Senior Director, Risk Data Strategy

CIBC; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Incentive pay

Banking benefits

Employee share purchase plan

Vacation offering

Wellbeing support

MomentMakers recognition

Job summary

CIBC in Toronto seeks a Senior Director, Risk Data Strategy to lead a multi-year transformation of the bank's risk data ecosystem. You will guide data architecture, governance, and reporting initiatives across cloud platforms and enterprise data functions.

You will build a high‑performing team, partner with senior leaders, and translate regulatory requirements into pragmatic, scalable solutions delivering measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading large-scale data architecture initiatives in a financial institution.
• Strong track record delivering multi-year risk data transformations.
• Deep knowledge of cloud-based data platforms, data modelling, governance and security.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute risk data architecture strategy aligned with enterprise priorities.
• Oversee data governance, aggregation, lineage, controls, and reporting improvements (BCBS 239).
• Lead modernization of cloud architecture, data warehousing, pipelines, and integrations.

Skills

Risk data architecture

Cloud architecture

BCBS 239

OSFI CAR

Program delivery leadership

Stakeholder communication

People leadership

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

What you’ll be doing

The Risk Data Management Office plays an important role in enabling strong risk management through trusted data, modern architecture, and effective governance. As Senior Director, Risk Data Strategy, you’ll lead the vision, design, and delivery of a large, complex, multi-year transformation of CIBC’s risk data ecosystem to deliver measurable improvements in decision-making, data quality, scalability, efficiency, and user experience across the bank. You’ll develop and execute the short-, medium-, and long-term strategy for risk data architecture, aligning risk management priorities with enterprise business, data, and technology capabilities. In this leadership role, you’ll drive modernization across cloud architecture, data governance, integration, reporting, automation, and advanced analytics, while helping strengthen regulatory readiness and enterprise alignment. You’ll work closely with senior leaders across Risk Management, Technology, Finance, Compliance, and Operations to translate complex priorities into a clear roadmap, mobilize cross-functional teams, and deliver sustainable business outcomes. You’ll also lead and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, 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 2-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

How you’ll succeed

• Lead strategic direction - Develop and execute Risk’s data architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with CIBC’s business priorities, enterprise data strategy, and risk management framework.
• Strengthen data, data governance, and reporting - Oversee initiatives that improve risk data aggregation, governance, lineage, controls, and reporting. Apply a practical understanding of BCBS 239 and Enterprise data governance requirements to ensure the target state supports reliable capital and risk reporting while also creating broader business value.
• Drive technology and cloud architecture modernization - Lead the assessment, design, and evolution of risk data architecture, including data modelling, data warehousing, pipelines, cloud platforms, integration patterns, security, resiliency, and data controls. Bring sufficient technology depth to partner with engineering and architecture teams, and ensure solutions are scalable, sustainable, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Advance innovation - Identify opportunities to streamline and automate manual processes and evaluate the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics to enhance risk data capabilities and decision-making.
• Deliver a large, complex, multi-year transformation - Own end-to-end program delivery, from strategy and investment case through roadmap, execution, adoption, and benefits realization. Establish clear outcomes, milestones, governance, dependencies, resource plans, and delivery controls; proactively resolve risks and trade-offs; and maintain accountability across multiple workstreams and senior stakeholders. Success will be measured by tangible business value and sustainable capability improvements, not only by regulatory compliance.
• Build strong partnerships - Collaborate with leaders across Risk, Finance, Compliance, Operations, Technology, Internal Audit, and enterprise data functions to align priorities, support governance, and advance strategic initiatives.

Who you are

• You’re an experienced people leader. You have a strong track record of leading and developing high-performing, multi-functional teams. You know how to create clarity, build capability, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• You bring deep technology and risk data architecture expertise. You have technology experience and a strong command of modern data architecture, including cloud architecture, data platforms, integration, data modelling, security, resiliency, and controls. You can engage credibly with architects and engineers, connect technology choices to business outcomes, and guide the design of scalable, resilient, and well-governed solutions within a complex financial institution.
• You are a proven transformation and program delivery leader. You have successfully delivered large, complex, multi-year programs spanning business and technology, with multiple workstreams, significant dependencies, and senior stakeholder visibility.
• You understand OSFI CAR and BCBS 239 requirements. You bring a practical understanding of OSFI’s Capital Adequacy Requirements guidelines, BCBS 239 principles, and the data, governance, aggregation, lineage, control, and reporting capabilities required to support them. You can translate regulatory expectations into pragmatic design and delivery decisions without losing focus on the broader business value of the transformation.
• You are an exceptional and influential communicator. You communicate complex business, technology, architecture, and regulatory concepts with clarity and confidence across technical teams, business leaders, senior executives, governance committees, and Board-level stakeholders. You create alignment, make decisions and trade-offs transparent, tailor messages to the audience, and use compelling written and verbal communication to sustain momentum through a multi-year transformation.
• 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]
• 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, 29th Floor

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Analytical Thinking, Compliance Program Management, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Group Problem Solving, Long Term Planning, People Management, Process Improvements, Project Management