Principal, Sustainable Investing

Benefits

• Membership in HOOPP’s world‑class defined benefit pension plan.
• 100% company‑paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting diversity and mental health (gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support and benefits of $2,500 per year).
• Parental leave top‑up and a health spending account.
• Optional post‑retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%.
• Wellness programs: yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars.
• A meaningful contribution to the financial security of Ontario healthcare workers.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Managing Director, Sustainable Investing, the Principal, Sustainable Investing will play a key role in the implementation of HOOPP’s new Sustainable Investing strategy, a key initiative in the 2030 Strategic Plan. In this role, you will be a leading contributor to generating sustainability insights to inform portfolio resilience. You will bring a strong technical foundation and a passion to contribute to the continued advancement of Sustainable Investing at HOOPP.

Responsibilities

• Analyze the impacts of sustainability factors on total portfolio characteristics to inform portfolio resilience.
• Design and support climate stress testing and portfolio analysis to assess systemic risk drivers and concentrations, including top‑down and bottom‑up risk assessments based on climate pathways and asset‑specific characteristics.
• Use climate risk tools or environmental datasets to assess climate physical and transition risks.
• Integrate large‑scale datasets from diverse sources, including climate model outputs, geospatial data, emissions inventories, and financial performance metrics to support climate risk and sustainability factor analysis.
• Stay abreast of state‑of‑the‑art research and practices in climate modeling and act as a subject‑matter expert in the physical and economic impacts of climate change and energy transition pathways.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners on sustainability‑related portfolio analysis and research.
• Lead research and write thought‑leadership papers on the relationship between sustainability factors and portfolio characteristics.
• Support additional Sustainable Investing priorities, including board and executive‑level reporting.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in a related role with direct experience in multi‑asset class climate pathway analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret complex, multivariable datasets related to climate, environmental, and financial systems.
• Capacity to evaluate scenario‑based modeling frameworks, such as IPCC pathways, to inform portfolio resilience analysis.
• Familiarity with data tools and programming languages for statistical analysis and model development.
• Ability to synthesize complex quantitative outputs into concise, strategic insights for senior stakeholders.
• Proactivity with a high level of self‑motivation and a track record of using critical thinking to address complex problems and develop pragmatic solutions.
• Strong team orientation and drive to cross‑pollinate ideas across the team’s workstreams.
• Clear and confident oral and written communication skills, capable of explaining analytical or quantitative concepts in a simple, practical, high‑impact manner.
• Commitment to constructive feedback and continual learning.
• Advanced degree(s) in an analytical, financial and/or technical field such as Economics, Environmental Science, Engineering or other relevant area strongly preferred.
• Additional professional designations like CFA an asset.
• Alignment with HOOPP’s core values: accountable, compassionate, and trustworthy.