Principal, Growth Equity - CPP Investments

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. 

We are currently recruiting for a Principal to join CPP Investments’ Growth Equity team in San Francisco. The role will be evaluating, executing, and managing venture capital and growth fund and direct investments with an emphasis in technology. The position will be based in San Francisco, with travel expected.  

The Growth Equity (“GE”) team mission is to provide CPP Investments with strong returns and insights into the innovation and growth ecosystems by making fund commitments and aligned direct investments alongside top venture and growth managers across North America and Europe. GE currently consists of 20 investment professionals across offices in San Francisco and Toronto operating as a team integrated into our $190B Private Equity platform working closely with Public Equities, Credit, and Real Assets.  

As an ideal candidate, you have experience in venture and/or growth investing, passion and domain expertise in technology, an established network, and a demonstrated commitment to building a long-term career as an investor.  

In this role, you will be responsible for originating and executing both fund and direct investments.  

Role-specific 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 models and documents and lead presentation and review with internal stakeholders 
• Lead and develop junior team members 
• Contribute materially to team culture 
• Drive enterprise-wide impact 
• Applicant expected to be in-office at least 4 days a week to contribute to collaborative team culture (excluding travel days) 

• 7-10 years of investment experience (private/growth equity, venture capital, fund investing, etc) 
• Demonstrated ability to work well in teams, leading when appropriate, and commitment to fostering an inclusive culture 
• Superior interpersonal and relationship skills 
• Passion for the venture/growth equity innovation ecosystem and interest in both funds and direct investments 
• Clear and proven communication and presentation skills (oral and written) 
• Excellent research, modeling, and analytical skills  
• Experience conducting due diligence under a compressed timeline, juggling multiple workstreams, and working with external stakeholders (e.g., venture capital and growth equity firms, investment banks, lawyers etc.) 
• Willingness to travel (10-25% time) 

We are looking for pro-active self-starter candidates who are team-players, results-oriented and passionate about helping a team to be successful.  Experience working in a high-performance culture and someone open to and comfortable with constantly evolving and changing priorities and new challenges is preferred. 

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The salary range for this position is $ 215,000 to $ 323,000.

US state/city legislation requires CPP investments to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The base salary range shown here is a reasonable expectation for the posted role and is part of a competitive total rewards package which includes comprehensive benefits, a performance-based incentive plan, a 401 (k) plan and paid time off. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience and expertise.

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

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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.