Director, Product Management

Position: Director, Product Management - Simplii Financial
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What You'll Be Doing
Reporting to the Senior Director, Simplii Financial, the Director, Product Management is accountable for end-to-end ownership of Everyday Banking and non-registered Savings experiences. This includes the foundational capabilities clients rely on to store, grow, access, move, and manage money day to day, as well as the underlying platform and servicing experiences that build trust, reliability, and scale. The Director sets the product vision and strategy for Everyday Banking and Savings, defines success metrics and outcomes, and leads cross functional teams to deliver measurable customer and business impact.

This role translates Simplii’s business strategy into clear product direction, balancing customer needs, regulatory and risk requirements, operational realities, and technology constraints. Operating with a high degree of independent judgement, the Director drives prioritization and investment tradeoffs, leads teams through complex and ambiguous problem spaces, and influences senior stakeholders across Simplii and the broader bank. This role is both a product leader and people leader, responsible for building strong product talent, establishing quality standards, and reinforcing a customer first, outcome driven product culture.

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 and strategic planning - Accountable for the end-to-end product strategy, outcomes, and evolution of Everyday Banking and Savings experiences, including the core banking foundations that underpin customer trust and usability (such as account servicing, balances, transactions, interest and fee transparency, statements and records, account status, and service reliability), savings experiences that enable clients to build, protect, and grow balances over time while understanding progress and making confident decisions about liquidity and use of funds, the everyday money management layer that helps clients understand their financial status and usage, and intersections with money movement and account usage that materially affect funding, liquidity, and day-to-day banking confidence.

Team management - Lead, motivate, and coach the team on an ongoing basis by setting appropriate context when assigning work to align individual roles with business unit priorities and Simplii’s overall goals, managing performance through fair and accurate feedback, removing obstacles, and clarifying expectations, creating a positive work environment and serving as a role model by championing Simplii’s mission, vision, and values, ensuring compliance with policies, standards, guidelines, and controls, and hiring the right people in the right roles to align capabilities with job requirements and business unit objectives.

Cross functional relationship - Engage and collaborate with business leaders and stakeholders across Direct Financial Services, Alternate Solution Group, and Retail and Business Banking lines of business—including Digital Channels, Credit Cards, Payments & Innovations, Product, Marketing, and Contact Center—as well as various other Simplii departments such as Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Treasury, Finance, and Risk Management, and with external vendors including third‑party processors, payment associations, credit bureaus, and others.

Compliance requirements and responsibilities - As an employee of Simplii, the incumbent must comply with all applicable Simplii and Line of Business policies, standards, guidelines and controls. As a people leader, this job must ensure all employees within the business unit comply with all…