Executive Director, Global Markets Resource Optimization

CIBC • Toronto, ON

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As an Executive Director, Global Markets Resource Optimization, you will play a leadership role in establishing and scaling a new Resource Optimization function. This role is central to building a more integrated, disciplined, and data-driven framework for managing scarce resources across the business. You will help drive improved decision-making, transparency, and returns by embedding a more systematic approach to resource allocation. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across trading, finance, treasury, and risk to enhance coordination and enable a more efficient and scalable operating model.

Requirements

• Strong Capital Markets experience.
• Solid background across trading, treasury, or resource management.
• 10+ years of related experience.
• Experience in resource optimization, balance sheet management, or strategic resource allocation roles.
• Demonstrated leadership driving enterprise-wide initiatives and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Understanding of capital, funding, and regulatory constraints.
• Ability to assess how capital, funding, and regulatory constraints impact business decisions and strategic priorities.
• Highly analytical with experience developing reporting, analytics, and data-driven insights.
• Experience with large datasets and systems.
• Experience on infrastructure initiatives, including dashboard creation and process automation.
• Collaborative leader who influences senior stakeholders and drives change in a complex organization.
• Ability to foster strong relationships and clear communication.
• Thrives in a build-out environment.
• Focus on execution and measurable outcomes.
• Adapts quickly to evolving priorities.
• Values trust, teamwork, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and implementation of a centralized resource optimization framework across Global Markets.
• Drive alignment across business units to improve how trade-offs are evaluated and resources are allocated.
• Partner with senior leadership to inform strategic decision-making and business prioritization.
• Build and enhance reporting and analytics to provide consistent, timely visibility on resource usage, constraints, and returns.
• Lead the development of scalable dashboards and data infrastructure to support management decision-making.
• Drive system enhancements and automation to reduce reliance on manual processes and improve data quality.
• Help embed a return-focused approach to allocation across key resource dimensions such as capital, leverage, and funding.
• Support governance processes to ensure disciplined deployment of resources aligned with strategic priorities.
• Identify inefficiencies and opportunities to optimize performance across desks and activities.
• Collaborate closely with Global Markets trading desks, Central Funding Group, Finance, Treasury, and Risk teams.
• Act as a key interface between business and control functions to enhance transparency and coordination.
• Build strong relationships across the platform to support the adoption of the resource optimization framework.

Benefits

• Incentive pay
• Banking benefits
• Benefits program
• Defined benefit pension plan
• Employee share purchase plan
• Vacation offering
• Wellbeing support
• MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program
• Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed