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 Director, Product – Workflow Orchestration & Platform Engineering, you’ll be a key leader within the Personal and Business Banking team, reporting to the Vice President, Strategy, Modernization and Optimization. You’ll own the vision, roadmap, and delivery for Simplii’s workflow orchestration platform, enabling both internal operational workflows and external client-facing journeys to be composed, integrated, and delivered quickly, safely, and consistently. You’ll translate consumer needs, architecture standards, security/IAM requirements, and business priorities into a clear platform product roadmap and prioritized backlog for a cross-functional squad. Your role will be central to building and evolving reusable workflow and orchestration building blocks, ensuring cross-cutting platform controls, and driving architectural evolution, including AI agent workflow enablement. You’ll foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, partnering closely with stakeholders across architecture, security, infrastructure, and enterprise governance.
At Simplii 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
Workflow Orchestration & Platform Enablement – Own and refine the product vision for Simplii’s workflow orchestration platform, developing reusable journey components and building blocks that accelerate squad delivery and support end-to-end process orchestration.
Shared Platform Roadmap Ownership – Manage the shared platform product roadmap, intake, prioritization, and transparency for shared capabilities, establishing consumer feedback loops and governance processes.
Cross-Cutting Controls & Compliance – Define and enforce identity/IAM patterns, data access standards, audit logging, performance testing standards, and platform compliance readiness, partnering with security, privacy, risk, and compliance teams.
Backlog Ownership & Delivery Leadership – Own and manage the product backlog, making transparent trade-off decisions, leading agile ceremonies, and proactively managing dependencies, risks, and sequencing across initiatives.
Stakeholder & Consumer Engagement – Act as the product decision-maker, gathering input from consuming squads and subject-matter experts, and communicating platform direction, progress, and outcomes to senior leaders and delivery teams.
Value Measurement & Continuous Improvement – Define and track platform performance metrics, inspect outcomes, incorporate learnings, and adjust priorities to continuously increase platform value and champion a culture of experimentation and improvement.
Who you are
You’re a decisive platform product leader. You bring strong technical judgment and are comfortable making trade-offs in complex, multi-consumer environments spanning internal operations and external client journeys.
You’re deeply platform-minded. You have a track record of building shared workflow orchestration capabilities that accelerate delivery across multiple teams and use cases.
You’re highly collaborative. You work effectively across architecture, security, infrastructure, consumer squads, and enterprise governance in a matrixed organization.
You thrive in ambiguity. You turn strategy into executable priorities at the platform layer, balancing short-term needs with long-term integrity and scalability.
You’re outcomes-oriented. You focus on enablement, developer experience, and measurable platform impact, consistently delivering results.
Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work, and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.
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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.
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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 [email protected]
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.
