Job Description

CLOSING DATE:

April 16, 2026

Opportunity

Investment Risk Management (IRM) is a department within the Risk Management division. IRM supports AIMCo’s investment decision-making processes by providing independent oversight and advisory of AIMCo’s investment risks at the total fund, client total portfolio, asset class, product and strategy levels.

This position within IRM will lead a team of private market risk managers overseeing private market exposures of approximately $75 billion covering Private Credit, Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Renewable Resources. This position reports to the Senior Managing Director, Head of Investment Risk and can be based in Edmonton, Calgary or Toronto.

The key to success in this role is to establish and cultivate successful partnerships with AIMCo’s private market investment teams, including senior leadership and executive, with an ability and effective means of negotiating and influencing the direction of key decisions and investments when required.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining relationships and ongoing dialogue with private market portfolio managers, asset class heads and the Global Head of Private Assets.
• Overseeing portfolio risk monitoring and reporting that provides transparency into the risk profile of private market products and supports AIMCo in making risk-informed decisions.
• Overseeing or performing risk assessments of new or revised strategies, products, and material transactions. This includes highlighting the total portfolio risk implications private market initiatives and positioning.
• Collaborating with other risk managers within IRM on transversal risks and cross asset class relative value.
• Advising on potential stress events or other emerging risks. Collaborating with portfolio managers and the broader Risk Management team to perform stress & scenario testing.
• Overseeing research and recommending modeling improvements, in consultation with portfolio managers and the broader Risk Management team, to improve the risk measurement of private market exposures within the portfolio.
• Providing coaching, mentorship, and guidance to the team of private market risk managers as well as the larger IRM department
• Contributing actively to AIMCo’s investment decision-making by presenting Risk Management’s advice to the Asset Class, Management and/or Board Investment Committees on proposed product mandates, strategies, and material transactions.
• Contributing to the strategy of the IRM department.
• Contributing to the development of organizational risk culture awareness and personal responsibility.

Ideal Candidate Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience relevant work experience as a private markets risk manager or portfolio manager, including exposure to multiple private market asset classes.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative discipline (Finance, Economics, Financial Mathematics, Computer Science). Masters, Ph.D. or the completion of a relevant professional designation (e.g. CFA, PRM, FRM etc..) is a plus.
• Able to influence senior management and peers, comfortable speaking up and providing counterbalance, while simultaneously maintaining collaborative.
• Initiative and the ability to grasp new concepts, driven and results oriented.
• Thorough with attention to detail and an ability to prioritize and organize.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to AIMCo’s core values of excellence, transparency, humility, integrity, and collaboration, and inspires the same in others

Success Measures

Year one success will be achieved by developing strong partnerships with the Global Head of Private Assets and within Risk Management.

NOTE: This role will close at 11:59MST on April 15, 2026

Next Steps

We are excited to meet you. Please submit your resume or CV to be considered for this opportunity. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and we will be in touch with any questions.

Final candidates will be asked to undergo a security screening, which includes a credit bureau and a criminal record investigation, the results of which must be acceptable to AIMCo.

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At AIMCo, we draw upon the differences in who we are, where we come from and the way we think to deliver results for the Albertans who rely on us. We offer an inclusive, modern workplace where well-being is prioritized, and colleagues are enabled to do their best work. Our team members are motivated by our purpose and committed to creating long-term value for our clients and their beneficiaries.