Director, Technical Product Owner

CIBC; Old Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CIBC is seeking a Director, Technical Product Owner to lead the product roadmap and ensure alignment with business goals. This role involves strategic leadership, relationship building, and driving innovation within the Direct Investment & Advice Technology team. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in technology system analysis and a passion for client advocacy.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Incentive pay

Banking benefits

Defined benefit pension plan

Employee share purchase plan

Vacation offering

Wellbeing support

MomentMakers recognition program

Purpose Day for personal growth

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in technology system analysis and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Manage a product roadmap and ensure best Technical Analysis principles are applied.
• Collaborate closely with business teams to advocate for client needs.

Skills

Accountability

Business

Cross-Functional Teamwork

Leadership

Process Improvements

Relationship Management

Job description

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com (https://www.cibc.com/en/about-cibc.html)

What You’ll Be Doing

You will be joining the Direct Investment & Advice Technology team. The Director, Technical Product Owner is a hands-on leader responsible for establishing and overseeing the product roadmap in partnership with the Business Product Owners and also ensure proper business systems analysis process has been conducted to meet best practices. This role supports technology initiatives and ensures alignment with business goals through active engagement in the entire software delivery lifecycle. The Director will provide strategic leadership in business consulting and information architecture as well as fostering strong internal relationships across the organization. This position involves conducting in-depth analyses of complex business information and making comprehensive recommendations to management, including executives and business leaders. The Director will drive innovation and process improvement, utilizing expert interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. To successfully perform the work, details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How You’ll Succeed

• Leadership: Manage a product roadmap and ensure best Technical Analysis principles are applied

• Client Advocacy : Collaborate closely with business teams to advocate for client needs and monitor satisfaction levels, ensuring that solutions align with expectations.

• Strategic Alignment: Ensure that requirements for systems and solutions are strategically aligned with the organization’s business goals and objectives.

• Accountability: Standardize artifacts and deliverables throughout the solution development lifecycle process, ensuring compliance with CIBC requirements, work practices, processes, security standards, and policies.

• Relationship Building: Develop and sustain strong relationships across the organization, leveraging negotiation and influence to drive successful outcomes.

• Delivery Excellence: Take ownership of the successful delivery of business and system requirements for all product initiatives involving the Simplii team, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.

Who You Are

• You have experience creating a business product roadmap and having a minimum of 10 years of experience in technology system analysis and architecture

• You are a caring and accountable leader. You have experience developing and implementing strategic team goals. You have experience coaching employees and inspiring successful team performance.

• You're digitally savvy. You seek out innovative solutions and embrace evolving technologies. You can easily adapt to new tools and trends.

• Your influence makes a difference. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by sharing your expertise.

• You look beyond the moment. You know what you do will make a difference today and tomorrow. You look for new opportunities to define what's possible.

• Values matter to you . You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

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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]

• 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 tests (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency, MS Office). 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, 16th Floor

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Accountability, Business, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Leadership, Process Improvements, Relationship Management

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 44,000 employees help our clients achieve their financial goals, because what matters to our clients, matters to us.