Senior Product Owner

About CIBC

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. To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com

The Role of a Senior Product Owner

As a Senior Product Owner at CIBC, you will define and execute the Wealth roadmap for secure document upload, sharing, and client data exchange. This role leads the strategy and delivery of capabilities that modernize how clients, advisors, and partners securely submit, access, share, and manage documentation and client data across onboarding and servicing journeys. You will shape the product vision, build and manage the roadmap, and drive end-to-end execution in close partnership with technology, operations, risk, legal, compliance, and Wealth stakeholders.

You will lead discovery to understand end-to-end document collection, validation, and sharing journeys across Wealth, including agent-assisted, advisor-led, and hybrid onboarding models, and assess current-state processes, technologies, and constraints across Wealth platforms; identify gaps, duplication, and friction points.

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. The expected annualized base salary range for this role is $92,490 to $127,200. The base salary is determined by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s skills, experience, and job-related knowledge, as well as geographic location and specific business needs. Our compensation philosophy supports ongoing growth and development, enabling progression within the salary range as team members advance in their roles. In addition to base pay, compensation for this role includes participation in an annual discretionary incentive or bonus program. We are committed to providing fair, equitable, and competitive compensation opportunities for all employees and we encourage open conversations about compensation throughout the recruitment process.

How You'll Succeed

• Product Vision & Strategy: Own and evolve the strategy for secure document and client data capabilities across Wealth. Establish a scalable, future-ready approach that supports onboarding, servicing, advisor collaboration, and enterprise modernization priorities.
• Roadmap & Execution: Develop and manage a multi-year roadmap focused on improving how documents and client data are securely collected, shared, accessed, and governed. Ensure priorities balance client experience, operational efficiency, risk and compliance, and long-term platform scalability.
• Secure Document & Data Capabilities: Guide the evolution of capabilities such as secure upload and sharing, digital storage, structured client data collection, and controlled access to information. Define how these capabilities integrate into onboarding and servicing journeys, enabling more seamless, secure, and efficient experiences for clients and and advisors.
• Platform Integration & Modernization: Assess current processes, technologies, and workflows to identify opportunities to streamline document and data exchange, reduce manual effort, and enable stronger integration with Wealth onboarding, advisor, and servicing platforms.
• Cross-Functional Delivery: Lead delivery from discovery through implementation, working closely with Technology, Operations, Marketing, Fraud, Risk, and Wealth partners. Translate business needs into clear product requirements and ensure measurable outcomes tied to adoption, efficiency, and client experience.

Who You Are

You demonstrate 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Senior Business Analyst, or similar role within Wealth Management, Capital Markets, or Financial Services. You have a strong understanding of Agile product delivery and backlog management in complex enterprise environments. You show expertise in process mapping and re-engineering (e.g., Visio), including current- and future-state design. You have a solid understanding of Wealth onboarding models, including advisor-led and agent-assisted processes. You have the ability to assess and work within complex technology ecosystems, including platform integrations. You are a strong communicator, possessing strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills. Your influence makes an impact, as you build strong relationships across business and technology, and you’re comfortable influencing at multiple levels. You think end-to-end, naturally connecting client experience, operational workflows, technology, and regulatory considerations. You act like an owner, taking accountability for outcomes, not just outputs. You embrace change and scale, energized by transformation and enterprise-wide impact. Values matter to you, and you bring authenticity to your work and live CIBC’s values of trust, teamwork, and accountability.

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 Mailbox.careers-carrieres@cibc.com. 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.

Key skills/competency

• Product Ownership
• Wealth Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Roadmap Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Process Re-engineering
• Client Data Management
• Digital Transformation
• Risk & Compliance
• Financial Services