Lead Strategic HR Projects That Support Canada’s Defence Mission
Are you a forward-thinking project leader with an expertise in People and Data Analytics? Join us as a Project Manager, HR People and Data Analytics and support the people and platforms behind some of Canada’s exciting national defence projects.
As part of a high-performing HR team, you’ll lead the delivery of complex, high-impact HR initiatives—driving innovation in how we manage human capital, compensation, payroll, and workforce data. From planning and executing enterprise-wide projects to enhancing system functionality and automating processes, your work will help ensure our HR infrastructure is robust, efficient, and future-ready.
You’ll collaborate with internal stakeholders and senior leadership to implement data-driven solutions, support regulatory compliance, and deliver timely, high-quality analytics that inform decision-making across the organization. This role requires strong project and risk management skills, a passion for process improvement, and the ability to navigate evolving technologies in support of critical HR functions.
If you're looking to apply your expertise in a meaningful way—supporting national priorities while advancing innovative HR solutions—this is your opportunity to make an impact.
The Project Manager, HR People Analytics and HR Systems, oversees the delivery and management of HR Systems projects to meet corporate and HR requirements. The incumbent identifies and schedules project deliverables and activities, leads HR Systems project teams, ensuring compliance with business objectives, and monitors overall project performance. The incumbent is responsible for Human Capital Management (HCM) system development, processing and testing and analyzes and recommends solutions for complex compensation and payroll-related issues and human resources data analytics requirements. The Project Manager researches industry trends, prepares recommendations for new processes and reports, and reviews, revises and automates existing ones. The incumbent provides data analytics and technical support to Human Resources team members and improves processes, records management, reporting and quality assurance. The incumbent is responsible for risk management and mitigation activities on projects. The incumbent develops creative solutions and ensures the project team is focused on collaboration, and quality and timeliness of deliverables.
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Working with DCC offers excellent opportunities for growth – and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages. In your role as Project Manager, HR People Analytics and HR Systems, your package is valued at 25% to 30% of your salary.
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To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.
DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening.
The appropriate security clearance is a condition of employment and it is the candidate’s or employee’s responsibility to ensure, they are able to obtain and maintain their required security level clearance to begin or continue their employment with DCC. Failure to obtain or maintain, the appropriate level of security clearance means either the candidate or employee will not receive a job offer, the conditional offer will be rendered null and void or their employment will be terminated with cause. A thorough security clearance process will be applied to all candidates or employees considered for an appointment; this process includes inquiries, verifications and assessments regarding matters such as, but not limited to:
Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!
At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community. We also welcome applications from those who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information.
DCC is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all requests for accommodation based on a medical contraindication, religion or another prohibited ground for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act. Should you require accommodation, please email careers@dcc-cdc.gc.ca.
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