Job Description

Vision and Core Values

OMERS overall vision is to play a leadership role in the pension industry and be first of class, deliver superior services and to grow and attract investment partners. The core values are to be fair, have high integrity, respect for each other, provide superior service and work as a team.

The Corporate Objectives for OMERS is to provide secure pensions for all their constituents by:

Investing to earn outstanding returns with due regard for risk

Partnering with like-minded investment managers

Providing high quality service to our members and employers

Delivering value for money

Building a culture of excellence and pride in OMERS

OMERS Operating Principles are: Financial Strength, Accountability, Member Focus, Talent and Reporting.

Value Proposition

This is an opportunity to join a forward-looking leadership team to help transform our systems, data and processes that will enable OMERS Capital Markets, Total Portfolio Management, and Corporate Finance functions to deliver on our pension promise. Our team is at the early stages of transformation journey, and the selected leader will be a key member of the team that will bring project management discipline to large initiatives that we will undertake in the coming years and work with our internal partners to understand their needs and deliver outcomes, with excellence. This role joins a team on a journey, with significant future potential in a global, sophisticated, and complex enterprise.

Scope of Position

Reporting to the VP, Business Operations, Capital Markets Finance, the Senior Manager leads delivery of multiple change initiatives across Capital Markets systems, data and business processes to support the investment trade life cycle. The successful candidate will be responsible for understanding and delivering against the needs of our internal partners, collaborate with teams across the enterprise to drive momentum, and proactively manage scope, risks, and issues. This individual brings energy, urgency and a compelling \xe2\x80\x98can do\xe2\x80\x99 attitude to the delivery team and our stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

This is not simply a \xe2\x80\x9cproject management\xe2\x80\x99 role or reporting role, this role develops and implements whatever necessary to ensure we have a disciplined momentum driven practice and excellence for accomplishing the varied initiatives that require Capital Markets Finance involvement. This role -

Leads end-to-end delivery of projects and programs by working closely with investment professionals, platform and data teams, investment operations, technology teams and external vendors

Establishes effective project structure and governance with clear roles and responsibilities

Develops project plan and ensure resources availability and allocation

Manages interdependencies across project workstreams and proactively identify risks and issues

Facilitates meetings and seek and incorporate diverse perspective to enhance decisions and recommendations

Communicates with sponsors, project leads, and teams to ensure alignment on status, risks and issues

Works closely with partners across Capital Finance Markets and responds flexibly to their inherent project management skillsets

Upholds strong ethical values and high integrity

Qualifications

Minimum 6 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in leading delivery of complex programs/projects in financial institutions

Proven ability to work through ambiguity and effective communication with internal and external stakeholders

Excellent knowledge and experience in project management methodology, disciplines, and best practices

Strategic and innovative thinking to drive values through projects and initiatives

Good knowledge of investment life cycle process and applications

Experience with working with technology and data

CFA or MBA an asset

And you demonstrate:

A people-first focus with a desire to develop meaningful, positive relationships across all levels of the organization

A teammate mentality coupled with servant leadership

A sense of urgency, optimism, and a desire to deliver excellence

A desire to drive debate, to speak candidly and to listen empathetically

Strong orientation towards strategy and changes

Motivation with an ability to drive results

A passion for delivering \xe2\x80\x98beautiful work\xe2\x80\x99

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Our story:

Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada\xe2\x80\x99s largest defined benefit pension plans, with $124 billion in net assets as at December 31, 2022. OMERS is a jointly-sponsored pension plan, with more than 1,000 participating employers ranging from large cities to local agencies, and over half a million active, deferred and retired members. OMERS members include union and non-union employees of municipalities, school boards, local boards, transit systems, electrical utilities, emergency services and children\xe2\x80\x99s aid societies across Ontario. Contributions to the Plan are funded equally by members and employers. OMERS teams work in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe \xe2\x80\x93 serving members and employers and originating and managing a diversified portfolio of high-quality investments in public markets, private equity, infrastructure and real estate.

OMERS is committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. At OMERS inclusion and diversity means belonging. How we create a sense of belonging is through our employees and our vast network of Employee Resource Groups. Whether you are passionate about gender, pride, or visible minorities, we have groups that are focused on making a difference in all of our lives.

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