Director, Global Public Affairs

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability for generations of working and retired Canadians.

CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3.6 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.

CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to:

• Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• A hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration
• A culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance
• An organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives

If you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here. 

Job Description

The Director, Global Public Affairs will play an integral role working across the three teams in the Global Public Affairs group (Domestic Public Affairs, Stakeholder Affairs and Transnational), reporting to the Head of Global Public Affairs. This role is based in Toronto.

The Director will run strategy development exercises, budgeting exercises, and analytical exercises, as well as a wide variety of planning, research and briefing needs. The individual will also act as an intentional bridge and connector between the three teams, with a view to supporting and collaborating with all members of the group.

In addition, this individual will be responsible for a long-term program that maintains CPPIB’s relationships with a variety of global bodies, a responsibility that requires deep integration and partnership with the broad leadership of the group.

The Successful Candidate Will:

• Be able to provide wise counsel to the Head of Global Public Affairs and broader leadership team
• Be a natural diplomat who is comfortable working across a number of teams
• Be adept at juggling multiple files, staying abreast of current events, and shifting with evolving priorities
• Be a highly motivated self-starter
• Be comfortable developing and maintaining external relationships

Accountabilities:

• Manage processes to help crystalize and coalesce strategies.
• Manage various projects and plans.
• Support budget management.
• Operate always from a spirit of collaboration and support. Bring various internal stakeholders together to harness their collective expertise.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to collaborate on projects which continue to advance CPPIB’s strategic priorities and build CPPIB’s brand.
• Conceive of and execute on models and frameworks to provide deep insights on political and geopolitical risk.
• Oversee and develop elements of long, medium, and short-term projects with a high degree of organization and attention to detail.
• Ensure flawless execution of materials development.
• Manage the ongoing development of executive and external materials, which may include analysis, briefing materials, advocacy papers, and strategic communications products to influence desired outcomes.
• Conduct or consult on the necessary analysis to present or inform recommendations.

Qualifications

• MBA in Finance and/or 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Global public affairs or geopolitical expertise.  
• Strong project management skills to ensure the efficient, timely and best-in-class delivery of materials.
• Strong writing, editing, and proofing skills and attention to detail.
• Experience analyzing the market impacts or business implications of policy and geopolitical developments.
• Strong, demonstrated knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Microsoft Outlook. Proficiency with Bloomberg and AI software would be additive.
• Ability to produce professional content in written and visual forms.
• In-depth experience in working with and demonstrating strong comfort level with all levels of the organization and managing internal stakeholders.

Additional Information

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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process. 

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer:

CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered.  CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.