of Vision Zero in Edmonton!

Everyone deserves to move safely. The Safe Mobility section leads Edmonton's commitment to Vision Zero by advancing safer, more predictable and accessible travel throughout the city. Guided by the Safe Mobility Strategy, we use evidence-informed approaches to reduce risk, support safe and welcoming communities and improve how the City plans, designs, operates and renews the mobility network.

Reporting to the Director, Safe Mobility, the General Supervisor, Program Management leads two critical section-wide functions: Program Management and Planning & Monitoring. Together, these teams form a vital link between understanding what is happening on Edmonton’s streets and delivering the improvements that make them safer.

You will lead the people who collect and analyze mobility data, advance innovative monitoring technologies, identify trends, coordinate academic research partnerships, and provide the evidence that informs where and how the City acts. You will also lead the program management function that helps turn those insights and priorities into coordinated delivery, supporting Safety Engineering and Traffic Signals Design and Construction projects through their lifecycle from planning and investment through implementation.

The result is a unique end-to-end leadership opportunity. Your teams will help ensure that Safe Mobility’s work is grounded in evidence, strategically prioritized, effectively resourced, and successfully delivered, whether that means neighbourhood traffic calming, safer crossings, speed management initiatives, or major infrastructure such as traffic signals.

You will join the Safe Mobility leadership team at an exciting point in Edmonton’s Vision Zero journey. The City is advancing its Safe Mobility Strategy 2027–2030 with a targeted, place-based approach focused on neighbourhoods, schools, major roads and intersections and a continued commitment to evidence-informed decision-making and the Safe System approach.

The work of the teams you lead will be foundational to turning that strategy into results Edmontonians can see and experience on their streets.

Learn more about Vision Zero and the Safe Mobility Strategy⁠ (edmonton.ca/VisionZero)

What will you do?

• Lead and develop an exceptional multidisciplinary team of approximately 30 permanent and 10 recurring seasonal employees, including people leaders, professional staff and technical specialists. Coach leaders, build capability, and create an environment of trust, accountability, curiosity, and collaboration
• Connect evidence to action. Provide strategic leadership for mobility data collection, analysis, monitoring and technology, ensuring high-quality evidence informs how Safe Mobility identifies risk, establishes priorities, directs investment and measures results
• Provide senior leadership for Safe Mobility’s program management function, ensuring a coordinated and disciplined approach to moving a significant portfolio of capital and operational initiatives from priority to implementation
• Lead integrated portfolio planning across Safe Mobility programs, bringing together evidence, strategic priorities, available resources, delivery capacity and risk to inform investment and delivery decisions
• Oversee multi-year program and portfolio forecasting that informs capital budgeting, operating planning, workforce planning and organizational readiness
• Establish strong portfolio governance and performance practices, including approaches to prioritization, sequencing, resource allocation, risk management, delivery assurance and performance reporting
• Create the conditions for successful delivery by ensuring strong integration among technical program owners, project teams, corporate delivery partners and other key partners across the City
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement in how the City collects and uses mobility data, applies technology, manages programs and evaluates the effectiveness of its investments
• Provide strategic oversight and coordination of Safe Mobility’s academic research partnerships, including the City’s relationship with the University of Alberta, to align research priorities with organizational needs and translate research findings into practical policy, planning and investment decisions.
• Monitor portfolio-level financial performance, organizational capacity, delivery risks and emerging issues, providing strategic advice and implementing mitigation strategies where required
• Build strong relationships across the corporation and beyond, positioning Program Management and Planning & Monitoring as trusted, responsive services to Safe Mobility and other City partners
• Contribute as a core member of the Safe Mobility leadership team, helping shape section-wide strategy, priorities, organizational decisions, and the implementation of the Safe Mobility Strategy 2027–2030

Knowledge or training and/or education in Urban Planning, Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field

• Progressive leadership experience in a complex public sector, infrastructure, transportation, program delivery, operational, or related environment, including experience leading leaders and overseeing multiple or complex functions
• Significant experience in program or portfolio management, strategic planning, capital or operational program delivery, budgeting, resource planning, performance measurement and cross-functional coordination
• Experience overseeing significant capital and/or operating portfolios and collaborating with multidisciplinary professional and technical teams
• Demonstrated experience utilizing data, analytics, and performance information to support planning, prioritization, investment, and evaluation decisions
• Experience leading through complexity and change, including balancing competing priorities, managing risk and aligning people and resources around shared outcomes
• Combinations of education and experience may be considered

Assets:

• Experience in a municipal environment and with Council processes, politically sensitive issues, corporate governance and complex business partner relationships
• A Professional designation or accreditation in a relevant field such as project management, engineering, planning, business or public administration
• Experience or training in change management, leadership development, organizational design, continuous improvement and/or data analytics
• Experience with transportation safety, Vision Zero, the Safe System approach, mobility planning, or transportation infrastructure delivery

Skills required for success:

• Strategic and systems thinking: You see connections across evidence, policy, people, resources, and delivery and can translate broad strategic direction into coordinated action
• Leadership of leaders: You build capable, confident leaders, establish clear accountability, and empower others to make good decisions
• Evidence-informed decision-making: You are comfortable working with complex data and technical information and can translate evidence into practical priorities and decisions
• Program and portfolio leadership: You understand how to establish the governance, priorities, resources and oversight required to successfully deliver a complex portfolio of work
• Comfort with complexity: You can make sound decisions when information is incomplete, priorities compete, and issues cross organizational boundaries
• Financial and organizational acumen: You understand the relationship between priorities, budgets, workforce capacity, risk and successful delivery
• Collaboration and influence: You build trusted relationships and can create alignment across teams and organizations, including where you do not have positional authority
• Political and organizational awareness: You understand the broader environment in which municipal decisions are made, anticipate issues and know when and how to elevate them
• Exceptional communication: You can make complex technical, analytical and strategic information meaningful to employees, partners, senior leaders and other audiences
• Innovation and continuous improvement: You challenge established approaches constructively and create space for teams to test, learn and improve
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving results in a respectful, inclusive and collaborative manner

Alignment to our Cultural Commitments and Leadership Competencies (https://bit.ly/4brRrXm)

Embracing a culture of equity, diversity, reconciliation and inclusion

Conditions of Employment and Work Environment:

• 1 permanent, full-time position
• Hours of Work: 36.9 hours per week, Monday - Friday. This position ​may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement ​with ​the flexibility to work from both home and the 14th Floor, Edmonton Tower
• Salary (Annually): $123,938.39 - $154,920.88
• Hire is dependent on a Criminal Information Check satisfactory to the City of Edmonton. There may be a cost associated with this requirement

The City of Edmonton values applicants with a diverse range of skills, experiences and competencies, and encourages you to apply. We strive to provide reasonable access and accommodations throughout the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact employment@edmonton.ca. Learn more about our benefits https://bit.ly/COEbenefits. Talent sourced through this process may be considered for similar opportunities within the City of Edmonton.

Recruitment Consultant: JM/SB

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