Director, Strategy

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada CIBC Full time

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.

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What you'll be doing

Reporting to the Senior Director, Imperial Service Strategy and Product Management, the Director of Strategy & Optimization will lead the ongoing strategy and execution of the portfolio optimization for our Imperial Service advisors, support the execution of advisor transition strategies, and leads programs to accelerate productivity through a data driven approach.

The Director will influence the development, implementation and management of strategies, and programs in support of Imperial Service business plan. In particular, this role will drive the portfolio optimization strategy, deliver recommendations and ensure advisor portfolios are effectively and efficiently optimized. This is a leadership role that provides guidance and professional advice on complex and conceptual issues to frontline salesforce, project teams and partners on key initiatives.
- At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 1 to 3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote. 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
- Portfolio Optimization - Lead and execute on key strategic initiatives to optimize advisor portfolios and transition process. Work with Imperial Service leaders to deliver great client experience and engagement during advisor transition, while minimize business impacts. Leverage data and deep insights to accelerate productivity and enhance training.
- Strategy Design & Strategic Problem Solving - Develop strategies for Imperial Service and synthesize business objectives and current operating model strengths and weaknesses to drive growth. Frame complex problem to be addressed, identify and execute required analysis with Analytics partners, and synthesize key findings to help the teams reach decisions. Support the execution and development of the Imperial Service Strategy and map the value chain and opportunities in a story telling approach.
- Presentation & Analysis - Develop and prepare executive presentation materials, metrics and performance materials and ad-hoc requests including leading and crafting analysis, conclusions, and facilitating associated actions with Analytics and Finance partners.
- Consulting - Foster collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders and peers. Provide value-added advisory support on strategic direction and best practices. Participate and support in in-flight projects to ensure that the strategic vision and its benefits are realized. Stay connected with the client journey and engage with our frontline partners regularly to understand the current strengths and challenges.

Who you are
- You can demonstrate knowledge of and experience in strategic planning and strategy development and execution. You have a strong understanding of the Wealth Management and Investments distribution space and enhanced technical knowledge in order to deal with more complex problems independently.
- You are a problem solver. You have creative problem solving skills sufficient to resolve or identify innovative alternatives or opportunities where established procedures for problems sometimes do not exist.
- You deliver with urgency. You have the ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups or activities. Effective judgment in prioritizing and time allocation
- You have strong technical skills. You can demonstrate financial modeling skills in working with large datasets and ability to synthesize complex problems and solutions to “easy to understand” concepts.
- You are detail oriented. You understand that success is in the details. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.
- Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You have well-developed presentation skills, highly-developed writing skills, and influential skills sufficient to accomplish "significant" promotion & negotiation on CIBC’s behalf and to convince others of the value of preferred options or alternatives in situations where distinct differences of opinion or approach exist.
- Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability

What CIBC Offers

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