Director, Talent Business Partner
Top Benefits
About the role
Purpose. Performance. People.
Joining CPP Investments means joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors to drive a single mandate: to deliver strong, sustainable returns for generations of Canadians.
With a long-term horizon and global reach, we deploy capital at scale across public and private markets. Our size, stability, and disciplined investment philosophy allow us to pursue complex opportunities and build enduring partnerships worldwide.
For our people, this means meaningful work with tangible impact, real opportunity, and collaboration with exceptional colleagues who value partnership and performance. Here, you’ll contribute to outcomes that matter alongside team members committed to excellence and shared success.
The Role
CPP Investments is seeking a strategic and commercially minded Director, Talent Business Partner to advise senior leaders on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, workforce priorities, and culture. Reporting to the Managing Director, Talent Business Partner, you will partner closely with business leaders to translate strategic priorities into practical talent solutions while providing trusted advice on succession, organizational design, workforce planning, talent risk, and leadership effectiveness.
As a senior talent advisor for the portfolio, the successful candidate will provide insight and recommendations on leadership, succession, organizational design, workforce planning, and talent risk. The role works collaboratively across Talent Centres of Excellence and corporate functions to deliver integrated talent solutions and contribute to broader organizational priorities.
The Team
The Talent function partners with leaders across CPP Investments to strengthen organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, and workforce planning in support of business priorities. The Talent Business Partner team serves as a strategic advisor to senior leaders, working closely with Talent Centres of Excellence and corporate functions to deliver integrated talent solutions that enable high performance and organizational effectiveness.
Accountabilities
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, succession, and team performance. Translate business priorities and capability needs into practical talent and workforce plans in partnership with senior leaders and Talent colleagues. Provide thoughtful, data-informed advice on complex organizational and people decisions, leveraging workforce insights to identify risks, trends, and opportunities. Support and deliver organizational design and change initiatives that improve effectiveness and advance business priorities. Apply sound talent judgment to succession, promotion, performance, and leadership decisions while coaching leaders through leadership, team, and organizational challenges. Partner with Talent Centres of Excellence to deliver talent programs and practices aligned with CPP Investments' enterprise talent philosophy and leadership expectations. Contribute to enterprise-wide Talent initiatives, share leading practices across the function, and exemplify CPP Investments' Guiding Principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance.
What You Bring
Proven HR business partnering experience advising senior leaders in complex, global organizations, with 10+ years of human resources experience, including significant experience in an HR Business Partner or talent advisory role; financial services experience is considered an asset. Deep expertise in organizational design, succession planning, leadership development, workforce planning, and change management. Strong business acumen with the ability to connect talent solutions to business priorities and measurable business outcomes. Demonstrated consulting capability and sound judgment in navigating complex organizational issues and supporting organizational and cultural change. Strong relationship-building, communication, and stakeholder influencing skills, with the credibility and discretion to partner effectively with senior leaders. Strong analytical capability with experience translating workforce data and insights into clear, practical recommendations. Demonstrated alignment with CPP Investments' Guiding Principles of partnership, high performance, and integrity.
You are motivated to contribute to something larger than yourself, approach complex challenges with rigor, and hold yourself to high standards in a collaborative, performance-driven environment.
We provide colleagues with cutting-edge AI tools, dedicated learning time, and practical support to help them deliver with greater impact.
Inclusion & Accessibility
CPP Investments is committed to equitable access to employment and building a workforce that reflects diverse talent and perspectives. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Attention: Protect Yourself from Fraud
CPP Investments is committed to a secure and transparent recruitment process. We will never ask candidates for payment or financial information at any stage of hiring. All legitimate opportunities are posted on our careers page, and communications will come from our applicant tracking system, Workday.
CPP Investments may use AI tools to help screen and assess applicants by analyzing resumes and applications for relevant skills and experience. These tools support, but do not replace, human decision-making.
About CPP Investments | Investissements RPC
CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization with a vital purpose: to help provide a foundation on which Canadians build financial security in retirement. To help maximize the CPP Fund for generations to come, we invest across all major asset classes: public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments.
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Director, Talent Business Partner
Top Benefits
About the role
Purpose. Performance. People.
Joining CPP Investments means joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors to drive a single mandate: to deliver strong, sustainable returns for generations of Canadians.
With a long-term horizon and global reach, we deploy capital at scale across public and private markets. Our size, stability, and disciplined investment philosophy allow us to pursue complex opportunities and build enduring partnerships worldwide.
For our people, this means meaningful work with tangible impact, real opportunity, and collaboration with exceptional colleagues who value partnership and performance. Here, you’ll contribute to outcomes that matter alongside team members committed to excellence and shared success.
