You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

• This role is a one year contract**

The Director, Strategy is a key position within Sun Life Health. Reporting to the Assistant Vice President, Strategy, Digital Enterprise, and Sponsor Enablement, the Director will be accountable for providing business support and consulting services to enable the current and evolving health strategy for SL Canada, coordination of cross-business efforts to achieve key objectives, and engagement of internal and external partners and stakeholders. In addition, this role is accountable for planning and facilitating meetings and supporting the business with OKRs. Finally, this role will assume leadership of projects as appropriate.

What will you do?

• Facilitate the evolution, maintenance and communication of the Sun Life Health strategy aligned with Sun Life Canada and broad Sun Life strategies.
• Develop and execute strategy projects in collaboration with SL Health leaders
• Monitor external trends and competitive threats and assess impact on our business and strategy
• Ensure key stakeholder groups and leaders are aligned with respect to understanding the strategy, key messages/philosophies, and business processes.
• Identify, develop and maintain relevant BU metrics (OKRs) that connect key strategic elements to key initiatives and key outcomes.
• Partner with analytics teams, BUs and others to deliver the health metrics scorecard.
• Partner with Communications, where appropriate, to ensure clear and compelling internal communications within Sun Life Health that are aligned with business strategies helping employees connect the work they do with Sun Life Health.
• As needed, organize, facilitate, document, and manage various internal forums and meetings.
• When applicable, overall accountability for the successful delivery of overarching Sun Life Health initiatives.

What do you need to succeed?

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence peers to achieve a desired result
• Strong collaboration skills including listening and facilitation skills with the ability to work with various functional teams
• Continuous improvement and problem-solving mindset
• Strong quantitative and qualitative (e.g., research, synthesis) analytics skills
• Learning agility; strong analytic and diagnostic skills dealing with opportunities and issues
• Ability to work independently with a strong achievement motivation
• Superior organizational skills and the ability to prioritize effectively
• Excellent business program management and planning skills
• A team player with the ability to manage a portfolio of initiatives
• Excellent organizational skills
• Understanding of Sun Life Canada’s business and objectives
• As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada or worldwide.

What's in it for you?

• Being a member of the Sun Life family, a group of people united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.
• As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client needs to choose where you work, at home or in the office.
• We’re committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment. Our goal is to make sure all our employees have the chance to live up to their full potential.
• We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work®, for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental health.

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to thebrightside@sunlife.com.

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Salary Range: 105,000/105 000 - 180,000/180 000

Job Category: Business Development - Non Actuarial

Posting End Date: 07/09/2025