Senior Talent Acquisition Sourcing Partner - Private Wealth & Private Banking

About the role

CIBC is building a relationship‑oriented bank for the modern world, seeking talented professionals dedicated to doing what’s right for clients. The team empowers members to make a meaningful impact and values authenticity.

Job Location: IL‑Chicago, 181 W Madison Fl 35

Responsibilities

• Proactively source, identify and assess best‑in‑class external talent for Private Wealth and Private Banking business units.
• Develop talent attraction strategies, sourcing plans, and actively recruit high‑quality passive candidates with a focus on client‑facing roles.
• Develop and implement strategic sourcing plans; utilize social media, ATS (Workday), attend industry events; lead modern marketing and sourcing campaigns.
• Identify strategies and sourcing channels to build a candidate pipeline for assigned portfolio.
• Establish, maintain and leverage a professional social media presence; prospect talent through your network.
• Provide trusted advice to hiring managers using diverse interviewing and assessment techniques to validate candidate experience levels.
• Cold call, prospect and mine for passive talent in the market and influence them to join CIBC.
• Develop talent attraction strategies and contribute to the team’s sourcing roadmap to ensure speed and accuracy.
• Stay up‑to‑date on labor market trends and competitor information; provide insights and recommendations to improve quality of external hires.
• Act as a subject matter expert in your portfolio to forecast and influence hiring plans and decisions.
• Advocate latest sourcing strategies, techniques and technologies to equip the sourcing team for niche skillsets.
• Build and maintain strong professional relationships with leaders, internal partners, and candidates; deliver a best‑in‑class candidate experience.
• Manage talent pipeline, acknowledge all applicants, engage in regular communication.
• Consult with business partners on Talent Acquisition processes, activities and outcomes.
• Deliver recruitment projects, build pipelines for headcount growth, support onboarding.
• Participate in additional projects by the Centre of Excellence team and support other sourcing teams as needed.
• Champion diversity initiatives specific to each line of business; work with inclusion team to meet hiring goals.

Qualifications

You are driven to succeed, passionate about finding rare talent (“Purple Squirrels” or “Un