Director, Neighbourhoods and Open Spaces Infrastructure Delivery at City of Edmonton

Job Number: 53989

Lead the transformation of a great city's neighbourhoods and open spaces!

This influential leadership position, reporting to the Branch Manager, Building Great Neighbourhoods, offers a dual-faceted opportunity to shape the future of Integrated Infrastructure Services. As a core member of the Branch Leadership Team, you will be instrumental in achieving strategic goals, developing key priorities, and setting the overall direction for the Branch. Furthermore, this role entails the strategic development and alignment of resources necessary to successfully execute the area's mandate, ensuring complete alignment with the Branch, Department, Corporate Business Plans, ConnectEdmonton, and the City Plan.

Operating within an integrated business model, the Director, Neighbourhoods and Open Spaces Infrastructure Delivery holds the critical accountability for the delivery of all neighbourhood and open space capital projects. This extensive portfolio includes the Neighbourhood Renewal Program, the Alley Renewal Program, and the development of both neighbourhood and district parks. The scope of work also spans trails and shared-use paths with related foundational structures, playgrounds, spray parks, sports fields, lighting, active modes infrastructure, complex erosion and structural remediation, environmental clean-up and landfill closures, Low Impact Development, Community-Led projects, and cemetery projects at City-owned facilities.

You will be responsible for providing leadership and strategic management to a dedicated team. This includes direct reporting relationships with 5 Supervisors, and indirect oversight for over 40 staff, in addition to managing a variety of external consultants and contractors. The Director specifically guides four distinct business units whose primary focus areas are project management excellence, sustainability management, and public communications.

What will you do?

• Provide leadership and strategic management in delivering Project Management excellence and best practices
• Lead by example, fostering a positive and collaborative team culture that aligns with organizational values and empowers staff to achieve excellence
• Coach, mentor, develop and lead a team of over 40 employees in creating action plans to foster communication, promote integration and collaboration, and support excellence in alignment with the Modern Municipal Corporation Framework and the corporation’s cultural commitments
• Deliver projects in multi-year capital plans to support the growth and renewal of open space infrastructure in the city, including the River Valley Systems, Parks, Open Spaces (i.e. Golf Courses, Cemeteries, etc), Environmental, Soft Landscaping and Partner Projects
• Ensure financial resources are used prudently and effectively in the delivery of the Section’s work (in accordance with the Project Development and Delivery Model)
• Craft and implement forward-thinking strategies and improvements for the Branch, translating high-level goals into actionable plans for the Neighbourhoods and Open Spaces Infrastructure Delivery Section.
• Support the Branch Manager, the Deputy City Manager and Council by overseeing the provision and development of information and reports that allow them to make informed decisions
• Develop collaborative and influential relationships with clients and other partners internal and external to the City
• Drive fiscal sustainability, continuous improvement and consistency in systems and processes through expert change management, overseeing the development and implementation of multi-year capital plans for the Building Great Neighbourhoods program
• Continue to build multi-year partnerships with communities and collaborate extensively with partners, while advancing the goals and priorities of the City’s ConnectEdmonton and City Plan and balancing fiscal responsibility
• Anticipate business opportunities, influence policy, planning and initiatives, and foster a culture of accountability through data, performance measurement and evaluation

Qualifications:

• Knowledge, training and/or education in Business Management, Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture or a related discipline
• Experience managing a team in the delivery of infrastructure projects, related to transportation, utilities, roadwork, open spaces or a related discipline
• Leadership experience within a large, complex organization managing a team and the development of staff
• Combinations of education and/or experience will be considered

Assets:

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing and registered as practicing with APEGA
• Masters Degree in a related field
• Additional training in financial management, public administration, government relations, project management, and/or change management
• Experience in public engagement and partner management

Skills required for success:

• Ability to cultivate strong relationships across diverse teams and partners fostering collaboration, trust, and mutual respect
• Operate as a strategically agile leader able to anticipate changes in corporate direction, business opportunities and influence enterprise-wide policy planning and initiatives
• Actively demonstrate the values and behaviours supportive of equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace
• Ability to collaborate and build trust, obtain input, understanding, and participation from the team
• Ability to create a work culture capable of developing and maintaining a high performing team
• Think strategically to address large, complex issues, to manage projects while steering dynamically
• Proven ability to prioritize complex workflows and maintain team focus on critical objectives
• Strong initiative and foresight, taking prompt action to identify and resolve potential risks and opportunities before they escalate
• Strong political acumen, strategic planning, issue resolution and decision-making skills
• 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 worksite
• Salary: (Annually) - $146,472.00 - $183,091.00
• Hire is dependent on 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 [email protected]. 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/MZ

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Classification Title: ML4 - Director Posting Date: Jan 5, 2026 Closing Date: Jan 19, 2026 11:59:00 PM (MST) Number of Openings (up to): 1 - Permanent Full-time Union : Management Department: Building Great Neighbourhoods Work Location(s): 14th Floor Edmonton Tower, 10111 104 Avenue Edmonton T5J 0J4