Director, Investments
Top Benefits
About the role
Apply By: Sunday, June 29, 2025 11:59 pm EDT
Investing in Ontario's Nuclear Funds to power our province's future
Bring your people leadership skills to the Director, Investments, where you will lead a high performing team that manages a large investment portfolio and build strategic relationships with stakeholders.
A career in the Ontario Public Service is driven by a passion for creating a stronger Ontario.
We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where employees have the resources and opportunities they need to be fulfilled and inspired to move Ontario forward.
About the job
Reporting to the Chief Treasury and Investment Officer, you will:
- provide direction and oversight of staff in managing the nuclear investment funds while meeting long term targets
- develop new investment policies and programs consistent with best practices in the industry
- lead the implementation of approved asset allocation decisions and provide recommendations to improve fund diversification
- manage a diverse team of external public and private market investment managers
- oversee negotiations of new investments and manage mandates while minimizing the funds risk
- provide recommendations to move asset allocations to minimize risk
- manage investment costs while ensuring they are appropriate and remain below the benchmark
What you bring to the team
Executive Leadership:
You are a seasoned people leader with proven abilities in:
- strategic and team leadership while recommending appropriate policies
- creating a positive culture of diversity, inclusion, accessibility, anti-racism, and equity in the workplace
- demonstrating and building resiliency and flexibility while leading and motivating high-performing teams, and promoting employee wellbeing and engagement
- championing transformational change and business innovation while taking measured and appropriate risks
Relationship Management and Political Acuity:
You are an effective communicator, negotiator, and consensus builder with proven abilities in:
- fostering collaborative internal and external relationships to promote a seamless integration of various policies
- demonstrating political acuity while delivering strategic and confidential advice to senior leaders, and when collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
- providing strategic, confidential advice to senior leaders using political acuity when engaging with internal and external stakeholders
- building and managing relationships with external partners and stakeholders based on transparency, accountability, and trust
- managing complex, politically sensitive issues within the context of multiple interests, with high public profile and scrutiny
- communicating effectively at all levels, with skills to effectively provide strategic advice and influence others
Job Knowledge:
You are an experienced leader with proven abilities in:
- portfolio management and asset allocation techniques and investment strategies across public and private markets
- overseeing investment activities and implementing new strategies
- evaluating legal structures and tax implications for portfolio management
- risk management and judgement while ensuring investment activities meet provincial objectives
- guiding teams to solve complex, cross-functional problems while staying focused on program objectives
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact ExecutiveAccommodations@ontario.ca. All information discussed related to accommodation will be kept confidential.
Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy
About Government of Ontario
Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l'Ontario
The Ontario Government works to serve the public interest and uphold the public trust by providing Ministers with objective advice and expert guidance. The Ontario Public Service carries out the decisions and policies of the elected government with integrity and accountability and administers public services to the highest professional standards.
Le gouvernement de l'Ontario sert l'intérêt public et conserve la confiance du public en fournissant aux ministres des conseils objectifs et spécialisés. La fonction publique de l'Ontario applique les décisions et les politiques du gouvernement élu. En respectant le principe de reddition des comptes et avec intégrité, elle administre les services à la population selon les normes professionnelles les plus rigoureuses.
Director, Investments
Top Benefits
About the role
Apply By: Sunday, June 29, 2025 11:59 pm EDT
Investing in Ontario's Nuclear Funds to power our province's future
Bring your people leadership skills to the Director, Investments, where you will lead a high performing team that manages a large investment portfolio and build strategic relationships with stakeholders.
A career in the Ontario Public Service is driven by a passion for creating a stronger Ontario.
We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where employees have the resources and opportunities they need to be fulfilled and inspired to move Ontario forward.
About the job
Reporting to the Chief Treasury and Investment Officer, you will:
- provide direction and oversight of staff in managing the nuclear investment funds while meeting long term targets
- develop new investment policies and programs consistent with best practices in the industry
- lead the implementation of approved asset allocation decisions and provide recommendations to improve fund diversification
- manage a diverse team of external public and private market investment managers
- oversee negotiations of new investments and manage mandates while minimizing the funds risk
- provide recommendations to move asset allocations to minimize risk
- manage investment costs while ensuring they are appropriate and remain below the benchmark
What you bring to the team
Executive Leadership:
You are a seasoned people leader with proven abilities in:
- strategic and team leadership while recommending appropriate policies
- creating a positive culture of diversity, inclusion, accessibility, anti-racism, and equity in the workplace
- demonstrating and building resiliency and flexibility while leading and motivating high-performing teams, and promoting employee wellbeing and engagement
- championing transformational change and business innovation while taking measured and appropriate risks
Relationship Management and Political Acuity:
You are an effective communicator, negotiator, and consensus builder with proven abilities in:
- fostering collaborative internal and external relationships to promote a seamless integration of various policies
- demonstrating political acuity while delivering strategic and confidential advice to senior leaders, and when collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
- providing strategic, confidential advice to senior leaders using political acuity when engaging with internal and external stakeholders
- building and managing relationships with external partners and stakeholders based on transparency, accountability, and trust
- managing complex, politically sensitive issues within the context of multiple interests, with high public profile and scrutiny
- communicating effectively at all levels, with skills to effectively provide strategic advice and influence others
Job Knowledge:
You are an experienced leader with proven abilities in:
- portfolio management and asset allocation techniques and investment strategies across public and private markets
- overseeing investment activities and implementing new strategies
- evaluating legal structures and tax implications for portfolio management
- risk management and judgement while ensuring investment activities meet provincial objectives
- guiding teams to solve complex, cross-functional problems while staying focused on program objectives
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact ExecutiveAccommodations@ontario.ca. All information discussed related to accommodation will be kept confidential.
Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy
About Government of Ontario
Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l'Ontario
The Ontario Government works to serve the public interest and uphold the public trust by providing Ministers with objective advice and expert guidance. The Ontario Public Service carries out the decisions and policies of the elected government with integrity and accountability and administers public services to the highest professional standards.
Le gouvernement de l'Ontario sert l'intérêt public et conserve la confiance du public en fournissant aux ministres des conseils objectifs et spécialisés. La fonction publique de l'Ontario applique les décisions et les politiques du gouvernement élu. En respectant le principe de reddition des comptes et avec intégrité, elle administre les services à la population selon les normes professionnelles les plus rigoureuses.