Associate, Data Scouting, Contract Specialist, Strategy & Operating Office

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney. 

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

Job Description

The Data Contract Associate, part of the Technology and Operations, Data Scouting team, supports end-to-end data procurement and vendor management, including requirements definition in partnership with data owners and contracting in partnership with the Legal team, as required. Their key responsibilities include requirements gathering with data owners, data contract lifecycle management within the enterprise CLM (including amendments, renewals, and change management), supporting the negotiation of requirements and other key considerations in contracting in line with data procurement standards, playbooks and current CPP Investments’ policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively monitor the pipeline for upcoming contract expirations and collaborate with contract owners to gather requirements.
• Support contract owners in contract revisions by ensuring, the contract terms reflect guidance set out in data procurement standards, playbooks, and current CPP Investments’ policies and procedures.
• Liaise with third party risk management counterparts and partner with the Legal team to effectively mitigate, manage and allocate risk.
• Facilitate the approval and signature process for contracts with CPP Investments’ signatories and vendors.
• Handle day-to-day activities throughout the end-to-end contract lifecycle processes in collaboration with contract owners and in line with data procurement standards, playbooks and CPP Investments’ policies and procedures.
• Perform analysis and develop reporting metrics to help identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency and to support decision making (e.g.: contract expiry analysis, variances in standard terms, cycle times etc.).

Position Requirements

Skills & Capabilities

• Familiarity with contract terminologies & their implications. Knowledge on Data (market data) contracts is preferred.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills to scrutinize contract terms, identify potential risks, inconsistencies and suggest solutions for issue/dispute resolution and risk mitigation.
• Strong proficiency in written communication skills to draft contracts and verbal communications skills to support vendor negotiations.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and support multiple engagements across various business teams with minimal oversight.
• Proficiency in contract management software (preferably Onit) and Microsoft Office Suite.

Qualifications

• University degree or diploma education, preferably in business administration or paralegal courses.
• Minimum 5 years of work experience in contract management profile.

Additional Information

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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.