[Hiring] Managing Director, Middle Market Investment Banking @CIBC

Role Description

As Managing Director, you will help expand CIBC’s U.S. Middle Market Investment Banking’s vertical market expertise. You will:

• Originate and execute M&A and financing engagements.
• Deepen senior client and sponsor relationships.
• Shape vertical market strategy.
• Develop high-performing deal teams.

The successful candidate will bring established relationships and deep expertise in one or more of the following sectors:

• Business Services
• Consumer
• Healthcare Products
• Software and Technology

Collaborating closely with colleagues across Capital Markets and CIBC Bank USA, you will convert market insight into differentiated advice, new mandates, and durable client relationships.

Qualifications

• Senior investment banking experience.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience, including significant responsibility for transaction origination, execution, client coverage, and team leadership at the Managing Director or equivalent level.
• Middle-market M&A expertise.
• Deep knowledge of middle-market mergers and acquisitions, transaction processes, valuation, financial analysis, and relevant market dynamics.
• Sector credibility.
• Established relationships and demonstrated expertise in one or more of the vertical markets specified above.
• Commercial and strategic judgment.
• A record of generating ideas, solving complex client challenges, winning mandates, and delivering practical recommendations.
• Executive communication and influence.
• Ability to communicate complex financial and strategic recommendations clearly and persuasively to senior executives, boards, investors, and internal stakeholders.
• Relationship leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to build, expand, and leverage senior-level client, sponsor, advisor, and internal business-partner relationships.
• Leadership under pressure.
• Proven ability to set priorities, exercise sound judgment, and lead teams effectively in a demanding, fluid environment with competing deadlines.
• Professional integrity.
• A strong reputation for ethics, accountability, open communication, collaboration, and sound stewardship of client and firm interests.
• Values matter to you.
• You bring your authentic self to work and demonstrate our values of trust, teamwork, and accountability.

Requirements

• Locations include: Chicago, IL; Milwaukee, WI; or Remote.
• This position does not offer employment visa sponsorship.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package.
• Expected salary of $300,000 based on experience, qualifications, and location.
• Eligibility to participate in the relevant business unit’s incentive compensation plan, which may include a discretionary bonus component.
• Full range of benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability, and Other Insurance Plans.
• Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave, and Vacation).
• Holidays and 401(k).
• Special perks reserved for team members.

Company Description

CIBC is a leading North American financial institution serving corporate, government, institutional, and individual clients. Through CIBC Capital Markets and CIBC Bank USA, we bring together advisory, financing, capital markets, and treasury capabilities to help clients pursue opportunities and manage risk.

CIBC U.S. Middle Market Investment Banking advises private equity sponsors, entrepreneurs, and publicly traded companies on mergers and acquisitions, private debt and equity financings, recapitalizations, and other transactions with enterprise values of up to $500 million.