Senior Manager - US Operational Risk Management

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What You'll Do

The US ORM Portfolio Manager acts as a second line of defense in ensuring that the bank’s operational risk and control frameworks, policies, standards and procedures are understood and used effectively to manage operational risk. The Risk Manager provides oversight and effective challenge by working with business leaders in their respective portfolio  in all aspects of operational risk management (process, people, and systems) and control framework and policy requirements. This includes advising the assigned lines of business in the identification, measurement, mitigation and monitoring of operational risk and providing effective challenge in their mitigation strategies/activities.

You will have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

How You'll Succeed

The Portfolio Manager - US ORM will be responsible for, but not limited to the following activities:

• Fulfill the role of CIBC’s second line of defense in the management of operational risk by challenging the business lines’ operational and control inputs and outputs. This is a key role in the three lines of defense model and it requires a deep understanding of the assigned business as well as the ability to challenge senior employees of the Bank in a constructive manner.

• Provide ongoing oversight and risk assessment of CIBC’s operational risk exposure through the facilitation and support of management’s use of various risk and control identification and assessment tools (i.e. external event reviews, incident reports, change initiatives, risk and control self-assessments). The operational risk and control framework and policies tools are a key enabler of CIBC’s operational risk program and as such, the proper application and oversight of the tools are an important part of CIBC being able to manage and monitor its operational risks. The role is expected to provide input into refining and improving the tools as part of a continuous improvement process.

• Provide and oversee independent challenge of business line processes, risks and controls (e.g. through portfolio reviews and other operational risk programs, processes and tools).

• Collaborate with the first line of defense in the management, identification and reporting of issues, incidents and losses.

• Oversee Control and Deficiency Management. The role is also expected to encourage LOB identification and remediation of deficiencies and to ensure familiarity and appropriateness of new key controls and deficiencies and deactivation of redundant key controls. Proactively working with business leaders in identifying and challenging action plans in closing gaps/deficiencies and/or risk mitigation plans in minimizing CIBC’s risk exposures.

• Provide operational risk and control framework and policies related advice to the first line of defense to enhance the management of operational risk and control, including advising on risk mitigation strategies.

• Monitoring and reporting of emerging risks and external events and assessing the applicability and potential impacts to the portfolio. Collaborate with Enterprise Risk Management in the effective reporting of Risk Appetite Metrics.

• Partnering with the internal stakeholders and Executive Team members on matters related to the overall strategic direction of the business.

• Staying current of regulatory changes and industry leading practices in operational risk and control frameworks to ensure CIBC operational risk management meets regulatory expectations and is effective and efficient.

Who You Are

• You possess a Bachelor’s degree preferably in b