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Overview Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization. When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the worlds most admired and respected institutional investors. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability for generations of working and retired Canadians. CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3.6 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, So Paulo, and Sydney. CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment, accelerated exposure and responsibility, global career development opportunities, diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders, a hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration, a culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance, and an organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives. As a Director, Performance, you will be reporting to MD, Performance and be responsible for coordinating and overseeing the performance measurement, benchmarking, and attribution activities for the total fund and for continuing to advance the analytical capability of the Performance function within CPP Investments. You will help set the strategic direction of the team including implementing scalable processes and systems and ensuring alignment with departmental and organizational objectives. The Performance team is responsible for the delivery of timely, accurate, and insightful performance measurement, attribution, and benchmarking for the Total Fund and its underlying portfolios. This role leads a team that owns critical performance platforms and in partnership with Technology & Data (T&D), evolves the technology and data solutions to modernize workflows, strengthen data governance and scale Performance functions analytical and reporting capabilities. Responsibilities Lead performance-related technology change initiativesincluding requirement gathering, design validation, UAT, change management, and post-implementation adoption. Support product owner of performance technology platforms (e.g., PACE, SCD Performance), including the development and prioritization of product roadmaps, to ensure performance systems meet evolving business and analytical needs. Drive automation, scalability, and workflow optimization across performance processes through modern tooling and partnership with Technology & Data teams to implement solutions that enhance analytics, reporting, and operational resilience. Evolve the roadmap for performance data products, ensuring data quality, lineage, controls, and alignment with enterprise data governance standards. Identify, assess, and implement solutions to improve data quality and accelerate insight generation, while ensuring appropriate controls, testing, and compliance with CPP Investments standards. Attract and develop a high performing team with strong analytical and business capabilities, enabling the effective use of performance tools and data to support decision-making. Qualifications Undergraduate degree or graduate degree in related field. 10+ years of relevant experience. Relevant professional designation (CFA, CIPM, FRM, CPA, etc). Advanced proficiency in performance measurement and attribution methodologies, including emerging industry trends and academic research nice-to-have. Advanced knowledge of Python with a focus on analytical packages (e.g., Pandas, NumPy) an asset. Advanced Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases (e.g. MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.) an asset. Demonstrated ability to drive execution excellence through management of multiple direct reports. Benefits & Additional Information Visit our LinkedIn Career Page or follow us on LinkedIn. 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. 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