The Role
CPP Investments is seeking a strategic and commercially minded Director, Talent Business Partner to advise senior leaders on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, workforce priorities, and culture. Reporting to the Managing Director, Talent Business Partner, you will partner closely with business leaders to translate strategic priorities into practical talent solutions while providing trusted advice on succession, organizational design, workforce planning, talent risk, and leadership effectiveness.
As a senior talent advisor for the portfolio, the successful candidate will provide insight and recommendations on leadership, succession, organizational design, workforce planning, and talent risk. The role works collaboratively across Talent Centres of Excellence and corporate functions to deliver integrated talent solutions and contribute to broader organizational priorities.
The Team
The Talent function partners with leaders across CPP Investments to strengthen organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, and workforce planning in support of business priorities. The Talent Business Partner team serves as a strategic advisor to senior leaders, working closely with Talent Centres of Excellence and corporate functions to deliver integrated talent solutions that enable high performance and organizational effectiveness.
Accountabilities
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, succession, and team performance. Translate business priorities and capability needs into practical talent and workforce plans in partnership with senior leaders and Talent colleagues. Provide thoughtful, data-informed advice on complex organizational and people decisions, leveraging workforce insights to identify risks, trends, and opportunities. Support and deliver organizational design and change initiatives that improve effectiveness and advance business priorities. Apply sound talent judgment to succession, promotion, performance, and leadership decisions while coaching leaders through leadership, team, and organizational challenges. Partner with Talent Centres of Excellence to deliver talent programs and practices aligned with CPP Investments' enterprise talent philosophy and leadership expectations. Contribute to enterprise-wide Talent initiatives, share leading practices across the function, and exemplify CPP Investments' Guiding Principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance.
What You Bring
Proven HR business partnering experience advising senior leaders in complex, global organizations, with 10+ years of human resources experience, including significant experience in an HR Business Partner or talent advisory role; financial services experience is considered an asset. Deep expertise in organizational design, succession planning, leadership development, workforce planning, and change management. Strong business acumen with the ability to connect talent solutions to business priorities and measurable business outcomes. Demonstrated consulting capability and sound judgment in navigating complex organizational issues and supporting organizational and cultural change. Strong relationship-building, communication, and stakeholder influencing skills, with the credibility and discretion to partner effectively with senior leaders. Strong analytical capability with experience translating workforce data and insights into clear, practical recommendations. Demonstrated alignment with CPP Investments' Guiding Principles of partnership, high performance, and integrity.
You are motivated to contribute to something larger than yourself, approach complex challenges with rigor, and hold yourself to high standards in a collaborative, performance-driven environment.
We provide colleagues with cutting-edge AI tools, dedicated learning time, and practical support to help them deliver with greater impact.
Inclusion & Accessibility
CPP Investments is committed to equitable access to employment and building a workforce that reflects diverse talent and perspectives. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Attention: Protect Yourself from Fraud
CPP Investments is committed to a secure and transparent recruitment process. We will never ask candidates for payment or financial information at any stage of hiring. All legitimate opportunities are posted on our careers page, and communications will come from our applicant tracking system, Workday.
CPP Investments may use AI tools to help screen and assess applicants by analyzing resumes and applications for relevant skills and experience. These tools support, but do not replace, human decision-making.
About CPP Investments | Investissements RPC
CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization with a vital purpose: to help provide a foundation on which Canadians build financial security in retirement. To help maximize the CPP Fund for generations to come, we invest across all major asset classes: public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments.
Commenting Policy Keep It Clean: Comments that include offensive, abusive, defamatory, obscene or inappropriate content will be deleted. Keep It Courteous: We do not permit personal attacks. Posts that attack representatives, including our Social Media Manager or other commenters, will be deleted. Keep It on Topic: Posts not relevant to the topic, or others’ comments, will be deleted. Keep Personal Information Private: Our social pages are public. For your own safety, do not post your personal information – or someone else’s. Such posts will be deleted. Keep it Spam-Free: Posts assumed to be spam will be deleted. Keep It Legal: Posts referencing illegal activity or ongoing legal matters, financial matters or internal business decisions will be deleted. Keep It Within Rules: We adhere to this social network’s Terms of Use and Code of Conduct. All comments are subject to those rules.
Opinions expressed on these pages are those of their respective users only and do not necessarily reflect the views of CPP Investments, its management or employees. We are not responsible for the content of comments on this page, and disclaim any and all liability to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Employees of CPP Investments, affiliated companies, representatives, dealers or agents, please note: Members of our Social Media Management team will handle any factual corrections and answer any comments as appropriate questions here. You are welcome to join the conversation but please disclose your affiliation with CPP Investments.