CIBC - Institutional Senior Product Manager, Product Development & Management - Toronto

CIBC - Institutional Senior Product Manager, Product Development & Management - Toronto

Job Overview

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

What you'll be doing

As a member of the CIBC Asset Management Institutional Product Team, you’ll be responsible for supporting and executing product management and development initiatives of the Institutional channel, including the Private Investment Counsel channel according to the Product Strategic Plans.

You will assist in leading the development and implementation of strategic and tactical business plans for the Institutional channel and the Private Investment Counsel.

You will be accountable for conducting analytical work and research, maintaining comprehensive institutional competitor information on industry trends, channel and client needs, competitor capabilities, and developments.

As a Senior Product Manager, you’ll also lead day-to-day account administration and management in relation to the Policy Summary System (PSS) and the Client Central Database (CCDB) for CIBC’s internally managed strategies and mandates.

This role will coordinate and implement investment policy changes and product enhancements with key stakeholders, while also providing operational support for institutional and retail product-related transactions and activities.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How you'll succeed

• Product development and management - Strong knowledge and experience in institutional asset management product development and management and project management sufficient to identify, develop, and implement approved initiatives (experience preferably in asset management).
• Analytical - Understand and interpret complex information, identify patterns and trends in new or strategic areas, and develop recommendations, often with minimal direction in order to respond to urgent business priorities.
• Leadership - Well-developed management and leadership skills sufficient to achieve results within a matrix organization, including the ability to bring about change at a senior level.
• Relationship and stakeholder management - Meet business objectives by managing relationships and working effectively with internal and external partners including Operations, Tax, Legal, Distribution, Marketing, and other lines of business, partners, and vendors.
• Communication - Strong verbal and written communication skills are critical to synthesize complex product concepts and analysis to simple and easy to understand formats suitable for the audience and channel.
• Multi-tasking oriented and time management - Highly capable of handling multiple deliverables at once with the ability to prioritize urgent tasks according to their timelines.

Who you are

You can demonstrate experience in institutional investment product management and development (5+ years). You also have in-depth knowledge of CIBC Asset Management products.

You have strategic planning and analytic skills sufficient to establish and coordinate complex assignments and projects which can be ambiguous in nature.

CFA candidate or charterholder is preferred. Successful completion of the Canadian Securities Course is preferred. Experience with Mercer Insight, eVestments, or similar databases is preferred.

• Your influence makes a difference. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by sharing your expertise.
• You're motivated by collective success. You know that teamwork can transform a good idea into a great one. You know that an inclusive team that enjoys working together can bring a vision to life.

You are highly collaborative and professional, with the willingness to support partners to achieve strategic and tactical business objectives.

You are comfortable working with data. You enjoy investigating complex problems and making sense of information. You communicate detailed information in a meaningful way.

You are comfortable handling large amounts of data and have expertise to give the data meaning.

• You look beyond the moment. You know what you do will make a difference today and tomorrow. You look for new opportunities to define what's possible.
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

What CIBC Offers

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program*, defined benefit pension plan*, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.
• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.
• We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.
• Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

What you need to know

CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience.

If you need accommodation, please contact [email protected]

• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.
• We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency, MS Office).

Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.

Job Location : Toronto-161 Bay St., 11th

Employment Type : Regular

Weekly Hours : 37.5

Skills : Analytical Thinking, Business Cases, Business Development, Business Planning, Market Research, Product Analysis, Product Development, Product Management

At CIBC, we are in business to help our clients, employees, and shareholders achieve what is important to them. Our ability to create value for all CIBC stakeholders is driven by a business culture based on common values : Trust, Teamwork, and Accountability.

Working with CIBC makes you a part of a work environment committed to our clients, employees, and communities - a place where you can excel.

Every day, our 44,000 employees help our clients achieve their financial goals, because what matters to our clients, matters to us.

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