Director – Thought Leadership Lead – Market Management

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

TD Securities

Pay Details:

$175,000 - $185,000 CAD

This role is temporarily eligible for a pay premium above the posted salary range that is reassessed annually. You are encouraged to have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide more specific pay details for this role.

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

Department Overview

TD Securities is a leading corporate, investment and transaction bank offering a wide range of capital markets and transaction banking products and services to corporate, government, and financial institution clients. Our team operates out of 32 cities around the globe through Global Transaction Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, Global Markets and Research & Strategy services.

TD Securities has embarked on a multi-year digital transformation of the transaction banking product suite focused on building solutions for our corporate and financial institution clients at scale. The Transaction Banking Product Management team is responsible for expanding existing product capabilities with a unique opportunity to build new payments and treasury products end-to-end at enterprise scale.

Market Management partners closely with Product and Capability leads, as well as Coverage, Marketing, Communication and Public & Corporate Affairs across TD. The team plays a critical role by strengthening how TD understands the market, and helping ensure that capabilities, both existing and emerging, are consistently understood and effectively positioned in the market.

Job Description/Accountabilities

The Director – Thought Leadership supports the Market Management team in achieving a key objective: to enhance the Transaction Banking both internally and externally. You will be responsible for:

• Building and executing a multi-channel thought leadership program that strengthens the Transaction Banking franchise, supports client engagement, and positions the bank as a leading voice on payments and treasury modernization.

• Owning the market and competitive intelligence capability, monitoring competitor moves, synthesizing market signals, and translating insights into differentiated points of view, go-to-market narratives, and executive decision support.

The role develops an insights agenda grounded in client needs and market disruption, partners with internal product/coverage leaders and external institutions, and converts research into high-impact content, events, and executive communications that drive measurable commercial outcomes.

You will engage with multiple internal stakeholders within and supporting Transaction Banking including product teams (payments, liquidity, channels), origination/coverage, marketing/communications, risk/legal/compliance, and senior executives. You will also engage external partners such as industry bodies, academia, and key client audiences. 

Accountabilities include but are not limited to the following categories:

• Strategy & editorial agenda

• Define and deliver the thought leadership strategy, themes, and annual roadmap aligned to transaction banking priorities and overall enterprise direction.

• Conduct ongoing market scanning (payments trends, disruptions, regulatory/rail modernization) and translate into a prioritized editorial calendar. 

• Plan and deliver integrated marketing and distribution (campaigns, social/digital, sales enablement, targeted pushes). 

Market and competition research & monitoring

• Identify research questions; partner with internal experts and/or researchers to produce credible analysis and narratives.

• Build and maintain a structured “capability map” that compares competitor, as well as “battlecards” for priority solutions.

• Synthesize findings into clear recommendations and implementation implications for clients and internal strategy leaders. 

Content creation & storytelling

• Produce and oversee a portfolio of deliverables: reports, executive briefs, POVs, articles, white papers, scripts, webinars, podcasts, and conference materials.

• Lead external-facing programs: roundtables, industry conferences, webinars, and client events, partnering with product teams and coverage leaders. 

• Ensure content is on-brand, evidence-based, and differentiated (POV + data + “so what” for clients) across multiple lines of business (LOBs).

• Contribute to RFP/RFI responses across multiple LOBs for both existing and emerging products and solutions.

Executive communications & internal enablement

• Create executive-ready artifacts for steering committees and senior leadership updates; support strategic planning cycles with insight inputs. 

• Equip coverage teams with talk tracks, FAQs, and client-ready summaries to improve consistency and impact. 

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• 10+ years in communication, strategy, management consulting, research/insights, treasury or relevant banking domain roles. 

• Strong understanding of transaction banking / payments / treasury landscape and ability to communicate complex concepts clearly. 

• Exceptional stakeholder management, comfortable with ambiguity and cross-functional execution.

• Strong writing/storytelling, with confidence presenting to senior leaders and external audiences. 

Successful candidates may be assessed through a case study as well as several rounds of interviews.

Is This Role Right for You?

• Do you have a positive, can-do attitude and enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment?

• Do you take personal accountability for your work and see challenges as opportunities to grow?

• Are you excited by the idea of contributing to meaningful, transformational change?

• Are you excited to own and shape the Transaction Bank’s thought leadership agenda?

• Do you enjoy translating messy market signals, research, and competitive intelligence into clear, differentiated narratives?

• Are you comfortable supporting strategic conversations, and presenting complex ideas with clarity to multiple different and complex audiences?

• Do you enjoy leading through ambiguity, setting new structures, cadence, and standards?

If these questions resonate with you, we would love to hear from you!

Who We Are:

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we strive to make every interaction, product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple.  Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank. 

Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities. 

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. 

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.  

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process 
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

Sans Objet