Chief People Officer - Toronto, Canada - Purpose Unlimited

Purpose Unlimited

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Purpose Unlimited is an independent financial services company with an unrelenting focus on customer-centric innovation, delivered through technology-driven solutions.

Led by entrepreneur Som Seif, the company is developing a diversified product platform aimed at addressing historically underserved segments of the market.

Purpose Unlimited's businesses include Purpose Investments, Purpose Advisor Solutions, and Driven.

Job Summary:

The CPO at Purpose Unlimited is responsible for crafting and implementing an organizational talent strategy to enable organizational strategic goals; leading and continuously developing a people-focused People & Culture team; and serving as a trusted partner and advisor to their senior leadership peers and the Board of Directors.

Main Responsibilities:

Develops, executes, monitors, and evaluates the organizational talent strategy.
Builds, leads, and develops the People & Culture team.
Champions the desired organizational culture, with a focus on employee experience.
Acts as a trusted partner and advisor to the senior leadership team.
Provides analysis, support, and recommendations to the senior leadership team on talentrelated issues.
Manages talentrelated compliance and risk issues.
Develops and monitors resources and budgets.

Competencies

Relationship Building: Builds and maintains positive relationships with senior leaders, employees, and other stakeholders. Fosters a culture of intradepartmental relationships and cultivates team strengths.
Strategic Thinking: Possesses the ability to understand organizational goals and align talent strategies and initiatives accordingly
Communication: Articulates thoughts and expresses ideas effectively using verbal, nonverbal, and written communication, as well as listening skills to gain understanding.
Customer/

Employee Focus:
Identifies and implements best practices and solutions to improve customer/employee service.

Problem-Solving/

Decision Making:

Solicits a diverse range of opinions and perspectives as inputs into making decisions, and creates a culture of empowerment to facilitate effective decision-making.

Managing Through Change and Uncertainty: Collaborates across the organization on change initiatives, and leads and champions change in the organization.
Organizational Awareness: Actively engages in setting the organization's mission, vision, and values, and demonstrates expert insight into the organization's risks and opportunities within the competitive environment.
Data literacy: Demonstrates advanced understanding of talent metrics and employs evidencebased decisionmaking
Business &

Financial Acumen:
Has experience in and knowledge of business practices and processes and can read and interpret financial documents.

Employment Legislation Knowledge: Demonstrates strong understanding of the rules regulating Canadian workplaces which are contained in the employment standards statutes, specifically, as it relates to Ontario and Quebec, and has experience in successfully managing complex employment dispute cases.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in HR, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, Business, or a related field.
Progressive HR experience in interacting with executive teams and/or boards of directors.
Rich experience in people/team management.
Proven experience in leading complex change and/or program management.
Experience in major business transformation (M&A, IPO, etc).
Proficiency with HR information systems.

Preferred Qualifications

HR certification.
Bilingualism (FR/ENG)

Other Detail:
Preferred location: Toronto. May require travel of up to 20% if out-of-province.

Why you should join us?

We are one of Canada's top small & medium employers'202
We believe in innovation and vibrant culture work for an innovative, peoplefirst, financial services firm that values entrepreneurialism.
We believe in a flexible work structure
A flexible hybrid work model that empowers you to do your best work whether at home or the office.
We care about your rewards
Competitive compensation including equity program.
We care about your health comprehensive group health and dental benefits and life insurance at little to no cost to you, We also offer a Lifestyle Spending Account for all your wellness needs.
We care about your quality of life flexible paid timeoff policy with unlimited vacation days, and flexible sick and mental health days.
We care about your family
Paid parental leave for eligible employees with a topup.
We care about your future
Generous Group RRSP matching and TFSA program in Purpose fund.
We care about your development
We offer training opportunities and tuition support yearround.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the safety and well-being of our teams ar