Director Chapter Lead - Sales & Advice Capability Development

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

Our Sales & Advice Capability Development team helps Banking Centre teams and leaders build the skills, confidence, and consistency needed to deliver strong advice-based sales experiences. As the Chapter Lead, Sales & Advice Capability Development, you'll lead the design, and evolution of modern in-role capability development across Banking Centre roles, including leaders. You'll support your team to translate business priorities into practical learning and performance strategies that strengthen client advice based conversations, sales effectiveness, coaching capability, and adoption of tools, processes, and business routines. You'll oversee the team that will develop role-based learning journeys that support progression from foundational capability to mastery, using reinforcement, practice, role play, simulation, and real-world application. In CIBC's agile operating model, you'll also lead and develop a Chapter of specialists, reinforce craft excellence, and contribute directly to squad delivery through your deep expertise in sales training, advice capability, and frontline performance development.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You'll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you'll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote. 

How you'll succeed

• Capability strategy and design - Set the framework and design principles for in-role sales and advice capability development across Banking Centre roles and leaders, ensuring solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned to business priorities.
• Learning and performance enablement - Build modern learning experiences that improve advice-based sales performance, advice quality, client interactions, and execution discipline, while accelerating time to proficiency and progression to mastery.
• Practice and reinforcement - Integrate learning with ongoing practice, reinforcement, role play, simulation, and business-led application to strengthen in-role performance and long-term capability growth.
• Leader enablement and adoption - Strengthen leader capability to coach sales and advice behaviors effectively, while enabling adoption of tools, systems, workflows, compliance requirements, and business routines.
• Partnership and delivery - Partner with Human Resources Learning & Development and other stakeholders to create continuity from onboarding through in-role mastery, and contribute specialist expertise to priority squad initiatives.
• Chapter leadership - Lead and develop a high-performing Chapter of sales and advice capability specialists, supporting growth, craft excellence, and strong delivery in a collaborative, matrixed environment.

Who you are

• You are a caring and accountable leader. You're passionate about developing and coaching to bring out the best in people. You have led diverse, high performing teams and can balance people leadership with hands-on delivery.
• You have demonstrated experience in sales training, learning and development, capability development, frontline performance, sales enablement, and retail banking capability. It’s an asset if you bring experience in regulated financial services, agile operating models, and business transformation initiatives.
• You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems and turning business priorities into practical capability solutions. You use insight and judgment to improve frontline sales, advice, service, and coaching outcomes.
• Your influence makes a difference. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You bring strong stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills, and can work effectively across complex, matrixed environments.
• You put our clients first. You engage with purpose to find the right solutions. You build capability that improves both client outcomes and business performance through stronger advice-based interactions.
• You have relevant experience. You bring 5-7 years of experience in sales, sales training, learning and development, capability development, frontline performance, sales enablement, retail banking capability, or a related field, as well as a minimum of 3 years of direct and/or indirect people leadership experience.
• You live your values. You bring high standards, genuine care to your relationships, and want to grow with an employer that shares your values and brings out your best.

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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.

*Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

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.

Job Location

Toronto-81 Bay, 24th Floor

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Continuous Improvement, Domain Knowledge, Employee Experience, Influencing Skills, People Leadership, Performance Management (PM), Prioritization, Results-Oriented, SOP Implementation, Stakeholder Management, Team-Building