Director, Policy Strategy

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Incentive pay

Benefits program

Pension plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is seeking a Director, RESL Product Management, Regulatory Programs to lead policy, governance, and strategy for the Real Estate Secured Lending portfolio. You will influence senior leadership and coordinate with risk, product, and business lines to balance regulatory commitments with client outcomes and growth.

You’ll shape policy programs, manage governance practices, and drive cross-functional execution in a hybrid work setting with on-site 1–3 days

Qualifications

• Experience developing or managing policy for RESL or comparable financial products.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to handle complexity and ambiguity.
• Excellent judgment to align policy, product, risk, and client needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, maintenance, and evolution of RESL product policies and governance.
• Partner with leadership to shape long-term RESL strategy and risk management.
• Provide clear recommendations to management and executives.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across risk, product, and business lines.
• Foster a high-performing, accountable team environment.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Policy development

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Decision making

Communication

Governance

Job description

What you'll be doing

As part of CIBC's Real Estate Secured Lending (RESL) team, the Director, RESL Product Management, Regulatory Programs plays a key leadership role in shaping the policy, governance, and strategic direction of RESL products across multiple business lines. In this role, you'll lead the development, maintenance, and evolution of product policy and governance practices while contributing to broader portfolio priorities. You'll use strong strategic judgment to navigate complex business challenges and balance regulatory compliance, risk discipline, client outcomes, and growth objectives. Working with partners across the bank, you'll drive alignment, influence decision-making, and advance high-impact regulatory and product initiatives. You'll translate complex business and regulatory information into clear insights and recommendations for senior leaders and executives. You'll also help strengthen a high-performing team environment grounded in accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. 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

• Strategy and planning - Partner with the Senior Director and business leaders to shape the long-term strategy for the RESL product portfolio. Identify opportunities through analysis, market awareness, and business insight, and turn them into practical strategies that strengthen competitiveness, support growth, improve efficiency, and manage risk.
• Policy development and regulatory alignment - Lead the development, maintenance, and evolution of RESL product policies and governance practices to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, internal risk appetite, business objectives, and regulator expectations. Assess, design, and implement policy changes by considering business impact, operational feasibility, client outcomes, and regulatory implications.
• Executive advice and decision support - Provide clear, credible, and well-supported recommendations to management and executive audiences. Translate complex issues into actionable insights that support sound decision-making, effective execution, and strong policy alignment across the business.
• Relationship management and influence - Build trusted relationships across a broad network of partners and use influence to align stakeholders on complex and competing priorities. Foster constructive challenge, strong partnership, and informed decision-making across business, risk, and functional teams.
• Collaboration and team effectiveness - Contribute to a high-performing environment focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Help clarify priorities, remove barriers to execution, build capability across the partner network, and champion CIBC's mission, vision, and values.

Who you are

• You have relevant experience.
• Experience developing or managing policy for RESL or comparable financial products is highly valued.
• You give meaning to data.
• You're highly analytical and comfortable working through complexity, ambiguity, and competing priorities.
• You use sound judgment to connect policy, product, risk, client, and operational considerations into a clear path forward.
• Your influence makes a difference.
• You build credibility through thoughtful analysis, sound judgment, and strong partnership.
• You're confident providing recommendations and influencing decisions across stakeholder groups, including senior leaders and executives.
• You're passionate about people.
• You build strong, trusted relationships across a diverse network of partners.
• You know how to create alignment and momentum while working through complex business challenges.
• You know that details matter.
• You understand the importance of strong governance, effective policy design, and regulatory compliance.
• You focus on quality outcomes and help strengthen practices that support sustainable growth and portfolio health.
• You communicate with impact.
• You have exceptional written and verbal communication skills and can simplify complex information for different audiences.
• You tailor your messaging to build understanding, credibility, and action.
• 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 [e-mail] CIBC is committed to clarity in our hiring process. All roles posted are opportunities we're actively recruiting for, unless stated otherwise. 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 test (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency). We use artificial intelligence tools during the recruitment process. 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, 24th Floor Employment Type Regular Weekly Hours 37.5 Skills Accountability, Banking, Business Outcomes, Collaboration, Communication, Decision Making, Informed Decision Making, Leadership, Lending, Real Estate, Relationship Management, Risk Management, Sound Judgment, Strategic Thinking At CIBC, we are in business to help our clients, employees and shareholders achieve what is important to them. Our ability to create value for all CIBC stakeholders is driven by a business culture based on common values: Trust, Teamwork and Accountability. Working with CIBC makes you a part of a work environment committed to our clients, employees and communities - a place where you can excel. Every day, our 48,000 employees help our clients achieve their financial goals, because what matters to our clients, matters to us.