Margie McArthur

Program Manager | Governance | Collaboration | Integration | Engagement

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

About

Versatile professional with a talent for steering complex business, workplace and culture transformations. Skilled in program design, governance, and strategic planning, with a passion for cross-functional collaboration and engagement. Known for driving simplicity, alignment and efficiency while maintaining a pragmatic approach.

Experience

  • City of Calgary (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Leader, Departmental Planning and Governance
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

    • Senior Policy & Business Planner
      Jun 2024 - Jul 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Suncor (11 yrs 1 mo)
    • Program Lead, Workplace Transformation
      Nov 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr

      Led a transformative $200M+ office tower renovation project to realize improved employee experience and substantial real estate cost savings. The work involved translating best practices and employee engagement to develop an Employee Experience strategy, managing a cross functional integrated project team and maintaining leadership engagement to ensure a human-centred workplace transformation and aligned progress.

    • Senior Advisor, Governance - Transformation Management Office
      Oct 2020 - Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Directed the governance of a company-wide business transformation and achieved successful wind-down and transition to the end-state organization. The work involved managing senior-level governance bodies, designing and implementing robust stewardship and measurement processes, developing senior leader performance goals, and proactively implementing a new business process to streamline and predict resource demand and drive innovation across the organization.

    • Senior Advisor, Councils - Strategy & Corporate Development
      Jul 2017 - Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Successfully managed the company-wide governance structure, including the establishment of a governance model for a new Transformation Management Office. The work involved implementing standardized governance processes to enhance organizational efficiency, facilitating productive meetings, driving alignment and decision-making, translating direction to stakeholders, designing and executing annual Senior Leadership Strategy Sessions, and collaborating with leaders to write regular company-wide Executive-level stewardship and communications.

  • Managing Partner at Environmental Health Technologies
    2006 - 2010 · 4 yrs

    Established and operated an environmental consulting business, managed projects, trained staff and implemented a quality management program, achieving accreditation.

  • Environmental Management Practitioner at Biophilia Inc.
    2007 - 2009 · 2 yrs

    Planned and executed environmental assessment and remediation projects, coordinating technical professionals and ensuring compliance reporting.

  • Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator at Carrier Environmental Services
    2005 - 2006 · 1 yr

    Designed and implemented an Environmental Health & Safety Program for a large post-secondary institution.