Manager, Transformation, Public Markets Middle Office

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability for generations of working and retired Canadians.

CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3.6 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.

CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to:

• Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• A hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration
• A culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance
• An organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives

If you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here. 

As a Manager, Public Markets Middle Office Transformation in the Public Markets Middle Office group, you will collaborate with Investment Management, technology and data teams to create new capabilities and lead process improvement. You will be responsible for project management, designing strategic enhancements through all stages of the project lifecycle from initiation, development and delivery of the product to business clients. You will have a drive for doing things the right way, to enable the delivery of long-term value to the CPP Fund for the benefit of 20 million Canadians.

Team Description

Join a dynamic and collaborative team at the forefront of driving change across Investment Operations and the broader organization. This high-impact group plays a central role in enterprise-wide initiatives, offering exposure to cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders. With a strong presence across departments, the team is known for its fast-paced, forward-thinking environment where innovation and continuous improvement are at the core of everything we do.

As part of this team, you'll have the opportunity to build meaningful enterprise relationships, contribute to transformative projects, and gain broad organizational insight. It's a unique chance to grow your skills, expand your network, and make a tangible impact — all while working in a supportive, inclusive, and energizing team culture.

Core Accountabilities:

• Own overall project outcomes, ensuring delivery of agreed business success criteria while tracking progress against detailed work plans and key deliverables.
• Facilitate consensus-building on target states, documenting outcomes such as future-state operating models and solution architectures.
• Leverage deep knowledge of the investment lifecycle to conduct user interviews, accurately capture business requirements, and translate them into clear documentation.
• Proactively manage project and program priorities, navigating dependencies and competing demands across initiatives. This includes assessing resource needs and forecasting to avoid or minimize bottlenecks.
• Provide timely and tailored communication on project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders at all levels.
• Escalate critical issues and risks with a clear focus on business impact and recommended mitigation strategies.

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 6 + years of relevant experience.
• Solid understanding of investment operations, trading, and investment management, with a strong grasp of supporting business processes and functions.
• Proven track record of successfully managing projects of varying size and complexity through to completion.
• Strong foundation in process improvement methodologies; formal training in process re-engineering is preferred.
• Demonstrated process development expertise and sound knowledge of the project life cycle. PMP or CAPM designations are considered assets.
• Skilled in conducting quick assessments to identify project risks and issues, with the ability to analyze risks at a detailed level.
• Exceptional time management and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to adapt messaging to suit different audiences, including senior leadership.
• Experience in Business Process Architecture design and implementation.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills; effective in one-on-one interviews and collaborative group settings.
• Ability to lead and deliver multiple initiatives concurrently within a high-performance environment.
• A collaborative team player who also thrives in independent work settings.
• Committed to exemplifying our Guiding Principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance.

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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.