Company Description

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

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is a major global investment organization with a global workforce of 1,500, working on behalf of 20 million CPP contributors and beneficiaries. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) is about fairness, dignity and respect but is also inexorably linked to performance excellence. CPP Investments is committed to being an organization in which everyone has a fair opportunity to develop their careers and have impact on the organization – we value diversity of thought, experience and background and are committed to fostering a culture in which everyone is empowered to realize their full potential. As part of that commitment, we are hiring a Managing Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. In this role, you will provide thought leadership and provide advice and direction to advance CPP Investments’ s equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts.

Reporting to the Managing Director, Talent, the Managing Director, ED&I is accountable to the CEO. This position partners with the Inclusion and Diversity Leadership Committee (IDLC), Employee Resource Groups and leaders across the organization to ensure all inclusion and diversity strategies, initiatives and programs support and advance equity, diversity and inclusion at CPP Investments. This role will focus on facilitating the ongoing evolution and execution of a strategy that enables an inclusive workplace and supports a diverse workforce. The Managing Director will also partner with stakeholder groups to ensure ED&I strategies, initiatives and programs are embedded in core processes and day-to-day operations.

Role-Specific Accountabilities:

• Serves as the equity, diversity, and inclusion leader for CPP Investments, providing leadership, as well as promoting an inclusive workplace and a welcoming environment for all
• Provides insight and guidance on equity, diversity and inclusion based on best practice to support CPP Investments’ global workforce
• Acts as the advisor and thought leader to the IDLC, advising the CEO and CTO, and guides the Employee Resource Groups with both internal and external insights as relating to the ED&I strategy and plans
• Leads the evolution of the ED&I strategy and plans and drives implementation in collaboration with all areas of the business
• Raises awareness, and engages and reports on measures and achievements on ED&I initiatives
• Supports the development of the annual Report on Sustainable Investing alongside Corporate Communications and the Sustainable Investing team
• Influences, coaches, and develops ED&I capability in leaders across CPP Investments by mobilizing colleagues and the business to create accountability with different communities across the organization
• Responsible for CPP Investments’ Employment Equity initiatives, including development and monitoring of our employment equity plan, reporting and any other requirements
• Responsible for compliance with all ED&I reporting requirements in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate
• Represents ED&I for CPP Investments through internal speaking events and panels

Qualifications

• Have a demonstrated track record of success in leading, influencing and executing on significant multi-year strategic organizational change initiatives in large scale global organizations
• Have successfully led and managed ED&I programs, steering teams, working groups and employee resource groups
• Can lead the integration of ED&I into systems, processes, and long-range planning
• Can demonstrate a global perspective, grounded in practical experience working with international offices and stakeholders
• Possess a strong business and stakeholder orientation

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.