Manager, Strategy

Rocky View County values our employees and provides a welcoming and stable work environment where positive energy, creativity, and a service mindset are encouraged. We seek individuals who enjoy making a difference and contributing meaningfully to a vibrant community. Our valued and diverse team of 500+ employees are provided with the same concern, respect, and caring attitude as the 45,000 people who call Rocky View County home.
At Rocky View County we value employee work/life balance. Staff are provided with opportunities to grow professionally while being supported with paid training, a competitive salary, benefits after 30 days, 27 paid days off in their first year, plus general holidays, a pension plan, paid sick time, and a hybrid work environment for eligible positions.
Position Summary
Reporting to the Executive Director, Financial & Business Services, the Manager of Strategy and Performance is responsible for anticipating future trends and leading long-term planning efforts for the County, in close collaboration with the CAO and Executive Leadership Team (ELT). This role requires balancing stakeholder and public needs with fiscal realities, timelines, and resource constraints.
The Manager is accountable for driving and enabling the design, development, implementation, and monitoring/reporting of the County’s strategic priorities, special projects, and other corporate initiatives assigned by ELT. The Manager will collaborate with Business Intelligence and Analytics, and lead and oversee Strategic Management and Corporate Performance, and Service Design, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
As a member of the Management Leadership Team (MLT), the Manager actively participates in decision-making related to corporate and departmental programs, policies, and operations. The Manager is responsible for collaborating and coordinating with all levels of County management to ensure corporate strategies and key corporate projects and initiatives are in place to implement the Council Strategic Goals in a measured manner with clear outcomes that reflect the corporate service plan.
The Manager, both as an individual and as part of the broader leadership team, is expected to act as a key agent of the CAO, championing and executing the priorities and direction set by the CAO and ELT.
Core Accountabilities
A dynamic functioning leader, the primary obligation of the Manager is to the strategy, priorities and direction of the County. This working level Manager leads and supports the Strategy and Performance team (comprised of professional staff) in the delivery of their duties which are aligned with the corporate objectives.
Business Intelligence and Analytics
- Facilitate quality information gathering, integration and sharing.
- Conduct business-specific research, business intelligence and analytics in accordance with corporate policies and standards
- Connect analytics and business intelligence to business strategy and risk mitigation.

Strategic Management and Corporate Performance
- Lead the development of departmental and branch strategies and business plans in alignment with the County’s strategic planning framework and corporate priorities.
- Collaborate with divisions and departments to ensure strategic and operational plans align with the Corporate Strategic Plan, Council direction, and other organization-wide strategies, including integration with the capital and operating budget process.
- Support corporate and departmental leadership in implementing corporate strategy, including the identification and management of risks, performance measures, analytics, and evaluation of programs and services.
- Provide input into the development and enhancement of corporate planning methodologies, tools, templates, and performance frameworks to support continuous improvement and accountability.
- Ensure frontline services and operational delivery reflect strategic objectives and contribute to the County’s vision and service excellence standards.
- Facilitate the integration of corporate strategy into departmental policies and initiatives, ensuring alignment and coordination across the organization.
- Promote a performance-driven and outcomes-focused culture by fostering accountability, innovation, transparency, and continuous improvement across strategic initiatives.
- Lead and support change management and cross-functional collaboration efforts to advance corporate priorities and strategic initiatives effectively.
- Identify and proactively manage strategic and operational risks to ensure effective execution and long-term sustainability of County services.

Service Design
- Develop implementation plans to advance service design initiatives in the department and achieve the County’s goals.
- Ensure alignment with related corporate frameworks, systems and processes through a customer-centric approach, test/prototype solutions and continually improve design of services.
- Lead implementation within divisions and