Director, Business Intelligence - Visual Analytics (12-month contract)

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney. 

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe.  Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

Job Description

The Director of Business Intelligence – Visual Analytics (BI-VA) is an exciting role in our expanding Business Intelligence (BI) team within the Management Analytics team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing the design and delivery of powerful data-driven insights that drive business decision-making and strategy as well as leading the Visualization workstream within our Management Analytics as a Service (MaaS) initiative with responsibility to deploy and leverage a new modern BI toolset, including GenAI capabilities, to enable BI and insight generation.   

Partnering with colleagues across Management Analytics, the Director will report to the Managing Director–Business Intelligence, and will use data, technology, and collaboration across both Investment and Core Services Departments to help these teams with the decision-making process needed for their tasks. Within the Finance department, the BI team provides visual and dynamic advanced analytical solutions by offering an integrated and independent view of key investment and business metrics with self-serve monitoring reports.

As Director, you will be responsible for various projects that involve multiple stakeholders.

Role-Specific Accountabilities:

• Lead the BI-VA team, nurturing a data-driven culture and ensuring high standards of excellence.
• As part of MaaS initiative, develop and implement a comprehensive Business Intelligence Visual Analytics strategy that aligns with the organization's strategic goals and objectives.
• Leveraging a “user needs” based approach, oversee the design and development of advanced visual analytics tools and dashboards, including the use of GenAI capabilities.
• Partner with key stakeholders to understand their insights and analytics visualization needs and translate them into actions.
• Ensure data quality and integrity across all Business Intelligence tools and platforms.
• Streamline data collection and analysis procedures to ensure fast access to metrics.
• Drive the use of predictive analytics and other data science techniques across the organization.
• Educate and train staff on data analysis and visualization techniques.
• Stay updated on the latest industry trends and adjust the strategy as necessary.
• Manage and support the Insights Portal, dashboards and associated stakeholder groups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, Computer Science, Statistics, Business Administration, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Proven experience in a similar role, preferably within a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
• Strong knowledge of data analysis and visualization tools such as Tableau, QuickSight, Power BI, etc.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Strong analytical mindset with a problem-solving approach.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts in a clear, concise manner.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Up-to-date knowledge of the industry's latest trends and technologies.
• Experience working within the Agile and Design Thinking frameworks considered and asset.

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.