Product Owner, Platform Health - Investing Ambitions -

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 What you'll be doing You’ll join a team that’s focused on delivering meaningful product outcomes that create value for our clients and our business. As a Product Owner, you’ll define the vision, goals, and roadmap for a specific Squad, ensuring alignment with Crew priorities and broader business objectives. You’ll manage and prioritize the Squad backlog, translate business and client needs into actionable requirements, and support release planning to drive strong delivery outcomes. You’ll work closely with partners across Crews, Squads, and business units to resolve risks, manage dependencies, and keep work moving forward. In this role, you’ll lead through influence, collaboration, and informed decision-making while helping to strengthen product delivery practices and continuous improvement across the team. How you'll succeed Product vision and roadmap - Define and champion the Squad’s vision, goals, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with Crew strategy and business priorities while maximizing value for clients and the business. Backlog management - Build, refine, and prioritize the Squad backlog by translating client, business, and technology needs into clear user stories, requirements, and delivery priorities. Delivery planning - Lead release and delivery planning, assess results, and adjust priorities as needed to respond to changing business needs and opportunities. Risk and dependency management - Identify, assess, and resolve risks, issues, and dependencies across Squads and business units to support smooth and compliant delivery. Partnership and collaboration - Build strong relationships with Crew leaders, technology partners, business stakeholders, and external vendors to align priorities and drive outcomes. Continuous improvement - Share best practices, support other Product Owners where appropriate, and contribute to improvements in product delivery, team effectiveness, and ways of working. Who you are Your influence makes a difference. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by sharing your expertise. You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems and making sense of information. You communicate detailed information in a meaningful way. You're motivated by collective success. You know that teamwork can transform a good idea into a great one. You know that an inclusive team that enjoys working together can bring a vision to life. You embrace and advocate for change. You continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best. You can demonstrate experience in product ownership, backlog management, release planning, stakeholder management, application delivery, and working within complex technology environments. It’s an asset if you have experience working across multiple business domains and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. You know that details matter. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making. 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. #LI-TA 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 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, 25th Floor Employment Type Regular Weekly Hours 37.5 Skills Analytical Thinking, Backlog Management, Communication, Data-Driven Decision Making, Domain Knowledge, Influencing Without Authority, Mentorship, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Product Portfolio Strategy, Product Roadmap Development, Risk Management, Sprint Planning, Stakeholder Management, User Story Mapping