Manager, Strategy and Operations, OCIO

Manager, Strategy and Operations, OCIO

Department: Office of the Chief Investment Officer

Type: 14-month contract

Location: Toronto (hybrid)

Posting date: October 9, 2026

What OPTrust offers you

At OPTrust, paying pensions today, preserving pensions for tomorrow is our mission and business.

When you choose OPTrust, you join a team of smart, talented people who fuel our success and have a passion for pensions. Everyone at OPTrust – in Toronto, London and Sydney – makes a meaningful impact. Our culture is driven by team members with different backgrounds and perspectives creating an inclusive and fulfilling place to work for everyone. We work in a fast-paced environment, but we find time to have fun and give back to the community.

What OPTrust offers you

• Unique culture rooted in our core values – collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, excellence and continuous improvement.
• A purpose-driven environment where we all work towards the common goal of paying pensions today and preserving pensions for tomorrow.
• A flexible, hybrid work model.
• Comprehensive benefits focused on your health and wellness, including dental, vision and extended health benefits, as well as membership in our world-class defined benefit pension plan.
• Optional membership in our world-class defined benefit pension plan.
• A dedicated inclusion, diversity and equity strategy with meaningful opportunities to participate, including our employee-led resource groups.
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About the role

The Office of the Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) has the ultimate responsibility for all investments at OPTrust, overseeing all asset classes and investment activities across all teams in OPTrust’s Investment Division.

The Manager, Strategy, OCIO will support the CIO, and SEMDs in the day-to-day management of the Investment Division. The individual will play an important role in high-impact strategic projects, engagement with stakeholders on behalf of the CIO, and multi-dimensional responsibilities in the operations of the Investment Division.

What you’ll do

Coordination and Communication

• Develop and facilitate Investment Division updates and communications for various internal and external stakeholders, including non-trustee materials, Total Fund initiatives, progress updates, and Board and Executive-level reporting.
• Collaborate with and support our functional partners to ensure we make meaningful progress on our Total Fund initiatives and projects.
• Partner collaboratively with internal stakeholders across the organization to implement corporate strategy and reinforce corporate values within the Investment Division.
• Strategically develop and deliver internal and external stakeholder initiatives, including attending meetings as a CIO representative, preparing Executive Team meeting materials on topics such as AI within the Investment Division, objective setting and leadership priorities, and partnering with the People Team on divisional training and development sessions.
• Develop and coordinate divisional town halls, CIO presentations, and leadership communications.
• Lead the development of reporting materials and communications to support relevant investment operational discussions for any relevant Executive Team and Board of Trustee discussions, divisional business planning, and other divisional initiatives.
• Support the Investment Division and collaborate with Public Affairs on issues management plans/processes, as required.

Change Management & Process Enhancement

• Support the CIO and all related CIO functions to ensure the CIO is focused on operational and divisional strategic priorities including; (i) research; (ii) working with internal/external relationships and (iii) Ensuring strategic alignment across the division and fostering a unified approach to achieving organizational objectives.
• Oversee planning and implementation for CIO-chaired committees, including the Total Portfolio Committees. Responsibilities include drafting agendas, drafting materials where required and reviewing full committee packages, working with the Investment Senior Leadership and the CIO to finalize materials. Lead and advise on special requests/projects as assigned, for example ad hoc requests from the Board or Executive Team.
• Lead the annual business planning process for the Investment Division, including coordination of divisional objectives, divisional performance evaluations, divisional budget planning, and alignment with corporate priorities as well ongoing monitoring of progress.
• Administer divisional talent and engagement initiatives. Maintain governance documentation for Investment Division committees, including annual reviews and updates of investment committee charters and guidelines, recurring governance requirements, and committee effectiveness activities.
• Coordinate and monitor leadership decisions, action items, and CIO follow-ups arising from leadership, committee, and strategic planning meetings.
• Serve as a central coordinator for strategic initiatives and cross-functional projects, tracking milestones, risks, decisions and outcomes to support successful execution across the Investment Division.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Ensure clear understanding and adherence of all OPTrust’s policies, procedures, guidelines as well as living our values and fostering an inclusive culture.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5-10 years’ experience in a related field.
• Detail-oriented, with experience supporting teams and balancing multiple complex tasks and priorities.
• Experience working with senior level executives.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills to compose a variety of correspondence and ensure accuracy of material.
• Ability to analyze and conduct extensive research related to emerging issues. Proven research, analytical skills and ability to think strategically.
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision, as well as a team player.
• Demonstrated technical skills and proficiency with MS applications.
• Demonstrated critical thinking, listening and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Effectively plans work through defining objectives and anticipating needs and priorities.
• Highly professional and uses discretion to protect confidential materials.
• Strong relationship management skills with a collaborative and innovative mindset.
• Build, engage and retain a diverse, high-performing team and foster an inclusive culture where team members are empowered to do great work on behalf of our members. Is familiar and ensures compliance with applicable employment legislation guidelines and the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for managing a workforce.
• Also ensures employees adherence to current and future employment policies, procedures and compliance guidelines and takes necessary steps to mitigate operational risks. This is inclusive of but not limited to, the Code Of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Policy, Health and Safety Policy, Impairment at Work Policy, Information Security Policy, Personal Trading Policy, Privacy Policy, Respectful Workplace Policy and any future employment related policies.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

The base salary range for this position ranges from $100,000 -$130,000.

The exact placement within the range will vary based on a variety of factors including: the candidate's knowledge, skills and experience relative to the requirements of the role, internal peers and the external market.

Please submit your application via Workday by October 23, 2026.

Serving a membership as diverse as ours and investing in a global market means cultivating an environment that embraces inclusion, diversity, and equity in everything we do. OPTrust is an organization engaged in building on our unique and diverse strengths. We know a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and perspectives are critical to achieving our shared goals.

If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please send a message to careers@optrust.com, or discuss your needs with the Talent Acquisition Consultant during the telephone screening. We will do our best to work with you and provide appropriate accommodation.

As an organization we’re seeking ways to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Call to Action 92. We are working with the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business to build bridges with Indigenous communities and partners, and we have created an employee-led Reconciliation Working Group that will work with Indigenous experts to identify a path to reconciliation for our organization.

We thank all interested applicants, however only those under consideration will be contacted.

About Us

With net assets of over $27 billion, OPTrust invests and manages one of Canada's largest pension funds and administers the OPSEU Pension Plan (including OPTrust Select), a defined benefit plan with 118,000 members. OPTrust was established to give plan members and the Government of Ontario an equal voice in the administration of the Plan and the investment of its assets through joint trusteeship. OPTrust is governed by a 10-member Board of Trustees, five of whom are appointed by OPSEU/SEFPO and five by the Government of Ontario.