Desjardins Group

Section Manager

Desjardins Group$80K — $110K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • Minimum of eight years of relevant experience
  • Mutual fund representative certificate – Autorité des marchés financiers
  • Responsible Investment Certificate (RIS)
  • Knowledge of French; intermediate proficiency in English required
  • Open to travel 30–45% within Quebec and occasionally Ontario

Responsibilities

  • Support work organization and operational planning for the unit
  • Develop, implement, and track the unit’s action plan
  • Establish management practices that foster change management and employee engagement
  • Define and implement activities to maximize business results and ensure client satisfaction
  • Manage individual and team performance in line with administrative goals
  • Promote Desjardins Group’s cooperative values
  • Continuously improve management of processes

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and annual bonus
  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
  • Defined benefit pension plan for stable retirement income
  • Group insurance including telemedicine
  • Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
Full Job Description

As Section Manager, your role involves using your ability to make quality decisions and optimize work processes to manage a portion of a subset of sales and operations activities. You are responsible for overseeing your group’s service offer and for developing and implementing its business plan. With an ability to develop talent and drive results, you are able to effectively manage people and performance, produce reports and ensure member/client satisfaction. More specifically, you will be required to:

  • Support the immediate supervisor by helping with work organization and operational planning for the unit
  • Develop, implement and track the unit’s action plan, ensuring alignment with the organization’s strategic orientations and other administrative units, in a performance management context
  • Establish management and communication practices that support change management, talent attraction and retention, skills development, employee engagement, and diversity in keeping with Desjardins values
  • Define and ensure the implementation of activities related to the unit’s services to maximize targeted business results and ensure member and client satisfaction
  • Support the administrative unit’s action plan by successfully managing individual and team performance
  • Promote Desjardins Group’s cooperative values
  • Continuously improve the management of processes under your responsibility.

What we offer*

  • Competitive salary and annual bonus
  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
  • Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
  • Group insurance including telemedicine
  • Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

* Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

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What you bring to the table

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • A minimum of eight years of relevant experience
  • Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
  • Mutual fund representative certificate – Autorité des marchés financiers
  • Responsible Investment Certificate (RIS)
  • Knowledge of French is required
  • Intermediate knowledge of English, both oral and written due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients
  • Available to travel 30–45% as needed within the province of Quebec and occasionally Ontario
Ambiguity, Business insight, Courage, Decision quality, Develops talent, Drive results, Engagement, Resourcefulness, Strategic mindset, Teams, Work processes

Trade Union (If applicable)

Job Family

Management (FG)

Unposting Date

2026-07-14

About Desjardins Group

Desjardins Group is a Canadian cooperative financial group with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded in 1900 and has since grown to become the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, with over 7 million members and clients. The group offers a range of financial services including banking, insurance, wealth management, and investment services. Desjardins Group operates primarily in Quebec and Ontario, but also has a presence in other Canadian provinces as well as in the United States and Europe. The group is committed to social responsibility and sustainability, and has implemented various initiatives to promote these values.
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48,200 employees
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