Director, Social Impact (16 month fixed term contract)

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Wealthsimple is Canada’s leading financial innovator. The company offers a full suite of simple, sophisticated financial products across managed investing, do-it-yourself trading, cryptocurrency, tax filing, spending and saving. Wealthsimple currently serves more than 4 million Canadians and holds over $125 billion in assets under administration. The company was founded in 2014 by a team of financial experts and technology entrepreneurs, and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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About the team

The Social Impact team sits within People & Comms, and is responsible for furthering Wealthsimple's mission through community-driven initiatives. That means leading execution of our social impact strategy — a multi-year effort to build financial confidence among young Canadians — in close partnership with Product, Marketing, and Communications. The team also oversees Wealthsimple Foundation and our employee resource groups (ERGs). It's a small team with a broad mandate, and we measure ourselves on whether our programs are practical, impactful, and actually used, not just well-intentioned.

About the role

This is a ~16 month, full-time contract covering a parental leave. You'll step into a role at an interesting inflection point: a new strategy has been set, but not yet fully operationalized. You'll have the opportunity to shape the foundations while driving the day-to-day execution.

You'll be the person making sure Wealthsimple's social impact work actually happens: building the cross-functional relationships and workflows needed to get initiatives off the ground in partnership Product, Marketing, and Communications, while also keeping the more established parts of the mandate — Wealthsimple Foundation and ERG oversight — running smoothly. You'll manage the small team that supports this work, so it doesn't stall while the permanent Director is away.

What you'll do

• Lead execution of Wealthsimple's social impact strategy, partnering closely with Product, Marketing, and Comms to move initiatives from concept to reality

• Build strong cross-functional relationships quickly, and put in place the workflows and processes needed to keep multi-team work progressing as the strategy matures

• Support early-stage community partnership building for our community-led grant-making work, with timelines that flex alongside the product roadmap

• Oversee Wealthsimple's ERGs — managing the team member who supports ERGs, tracks outcomes and helps to communicate their impact within the broader company

• Manage Wealthsimple Foundation administration, including interim governance matters, the annual audit (with support from our accounting team), fund disbursement oversight, and existing community commitments

• Manage and support the social impact team, providing day-to-day leadership so their work continues without disruption

• Use AI to drive efficiency in reporting, budgeting, and workflow management across ERGs, the Foundation, and the broader social impact program

Skills you bring

• 8+ years of experience in social impact, corporate foundations, community investment, or a related field, including experience operationalizing a new strategy or program from the ground up

• Proven experience managing charitable foundation administration, including financial reporting, governance, and disbursement oversight (or a close equivalent, such as a corporate giving program)

• A track record of leading cross-functional initiatives with product, marketing, and communications teams, with the project management skills to keep multi-team work on schedule

• Comfort working in ambiguity — you can help finish designing a strategy while executing on it at the same time

• Experience building and managing external partnerships with community organizations, nonprofits, or similar

• Experience managing people and/or overseeing distributed teams or programs, such as ERGs, volunteer networks, or junior staff

• Experience managing budgets and tracking spend against execution — you know how to keep multiple workstreams financially accountable, not just delivered

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership or a board

Nice to have

• Experience at a tech or fintech company, with meaningful product exposure — this matters more than a financial services background specifically

• Experience with corporate social responsibility (CSR), particularly liaising between social impact work and core business functions

• Familiarity with grant-making processes or microgrant program design

• Experience with youth-focused programming or youth engagement strategy

• Exposure to ERG program design or employee engagement initiatives

• Experience using AI tools to drive operational or reporting efficiency

Who you are

• You build trust and momentum quickly — you know how to get buy-in across teams that don't report to you

• You communicate clearly with senior stakeholders and know how to bring people along

• You're as comfortable in the details of a Foundation audit as you are shaping a cross-functional roadmap

• You take ownership without waiting for the full picture — you're comfortable making progress on a strategy that's still being finished

• You lead people with care, even for a short window — your team doesn't feel unsupported because this is a contract role

• You genuinely care about the communities this work is meant to serve — this isn't just program management to you

Why Wealthsimple?

🌸 Top-tier health benefits and life insurance

📈 Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business

🌴 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year

✈️ 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year

👥 Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS

🌎 We are a hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America. The people are one of the best parts of working here: you'll collaborate with incredibly talented, curious, and driven teammates who are deeply committed to doing great work.

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Inclusion Statement: We're building products for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to do it well. We strongly encourage applications from everyone, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

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