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Job Description:

At the intersection of strategy, risk management, and execution, this role supports the delivery of strategic initiatives across the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function. As Manager, Strategic Initiatives for Risk, you will focus on translating strategic direction into structured plans, actionable risk insights, and practical risk management outcomes, strengthening risk-informed decision-making across the organization.

This role is designed to be flexible and future-focused. While current initiatives include risk culture, innovation initiatives that support ERM, and emerging risk management, the Manager operates as a strategy and risk management generalist who can flex across a broad range of risk domains, initiatives, and evolving priorities while maintaining strong analytical rigor, disciplined risk assessment, the ability to translate insights into risk management actions, and operational rigor.

What will you do?

Reporting to the AVP, Emerging Risk Management & Strategic Risk Initiatives, this role supports the delivery of strategic initiatives across the ERM function.

• Execute strategic initiatives for ERM: Lead and support the end‑to‑end execution of strategic initiatives across the Risk function. Translate strategic direction into clear workplans, milestones, and deliverables; monitor progress, risks, and dependencies to support timely and effective outcomes.

• Enable risk-informed, data-driven insight and decision support: Design, maintain, and enhance scorecards, dashboards, and analyses aligned to strategic risk priorities. Identify leading risk indicators, emerging exposures, and trends; synthesize analysis into clear, decision-ready insights that support both risk assessment and practical risk management actions by leadership and Business Groups.

• Advance risk culture measurement and analysis: Develop and evolve risk culture measurement frameworks as part of broader strategic initiatives. Translate behavioural, cultural, and operational signals into credible, measurable indicators; analyze trends to proactively identify areas requiring management attention or intervention.

• Support emerging risk and forward‑looking topics: Assist in identifying, assessing, and monitoring emerging risks and evolving risk themes. Convert external developments and internal signals into structured insights; engage with stakeholders to translate emerging risk learnings into risk management considerations and actions within Business Groups. Determine appropriate risk management approaches for new or evolving issues and support the design and execution of corresponding initiatives or programs.

• Enable innovation and new approaches: Support the use of innovation, analytics, and emerging technologies, including GenAI, to enhance how risk insights are generated and used. Contribute to pilots and initiatives that improve efficiency, insight quality, and decision support while remaining aligned with governance expectations.

• Maintain operational rigor and quality: Prepare high‑quality materials for senior leadership, committees, and working groups. Maintain strong attention to detail, consistency, and documentation across deliverables; identify opportunities to improve processes, templates, and ways of working.

What do you need to succeed?

Successful candidates demonstrate strong execution capability, analytical rigor, and the ability to operate effectively across evolving topics.

• 5+ years of relevant experience in management consulting, strategic initiatives, or risk-related roles, with preference given to candidates who bring both analytical insight and execution delivery experience in complex environments.

• Strategic generalist mindset with comfort operating across ambiguity and changing priorities.

• Proven ability to execute strategic and risk management initiatives and translate direction into action.

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including experience with metrics, risk indicators, scorecards, and trend analysis.

• Ability to translate conceptual topics into practical, usable outputs.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Additional strengths

• Experience in risk management functions within a financial institution setting

• Experience supporting governance, or strategy initiatives.

• Experience supporting data‑driven decision-making.

• Experience working in complex, matrixed environments.

What's in it for you?

• Time off giving you the flexibility to focus on the moments that matter including 20 vacation days per year

• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family

• Pension Plan participation starts immediately, and you are automatically enrolled. We help you save more with Sun Life automatic and matching contributions and by including both your salary and bonus when making

• contributions.

• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

• Flexible hybrid work model

• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives 

• A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture 

• We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2026 Best Workplace in Canada by Great Place to Work® Canada

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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 [email protected].

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 may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

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

Salary Range:

80,000/80 000 - 128,000/128 000

Job Category:

Risk Management

Posting End Date:

18/06/2026