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About the Role
TELUS Corporation seeks a Vice President, Investment Management to lead investment strategies for DB and DC plans, oversee asset-liability management, and provide thought leadership. This role involves managing a team of investment professionals and reporting to the SVP, Finance.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the guardian of the investment process, leading the semi-annual review of economic and financial market conditions and utilizing scenario-based forecasting to formulate and implement optimal asset mix strategies.
- Oversee the strategic management and ongoing de-risk of very well-funded and mature DB pension plans, leading the necessary transition to systematically mitigate asset-liability risk and execute towards annuity purchases.
- Direct and manage the governance, investment options, and strategic direction for the growing DC plans, ensuring alignment with participant needs and organizational objectives.
- Stay abreast of trends and key issues to provide thought leadership and guidance, ensuring the plans' investment structures, philosophy, processes, and policies evolve alongside emerging market dynamics.
- Mentor, retain, and develop an experienced team of 14+ investment professionals, attracting top talent and ensuring team members play to their strengths while collaborating effectively across functional areas.
- Advise the Management Pension Committee on appropriate policies regarding investments, internal controls, accounting, pension expense, administration, communications, and risk control.
- Monitor risk exposures consistent with approved policies and oversee the development of attribution models to evaluate fund performance and risk tolerances.
- Ensure technology and infrastructure support remain aligned with the evolving needs of both the DB and DC plans and reflect current industry best practices.
- Report quarterly to the Pension Committee regarding investment strategy, performance, and risk management.
- Build and maintain key internal and external relationships within the broader investment community, representing TELUS at industry forums.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of institutional investment methodologies, asset allocation, asset-liability matching (ALM), and de-risk frameworks (including liability-driven investing and annuity purchase execution).
- Proven experience overseeing both mature DB plans and expanding DC plans.
- Demonstrated success recruiting, developing, motivating, and leading professional investment staff.
- A collaborative and decisive leader who fosters a culture of continuous learning, best practice implementation, and high ethical standards.
- Strong business and financial acumen.
- A "student of the markets" with intellectual curiosity and multi-asset class expertise spanning equities, fixed income, debt, and alternative asset classes.
- Substantial experience partnering with senior executives, governance bodies, and Pension Committees.
- Skilled at communicating complex financial and risk concepts with clarity, calm confidence, and credibility.
- 10–15+ years of progressive investment leadership experience within a corporate or public pension plan, endowment, family office, or asset management firm.
- Proven track record in portfolio manager leadership, asset mix execution, risk management, and external manager selection.
Skills
- Investment methodologies
- Asset allocation
- Asset-liability matching (ALM)
- De-risk frameworks
- Liability-driven investing
- Annuity purchase execution
- Team leadership
- Business acumen
- Financial acumen
- Multi-asset class expertise
- Equities
- Fixed income
- Debt
- Alternative asset classes
- Governance
- Stakeholder management
- Risk management
- Portfolio management
- External manager selection
Experience Level
- 10-15+ years of progressive investment leadership experience
Education Level
- Graduate degree (Master's) in Economics, Finance, or Business Administration (preferred)
- CFA charterholder (preferred)
About the Company
- TELUS Corporation is a well-funded organization seeking to mature its investment strategies.