Senior Consultant, Real Estate Business Effectiveness

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, the Senior Consultant, Business Effectiveness & Communications is a seasoned professional providing consultation, expertise and support to the Enterprise Real Estate & Workplace Experience (ERE&WE) team by delivering business documents, high-impact communications, presentation materials and strategic reporting.

This role is responsible for preparing executive and board updates, crafting written communications, and supporting new initiatives as required. The role encompasses leading and managing projects of moderate to high complexity. The role prepares and presents roadmap progress, issues, and recommendations to internal partners and executives, championing CIBC values and supporting the highest quality standards and objectives.

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 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.
How You'll Succeed

• Business Management - Support the Enterprise Real Estate & Workplace Experience leadership team, in executing strategic priorities of varying complexity. Act as a business consultant, liaison, and implementer on various initiatives in a fast paced environment.
• Project Delivery - Support the delivery of strategic real estate initiatives, processes, reporting and work packages. Prepare presentation materials and develop communications to support key programs and workplace initiatives.
• Reporting - Prepare and format reporting, dashboards, scorecards to track and communicate insights and performance metrics. Compile and analyze data for strategic dashboards and scorecards, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Presentation Development - Design compelling PowerPoint presentations for executive and board meetings, business reviews and strategic initiative updates ensuring alignment with branding standards. Gather and synthesize input from teams across ERE & WE for inclusion in executive materials. Prepare impactful presentation and briefing materials for executive-level audiences.
• Written Communications - Draft clear, concise, and high-quality communications and updates for senior audiences and employees, translating complex information into accessible messaging aligned to CIBC standards. Draft, edit, and distribute internal and external communications on behalf of the Enterprise Real Estate team, ensuring clarity, professionalism, and alignment with CIBC standards.
• Continuous Improvement - Enhance processes, templates, and tools for executive communications and reporting.
• Relationship Management - Maintain professional relationships with multiple partners and clients through excellent interpersonal skills. Communicate proactively with colleagues to plan and organize work across stakeholders. Collaborate with leaders and partners to ensure communications are relevant and impactful. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to gather information, coordinate inputs, and ensure consistency in messaging and data presentation. Liaise with and leverage partners on projects & initiatives.

Who You Are

• You act like an owner. You thrive when you're empowered to take the lead, go above and beyond, and deliver results.
• 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.
• You leverage strong interpersonal and communication skills to cultivate and maintain effective working relationships with senior leaders and both internal and external partners.
• You thrive in a matrix environment. You have the ability to make an impact through influence skills and experience working in a matrix environment. You are able to form strong relationships at all levels, and partner with other teams to get deliverables done.
• You demonstrate the ability to convey complex topics. You can translate complex topics and issues into clear and concise messaging and materials that resonate with stakeholders.
• You embrace and champion change. You'll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best.
• You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoys working together to bring a shared vision to life.
• You're digitally savvy. You seek out innovative solutions and embrace evolving technologies. You can easily adapt to new tools and trends.
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

What CIBC Offers
At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

• 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 Mailbox.careers-
• 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-81 Bay, 33rd Floor

Employment Type
Regular

Weekly Hours
37.5

Skills
Analytical Thinking, Business Effectiveness, Client Service, Communication, Detail-Oriented, Process Improvements, Professional Presentation, Relationship Management, Teamwork