Principal, Growth Equity

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When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability for generations of working and retired Canadians.

CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3.6 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.

CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to:

• Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• A hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration
• A culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance
• An organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives

If you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here. 

The Principal, Growth Equity (“GE”), plays an important role on the GE Leadership Team, leading and managing fund and direct investments and delivering on the group’s long-term business and operating goals. The position will be based at CPP Investments' headquarters in Toronto, alongside the rest of the team, with in-office presence required and travel expected.

As an ideal candidate, you have experience in and passion for growth investing, an established network, experience working with GPs, and demonstrated people development/leadership.  You have built a strong investment track record and bring the required presence and investment judgment to be an effective thought leader for GE. You are also excited to work in a partnership-driven model, making both fund and direct investments alongside GP partners. We are looking for a proactive self-starter who is a team-player, results-oriented and passionate about helping a team to be successful. Experience working in a high-performance and collaborative culture is preferred.

Team Description

The GE mission is to provide CPP Investments with strong returns by making fund commitments and GP-aligned direct investments alongside venture capital and growth equity managers across North America and Europe. GE is part of the Funds group within CPP Investments' C$156B Private Equity platform and works closely with several teams across the broader organization.

Accountabilities:

• Demonstrate deep knowledge of the growth investing landscape with a focus on tech and tech enabled businesses
• Apply expertise to develop and execute on an investment opportunity pipeline and manage portfolio of investments
• Exercise strong investment acumen and judgment
• Take full responsibility for external partner engagement
• Lead investment processes in an integrated team environment that utilizes relevant internal and external insights to drive investment edge
• Lead due diligence, critically weigh evidence related to key underwriting assumptions
• Oversee development of documents and lead presentation and review with internal stakeholders
• Lead and develop team members across the GE team and contribute to overall team culture and engagement
• Drive enterprise-wide impact through an overall commitment to our strategy, consistently making choices that drive value for the enterprise
• Applicant expected to be in-office at least 4 days a week to contribute to collaborative team culture (excluding travel days)

• Undergraduate degree or college diploma in relevant field
• An advanced degree or certification (CFA) is an asset
• 7-10+ years of relevant work experience
• Significant relationship management experience including primary responsibility for managing relationships with portfolio companies and other external stakeholders
• Strong research, analytical, financial modeling, valuation, problem solving skills and ability to think creatively
• Experience managing successful negotiations with multiple stakeholders and executing a wide range of agreements
• Advanced computer/technical skills – MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process. 

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer:

CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered.  CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.