CPP Investments | Investissements RPC Looking for Director, Talent Management & Organizational Effectiveness (6-month Contract) at Toronto, Ontario, Canada Full Time

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney.

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

Job Description

Job Description

Join our growing Talent Management & Organizational Effectiveness (TM&OE) function and lead the elevation and activation of global talent practices and employee engagement in support of CPP Investments’ multi-year transformation journey to $1 trillion assets under management. Do so by closely partnering with, and skillfully influencing, internal and external stakeholders.

Reporting to the Managing Director of TM&OE, this six-month contract will lead the design, development, implementation and change management of a best-in-class, multi-year coaching and assessment strategy that is scalable, cost-efficient and advances the development, retention, engagement, experience and readiness of employees and leaders, and enables future talent needs to be realized.

Responsibilities include:

• Partnering with our Talent Business Partners, ED&I and other COEs, business partners, Public Affairs & Communications and external vendors to continuously evolve and effectively implement and communicate talent programs/processes to meet the future needs of the organization
• Leading a current-state analysis of the coaching and assessment activities across the Fund
• Designing and implementing a global coaching and assessment framework for mid-level leaders and executive coaching framework for senior-level leaders that is aligned with strategic priorities and integrated with other talent programs and processes (i.e. potential identification and development planning)
• Establishment of a global vendor and psychometric assessment selection and governance model
• Feasibility and needs assessment of a long-term internal coach certification program
• Establishment of a measurement strategy to assess and monitor the effectiveness of coaching engagement, vendors, and programs and identification of enhancements that will drive meaningful change
• Conducting and leveraging analytics, expertise and ongoing research on global leading practices and trends to deliver data-driven insights that advance strategic priorities and objectives – this includes establishing and maintaining relationships with vendors and peer organizations to support benchmarking
• Providing Thought Leadership and Execution Leadership on other global talent management and organization effectiveness initiatives, as required (e.g. competency model management, performance management program)

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Deep experience developing and leading large global transformational talent management and organizational effectiveness programs/processes and change initiatives – namely, setting and standing-up a coaching and assessment strategy – preferably in the financial or professional services industry
• Undergraduate or post-graduate degree or college diploma in related field (i.e., Human Resources Management, Business Management) is preferred; professional designation (e.g., CHRE, CCMP) and/or coaching accreditation are advantageous
• Demonstrated business acumen, project management, change management and design thinking in complex, global organizations
• Proven track record of internal and external relationship-building, influencing and cross-functional partnership skills to drive stakeholder buy-in and sponsorship for talent program/process strategies
• Highly analytical – a demonstrated practice of sourcing, reading and interpreting data to draw conclusions, make recommendations and ensure data-driven decisioning
• Proven ability to make the complex simple and to organize and present complex information/concepts in a persuasive manner
• Current knowledge of the market, vendor landscape, emerging and leading global trends, research, and practices
• Accomplished in identifying business needs, opportunities, talent solutions and recommendations in an ambiguous, fast-paced and constantly evolving environment
• Demonstrated ability to inclusively lead, inspire and develop diverse relationships across all levels of the organization and beyond
• Exemplifies our Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

Additional Information

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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer:

CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.

Mandatory Vaccine Policy

All employees in the Toronto, Sydney and Hong Kong offices will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Accommodations to this policy will be made for medical or other protected grounds. Please contact us to discuss any accommodation needs.