Director, Credit Investments, Alternative Asset Technology

CPP Investments; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment organization in Toronto seeks a Director of Credit Investments in Alternative Asset Technology. This role leads strategic technology and data initiatives, overseeing a team of engineers and analysts. The successful candidate will shape technology for private investments while ensuring operational efficiency and portfolio transparency. Ideal applicants have over 10 years in technology management with a strong track record in complex project delivery. This position promotes a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Hybrid-flexible work environment

Accelerated exposure and responsibility

Diverse and inspiring colleagues

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant technology experience with leadership progression.
• Proven ability to lead and inspire a diverse team.
• Extensive experience delivering complex technology initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Shape the strategic technology roadmap for Credit Investments.
• Lead a high-performing engineering team.
• Drive interoperability and modern engineering practices.

Skills

Leadership

Data management

Communication skills

Technical expertise

Project management

Education

Undergraduate degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Director, Credit Investments, Alternative Asset Technology

Full-time

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 $3.6trillion 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
• 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.

The Alternative Asset Technology team is responsible for the end-to-end technology ecosystem that supports CPP Investments’ private asset classes, including Private Equity, Credit Investments, and Real Assets. We design, build, and operate the systems, data foundations, and integration capabilities that enable the full private investment lifecycle—from deal sourcing and evaluation to execution, portfolio and asset monitoring, valuations support, and performance reporting. Our mandate is to deliver resilient platforms, high-quality data, and scalable, modern architectures that enhance decision-making and drive operational efficiency across all private investment strategies.

As a Director, Credit Investments, Alternative Asset Technology, you will shape and lead the strategic direction and execution of technology and data initiatives for the Credit Investments team. In close partnership with your business-aligned Product Owner, you will lead a talented team of engineers and analysts with end-to-end accountability for delivering innovative solutions and data-driven capabilities that support business growth, operational efficiency, and portfolio transparency.

Accountabilities

• Work closely with the Credit Investments Product Owner to shape the strategic technology roadmap, ensuring alignment with business needs, capability maturity, and enterprise strategy.
• Evolve and maintain the Credit Investments technology platform, ensuring adherence to T&D architecture principles and modern engineering practices.
• Drive interoperability by advancing the adoption of enterprise data products, shared modelling frameworks, and standardized data interfaces across Credit Investments and partner teams.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing engineering team with strong technical depth across data engineering, analytics, cloud services, and application development.
• Lead agile software delivery, providing technical oversight, architectural guidance, and accountability for solution quality and reliability.
• Empower your team to design, build, and support technology solutions according to product roadmaps and defined business outcomes.
• Champion engineering excellence, focusing on continuous improvement across Product Craftsmanship, Product Reliability, Product Experience, and Team Experience.
• Cultivate strategic partnerships with technology vendors, service providers, and industry organizations to remain informed about emerging technologies and trends.
• Engage executive leadership, business stakeholders, and cross-functional partners to understand requirements, gather feedback, and communicate progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation across engineering practices, data capabilities, and operational processes.
• Recruit and retain high-integrity, high-performance, partnership-focused technology and data professionals.
• Foster a motivating, inclusive team environment by providing regular feedback, coaching, and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or college diploma in a related field (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science).
• 10+ years of relevant experience in technology, with demonstrated progression in leadership roles.
• Proven ability to inclusively lead, develop, and inspire a diverse team of professionals.
• Extensive experience in technology and data management roles, with a strong track record of delivering complex initiatives.
• Demonstrated success managing technology and data projects from planning through to execution, monitoring, and reporting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience building and managing strategic partnerships with technology vendors, service providers, and industry organizations.

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.