Senior Director, Enterprise Real Estate Analytics and Portfolio Optimization

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 part of the Enterprise Real Estate and Workplace Experience team, you will lead the real estate data and analytics strategy that supports the management of CIBC’s corporate office and retail portfolios. As a Senior Director, Enterprise Real Estate Analytics & Portfolio Optimization, you will be accountable for the strategy, governance, and delivery of enterprise real estate data, reporting, and insights that drive portfolio performance, workplace planning, capital decision-making, and operational efficiency. Working closely with senior leaders and cross-functional partners, you will translate complex financial and non-financial data into trusted, actionable insights that inform business priorities and executive decisions. You will shape and evolve the data roadmap, establish an efficient and sustainable data management approach, and guide the use of business intelligence tools to enhance performance. In addition, you will collaborate across Enterprise Real Estate and Workplace Experience to foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote. Details on your work arrangement will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How you’ll succeed

• Lead enterprise real estate data strategy – Create and deliver the data and analytics roadmap for enterprise real estate, including identifying a data management plan including tools to support reporting, dashboards, and repositories that enable decision-making processes.

• Build trusted data foundations – Establish and maintain data standards, controls, and governance practices across systems and sources. Ensure data quality, privacy, retention, audit readiness, and a clear single source of truth.

• Turn data into executive insight – Guide the translation of complex portfolio, workplace, facilities, and financial data into clear recommendations, presentations, and materials that help senior leaders make informed choices on strategy, capital planning, and operating costs.

• Optimize portfolio and workplace outcomes – Support delivery of portfolio metrics that will enable decisions to optimize the portfolio, improve employee workplace, and client experience.

• Strengthen cross-functional delivery – Partner with Finance, Human Resources, Technology, suppliers, and business leaders to connect data sources, improve reporting accuracy, and support an integrated operating model across enterprise real estate.

• Lead people and change – Work collaboratively across ERE to guiding change in a way that aligns with CIBC’s values, risk culture, and data management standards.

Who you are

• You have several years of progressive experience in data management, analytics, and business intelligence or related functions within large, complex organizations. You have excellent analytical, strategic, management, and communication skills. Work experience in corporate real estate is preferred.

• You’re analytical. You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating multifaceted business problems and turning information into practical insight. You communicate detailed information in a meaningful way.

• You have technical foundation. You have a degree in Business, Computer Science, Statistics, Data Analytics, or a related field. It’s an asset if you have an MBA or other advanced degree. You can demonstrate experience with data visualization and business intelligence tools such as Tableau or Power BI.

• You’re a strategic thinker. You connect business priorities, portfolio needs, workplace trends, and financial considerations to shape strategies that support growth, agility, and operational efficiency.

• Your influence makes a difference. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You build trusted partnerships across functions and levels, and you can guide senior stakeholders toward clear, well-supported outcomes. 

• You are a caring and accountable leader. You have experience developing and implementing strategic team goals. You have experience coaching employees and inspiring successful team performance.

• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

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, 33rd Floor

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Analytical Thinking, Client Service, Innovation Strategies, Leadership, Negotiation, Outsourcing, People Management, Procurement Services, Strategic Objectives, Vendor Management