Director, Policy Governance Manager, US Enterprise Risk Management

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The US Risk Management function carries out the mandate of CIBC Risk Management at the regional level, ensuring compliance with applicable Parent Bank policies, while complying with local laws and regulations governing the Region and its individual legal entities.

Enterprise Risk Management Programs, US Region (“ERM Programs”) develops, implements, and maintains a risk management governance framework and related policies and procedures for the US Region and its individual legal entities. This involves the regional implementation of global CIBC programs, where applicable, and includes: US Risk Management Framework and Policies, US Risk Appetite, Identification of Material and Emerging risks, Recovery and Resolution Planning, Stress Testing Governance, and Risk Culture.

What You’ll be Doing

The Policy Governance Manager, US ERM Programs is accountable for supporting the Head of ERM Programs in the following activities:

• Risk Policy and Governance – maintain and execute controls over the policy process.

• Risk Reporting – prepare presentations and reports for senior management and boards.

• Governance, Risk, and Controls (GRC) – maintain an integrated data management (GRC) system.

How You’ll Succeed

• Taking on the role of the US Region Policy Administrator, the incumbent will:

  • Maintain a US policy database as part of an integrated GRC system, ensuring policy metadata is up-to-date and accurate.

  • Perform ongoing validation of policy activity, approvals, and plans with policy owners.

  • Administer the policy control process, ensuring policies are tracked, centrally published, and registered with ERM Programs.

  • Advise policy owners on adherence to CIBC’s Policy Framework and the associated US supplement.

• Act as the primary US liaison with the global Risk Policy and Governance group to ensure US compliance with the CIBC Policy Framework, and centrally track exceptions for the CIBC Policy Framework.

• Manage the US Supplement to the CIBC Policy Framework, and develop and maintain associated guides and standards.

• Design and deliver training to policy contacts related to policy governance.

• Administer and support the activities and operation of the US Region Policy Council.

• Manage other ERM policies, procedures, and standards such as those related to Risk Appetite and Risk Management Frameworks, as well as policies for various ERM Programs such as resolution planning and data and reporting governance (BCBS 239).

• Support the ERM team in the preparation of various presentations, updates, and reports for senior management and boards.

• Maintain an integrated data management (GRC) system including up-to-date and accura