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About the Role
TELUS Corporation is seeking a Vice President, Investment Management to be a key contributor to the investment strategies of TELUS' mature and well-funded defined benefit plans, working on annuity purchases over time. The candidate will also oversee and monitor the growing defined contribution investment platform.
Responsibilities
- Act as the steward of the investment process, lead the semi-annual and ongoing review of economic and capital market conditions, and utilize scenario-based forecasting to formulate and implement optimal asset allocation strategies.
- Oversee the strategic management and ongoing de-risking of mature, well-funded defined benefit pension plans, leading the necessary transition to systematically mitigate asset-liability risk and execute annuity purchases.
- Lead and manage the governance, investment options, and strategic direction for growing defined contribution plans, ensuring alignment with participant needs and organizational objectives.
- Stay abreast of key trends and issues to provide thought leadership and advice, ensuring plan investment structures, philosophy, processes, and policies evolve with changing market dynamics.
- Mentor, retain, and develop an experienced team of over 20 investment and finance professionals, attracting top talent and ensuring team members leverage their strengths while collaborating effectively across functional areas.
- Advise the Retirement Management Committee on appropriate policies concerning investments, internal controls, accounting, pension expenses, administration, communications, and risk control.
- Monitor risk exposures in line with approved policies and oversee the development of attribution models to assess fund performance and risk tolerance.
- Ensure technology support and infrastructure remain aligned with the evolving needs of both defined benefit and defined contribution plans and reflect current industry best practices.
- Report quarterly to the Audit Committee on investment strategy, performance, and risk management.
- Establish and maintain key internal and external relationships within the broader investment community, representing TELUS in industry forums.
Requirements
- Possess deep understanding of institutional investment methodologies, asset allocation, asset-liability matching (ALM), and de-risking frameworks (including liability-driven investing and annuity purchase execution).
- Proven experience overseeing mature defined benefit and growing defined contribution plans.
- Demonstrated success in recruiting, developing, motivating, and leading investment professional staff.
- A collaborative and driven 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, real estate, and other private asset classes.
- Substantial experience partnering with senior executives, governance bodies, and pension and/or audit committees.
- Aptitude for communicating complex financial and risk concepts with clarity, calmness, 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 of directing portfolio managers, executing asset allocation, managing risk, and selecting external managers.
Skills
- Institutional investment methodologies
- Asset allocation
- Asset-liability matching (ALM)
- De-risking frameworks
- Liability-driven investing
- Annuity purchase execution
- Defined benefit plan oversight
- Defined contribution plan oversight
- Team leadership
- Recruiting
- Talent development
- Motivation
- Collaboration
- Continuous learning
- Best practices
- Ethical standards
- Business acumen
- Financial acumen
- Market analysis
- Multi-asset class expertise
- Equities
- Fixed income
- Real estate
- Private asset classes
- Executive partnership
- Governance
- Pension committees
- Audit committees
- Financial communication
- Risk communication
- Portfolio management
- Risk management
- External manager selection
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10-15+ years
Education Level
- CFA designation
- Master's degree in Economics, Finance, or Business Administration
About the Company
- TELUS Corporation