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 Managing Director, Compliance will lead enterprise compliance activities across the organization, within the Compliance group. This role has direct responsibility for a small team and will oversee the design and execution of compliance programs, maintain a forward-looking view of global regulatory priorities, and ensure the organization remains ahead of evolving regulatory requirements and expectations. The position reports to the Managing Director, Head of Compliance and is based in Toronto.

Accountabilities**:**

• Lead enterprise compliance activities, including but not limited to:

  • Personal trading
  • Gifts and entertainment
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Compliance management system oversight

• Design, implement, and maintain compliance policies and procedures aligned with global best practices.

• Monitor regulatory developments globally and proactively assess implications for CPP Investments’ operations and strategy.

• Drive regulatory change management across the organization, including policy updates, training, and awareness programs.

• Partner with senior leadership to provide strategic compliance advice and influence organizational decision-making.

• Ensure compliance considerations are effectively integrated into enterprise strategy, investment decisions, and risk management frameworks.

• Leverage technology, data, and analytics to enhance monitoring, reporting, and risk identification.

• Develop and mentor a team of compliance professionals to ensure strong execution, accountability, and culture of compliance while fostering an enterprise-wide culture of integrity, inclusion and high performance

• Work with Legal Advisory and Investment teams to implement and embed the enterprise compliance framework across business activities, ensuring consistent application of policies, effective oversight, and alignment with regulatory expectations and organizational objectives.

Qualifications

• A law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) and admission to the bar in a Canadian province.

• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience, including significant direct experience working with regulators.

• Proven litigation experience, ideally involving complex, regulatory, or enterprise compliance matters.

• Deep expertise in financial services compliance, preferably within asset management, pension, or banking sector.

• Demonstrated experience designing and leading enterprise compliance programs.

• Strong understanding of global regulatory environments; international regulatory experience considered a strong asset.

• Proven ability to influence senior leadership on compliance risks and strategy and contribute to enterprise-wide strategic decisions.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and organizational skills with a track record of building high-performing teams.

• Strategic thinker with ability to anticipate regulatory trends and position the organization accordingly.

• Skilled at managing complex regulatory interactions and maintaining constructive regulator relationships.

• Strong drafting, policy development, and training skills.

• High integrity, sound judgment, and commitment to CPP Investments’ Guiding Principles.

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.