Senior Product Manager, Mutual Funds, Product Development

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What You’ll Be Doing

As Senior Product Manager, Mutual Funds, you will report to the Director, Product Development and Management, Mutual Funds.

You will be an integral member of the Product Development and Management team, supporting product innovation, development, shelf management, and strategic priorities for our Mutual Funds offering. This includes developing and implementing new product initiatives, managing product enhancements, and advancing other key business initiatives across CIBC Asset Management’s product platforms, including the Private Wealth platform. You will be responsible for managing the product lineup, considering sales and client feedback, market data, and the broader competitive landscape.

You will play a key role in the product development and management strategy, collaborating with teams across the organization — including sales, marketing, portfolio management, and operations. You will provide analytical support and leverage a thorough understanding of products, pricing, client segments, and competitive market behaviour to develop and recommend plans and tactics that optimize the product mix, enhance client experience, and help clients achieve their ambitions. You will exercise sound judgement in decision‑making on complex issues, contributing to product planning, development, management, and performance to meet the needs of CIBC clients efficiently and competitively.

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

• Product Development & Management – Demonstrate strong knowledge and experience in product development and management, strategic planning, and project management sufficient to identify, develop, and implement approved initiatives (experience in financial services, preferably in asset management).
• Product Development – Lead the development and management of the CIBC Asset Management Mutual Funds product offer. Provide investment insight in the development of market‑leading products. Serve as the key lead in developing and implementing new products or enhancements initiatives. Develop business cases and recommendations. Collaborate with the Product Research and Positioning team on product development content, positioning and competitive analysis. Maintain deep knowledge of the product offering across platforms, channels and product features.
• Product Management – Deliver the implementation of enhancements to the CIBC Asset Management Mutual Funds product offer. Analyze business needs and objectives and participate in the development and implementation of strategic product plans, including on‑going operational management and support. Manage key stakeholders such as legal, tax, business management, regulatory and risk. Assemble and manage a project team composed of internal and external representatives to implement new products or services. Provide on‑going management in the delivery of a product or service while ensuring that the activities are consistent with CIBC’s values, the product group or business plans and coordinated with the activities of other related areas. Maintain comprehensive competitive information on market penetration, product capabilities and initiatives. Work with internal and external teams to communicate product information and key positioning by providing on‑going, high quality support related to the product or services.
• Analytical – Understand and interpret complex information, identify patterns and trends in new or strategic areas, and develop recommendations, often with minimal direction in order to respond to urgent business priorities.
• Leadership – Demonstrate well‑developed management and leadership skills sufficient to achieve results within a matrix organization, including the ability to bring about change at a senior level. Possess creative skills to identify innovative alternatives or opportunities.
• Relationship management – Meet business objectives by managing relationships and working effectively with internal and external partners including marketing and other lines of business, partners and vendors.