Senior Consultant, Workforce Strategy and Transformation

CIBC•Toronto, ON

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Consultant, Workforce Strategy and Transformation on CIBC’s People, Culture and Talent team, you’ll help shape and advance future-focused workforce initiatives that support CIBC’s long-term priorities. Working with a high degree of independence, you’ll lead research, analysis and workstream delivery for workforce transformation initiatives, including future of work, talent strategy, operating model design, productivity and HR transformation. You’ll translate internal and external insights into clear recommendations, executive-ready materials and practical roadmaps that support senior leader decision-making and help move priority initiatives forward. 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

Requirements

Degree/diploma in Business, Human Resources, Organizational Effectiveness, Strategy or a related field.
Experience with HR concepts, with a focus on HR transformation, workforce transformation, talent strategy, analytics, change management and/or human capital consulting.
Strong human capital knowledge and an understanding of how HR enables business priorities, talent outcomes and future ways of working.
Act like an owner: take accountability for work, bring structure to ambiguous problems, and deliver high-quality outcomes with sound judgment and follow-through.
Agile: understand complex issues and evolving business needs, and can adapt approach as priorities, information or stakeholder needs change.
Give meaning to data: enjoy investigating complex problems, making sense of information and communicating insights in a clear, relevant and impactful way.
Understand that success is in the details: notice things that others don’t; critical thinking, organization and attention to detail help inform recommendations and improve the quality of deliverables.
Look beyond the moment: consider what will matter today and tomorrow, and proactively identify opportunities to improve how work gets done.
Driven by collective success: know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one; work effectively across teams and help bring a shared vision to life.
Put clients first: engage with purpose to understand stakeholder needs, identify practical solutions and go the extra mile because it’s the right thing to do.
Values matter: bring your real self to work and live our values.

Responsibilities

Lead research, analysis and workstream delivery for workforce transformation initiatives, including future of work, talent strategy, operating model design, productivity and HR transformation.
Translate internal and external insights into clear recommendations, executive-ready materials and practical roadmaps that support senior leader decision-making and help move priority initiatives forward.
Conduct internal and external research to identify emerging workforce trends, opportunities and risks.
Translate insights into practical recommendations that support CIBC’s talent priorities, future ways of working and workforce transformation initiatives.
Lead moderately complex workstreams with independence, from problem definition through analysis, recommendations, roadmap progress updates and execution support.
Bring structure, sound judgment and follow-through to ambiguous business challenges.
Provide specialized advice on workforce transformation, HR transformation, talent strategy, organization effectiveness and operating model opportunities.
Develop options, business cases and recommendations that help stakeholders understand trade-offs and make informed decisions.
Use people data, business insights and market research to identify opportunities, assess impact and measure progress.
Support the development of frameworks, roadmaps, implementation plans and change tactics that help move priority workforce initiatives from concept to action.
Anticipate risks, surface issues and recommend practical solutions to support adoption and execution.
Build trusted relationships with internal and external partners, gather input, validate solutions and support alignment across teams.
Bring an enterprise mindset and help connect ideas across the organization.
Develop clear, compelling presentations, whitepapers, briefing materials and recommendations for senior leaders and executive forums.
Translate complex concepts into concise narratives that build understanding, alignment and action.

Benefits

Competitive salary
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