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THE ORGANIZATION
Established in 1959, CDSPI is a not-for-profit company, whose members are the Canadian Dental Association, and participating provincial and territorial dental associations. CDSPI provides advisory insurance and investment services to meet the changing needs of dentists at every stage, from dental school to retirement and beyond.
CDSPI’s mission is to provide a broad and meaningful range of customized financial solutions to the dental community, covering every facet of their lives. Their vision is to be the #1 choice in the Canadian dental community for advice and our tailored insurance and investment solutions.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Job Title: | Vice President, Client Solutions & Product Innovation |
Reports to: | President |
Location: | Toronto, ON |
THE MANDATE
In this new role, the VP, Client Solutions & Product Innovation will play a key role in driving relevant solutions to advance the financial well-being of dentists in Canada.
The successful executive will possess strong insurance product knowledge and functional expertise in developing and managing insurance solutions geared towards the dental profession. They will champion product management, development and innovation geared at augmenting the company’s product suite and look to overhaul existing products that need a ‘refresh’ to maintain competitive positioning. This will enable CDSPI to provide products that showcase our unique understanding of dentists in Canada. The role will leverage research, data and insights from our key stakeholders, our Marketing and Advisory Services teams to make informed decisions on solutions that will help CDSPI and its client’s succeed.
This role was established out of a need to ensure CDSPI has executive leadership and accountability for driving innovative, unique and highly effective financial service solutions to meet the needs of dentists in Canada.
The role’s core function will be predominantly insurance focused with a secondary focus on investments and other related financial services.
The role has three primary accountabilities:
CDSPI’s four core insurance offerings are life insurance, disability insurance, malpractice insurance and business interruption/commercial dental office insurance. In addition, CDSPI offers an array of other risk management solutions, including referral programs to our home & auto insurance partner.
CDSPI’s investment offerings include a family of segregated funds, referral partnerships with a discount brokerage firm, and a high net worth discretionary investment boutique.
CDSPI has relationships with over a dozen insurance providers and investment managers. This role will have executive responsibility for ensuring these partnerships are:
Responsibility for updating existing solutions and creating new solutions (primarily focused on insurance) that are market driven, and that will reinforce and strengthen CDSPI’s value proposition as understanding dentists’ needs best.
Key Responsibilities
CANDIDATE PROFILE
The successful candidate will have the following:
The Executive possesses the maturity befitting of a senior leadership role and is highly collaborative and client-centric. It is important to have a ‘drive results mentality’. However, a focus on delivering on quantifiable business results must also be balanced with an empathetic and respectful approach to dealing with colleagues and staff. Leading by example to reinforce our desired corporate culture of results with respect and collaboration is important.