Director, Inclusion - External Partnerships

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 People, Culture and Talent team helps shape the experiences that support our people, our culture and our workplace so we can help make our clients’ ambitions a reality. As Director, Inclusion - External Partnerships, you'll lead CIBC’s external Inclusion partnership strategy to strengthen community connection, market presence and thought leadership. You'll build and manage strategic relationships with external organizations, industry groups and community partners, while identifying opportunities that align with enterprise priorities and create value for CIBC and its stakeholders. Working closely with internal partners, you'll help shape external engagement strategies, support leadership participation in external forums and ensure consistent, effective messaging. You'll also lead benchmarking and environmental scanning to provide leaders with relevant market insight, and evaluate partnership effectiveness to inform future decisions. 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.

How you'll succeed

• External partnership strategy - Lead the development and execution of an external partnership strategy that advances CIBC’s Inclusion priorities, strengthens community connection and supports brand and reputation objectives.
• Relationship management and collaboration - Build and sustain strategic relationships with external organizations, community partners, advocacy groups and industry stakeholders, and partner with internal teams to establish, manage and renew partnership agreements where appropriate
• Market insights and benchmarking - Monitor external trends, emerging issues and leading practices, and lead benchmarking activities that provide context, insights and recommendations to support Inclusion strategy development and executive decision-making.
• Executive engagement support - Shape agendas and engagement plans for leadership participation in external meetings, panels, community events and partnership forums, and develop high-quality briefing materials, speaking notes and executive summaries.
• Strategic alignment and impact - Evaluate the effectiveness and return on investment of external partnerships, recommend adjustments to strengthen alignment and value, and help ensure external activities reflect CIBC’s purpose, values and Inclusion commitments.

Who you are

You have relevant experience. You bring strong experience in external partnerships, stakeholder engagement, corporate affairs, community relations or a related field. You know how to build strategies that strengthen relationships, reputation and business impact. Your influence makes a difference. You build trusted relationships with senior leaders, external organizations and key stakeholders, and you know how to navigate complex environments with sound judgement and credibility. You look beyond the moment.

You look for new opportunities to define what's possible. You can demonstrate experience in partnership strategy, stakeholder management, benchmarking, environmental scanning, executive briefings and presentation development. It’s an asset if you have experience supporting external recognition opportunities, award submissions or community-based partnership reporting. You're passionate about people. You find meaning in relationships and surround yourself with a diverse network of partners.

You connect with others through respect and authenticity. You have a degree/diploma in communications, business, public affairs, human resources, social sciences or a related field or equivalent relevant work experience.

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 View email address on apply.j-vers.com

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, 33rd Floor Employment Type Regular Weekly Hours 37.5

Skills Advisory Services, Diversity and Inclusion (D&I), Human Resources (HR), Recruiting, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Talent Management At CIBC,

At CIBC, we are in business to help our clients, employees and shareholders achieve what is important to them. Our ability to create value for all CIBC stakeholders is driven by a business culture based on common values: Trust, Teamwork and Accountability. Working with CIBC makes you a part of a work environment committed to our clients, employees and communities - a place where you can excel. Every day, our 48,000 employees help our clients achieve their financial goals, because what matters to our clients, matters to us.