Senior Director , Strategy and Cloud Enablement

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.

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What You'll Be Doing

As the Senior Director, Cloud Engineering within the Cloud Engineering & Transformation team, you will lead the strategy, engineering, and evolution of CIBC’s enterprise cloud platforms. You will play a critical leadership role in accelerating the organization’s cloud transformation by building secure, scalable, and resilient cloud environments that support application modernization, digital innovation, and enterprise growth.  You will oversee engineering teams responsible for designing and delivering foundational cloud capabilities across Azure, including infrastructure automation, container platforms, hybrid connectivity, and enterprise platform services. Working closely with enterprise architecture, security, infrastructure, and application teams, you will guide the development of modern platform engineering practices that enable teams across the organization to rapidly and securely build and operate cloud-native solutions.  Through strong technical leadership and strategic partnership with senior technology leaders, you will help shape the future of CIBC’s cloud operating model while ensuring platforms meet the high standards of security, reliability, and regulatory compliance required within a global financial institution.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How You'll Succeed

Who You Are

• You can demonstrate senior leadership experience building and scaling cloud/platform engineering organizations in a large enterprise environment. You bring strong technical credibility and can engage directly in architecture and engineering discussions across Azure platform services, networking, identity, and security. You are familiar with infrastructure provisioning on Azure (for example, ARM templates and Bicep) and modern infrastructure-as-code practices. You champion change and modernization, helping teams adopt cloud and platform capabilities through clear roadmaps, pragmatic standards, and strong engineering practices.  

• You're digitally savvy. You seek out innovative solutions and embrace evolving technologies. You can easily adapt to new tools and trends.

• You understand that success is in the details. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making and can demonstrate an ability to influence people and teams with implied authority.

• You embrace and champion change. You'll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best. You can show evidence of past successes with the building of technical cloud controls and processes.

• You look beyond the moment. You make decisions and take actions that will make a difference today and tomorrow. You proactively seek new opportunities to define what's possible and what can be improved.

• 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 Mailbox.careers-carrieres@cibc.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, 32nd Floor

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Enterprise Infrastructures, Group Problem Solving, Infrastructure Management (IM), Leadership, Risk Mitigation Strategies, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Leadership, Technical Knowledge