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Job Description:

Role Summary

Sun Life Canada Distribution (SLFD) is one of the leading financial institutions that offer Canadians holistic advice and solutions including insurance, wealth and health through a team of digitally-enabled and insights-driven human Advisors. We are on an exciting journey to transform the Advisor experience that increases ease of doing business, productivity and Client engagement. Reporting to the SVP Strategy & Enablement, the AVP Advisor Digital Journey will be responsible for owning end-to-end Advisor journeys by leading cross functional teams that deliver digital experiences, tools, and capabilities to advisors.

You have a passion in working at the intersection of business and technology. You will get the opportunity to collaborate with cross functional teams and engage directly with end-users to generate deep insights and deliver with excellence.

What will you do?

Vision and Strategy

• Translate SLFD business strategy and establish the Advisor journey vision and supporting strategy that will deliver target business outcomes and world-class advisor experiences

• Drive thought leadership by bringing in best practices from other leading financial services companies and / or relevant out of market players

• Interact with advisors to understand their evolving needs to  engage Clients and grow their businesses

• Define target advisor journey and experiences and ensure they are evergreen to adapt to advisors and Clients’ evolving needs  

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to develop business cases in introducing new capabilities and platforms

• Represent the voice of advisors and business stakeholders and be accountable for advisor journey objectives and key results (OKRs)

Delivery and Execution

• Oversee a collection of teams comprising multiple squads to deliver target advisor journey experiences in partnership with corresponding Tech Lead from Digital Business Technology Services (DBTS)

• Continuously monitor and measure Advisor Journey OKRs and generate insights to ensure delivery teams are progressing towards OKRs

• Lead development and ongoing refresh of advisor journey multi-year roadmap and determine business and technology capabilities required to activate the target state journeys

• Continuously prioritize delivery backlogs of each delivery team on a quarterly basis so that teams are always working on highest value items  

• Responsible for team delivery maturity and adapt team structure as needed to realign with roadmap and priorities

• Evolve advisor experience design with process efficiency including optimizing processes as needed and maintenance of process documentation across journey teams

• Partner with DBTS Tech Lead in managing external technology vendor relationships to optimize achievement of business outcomes

• Responsible for driving awareness and adoption of new digital capabilities and tools through partnership with Change Management team

• Ensure delivery addresses applicable legal, compliance regulatory and internal policy requirements

What do you need to succeed?

Execution experience: Proven track record of implementation experience in sales, distribution technology or financial services technology systems and platforms

Agile delivery: Experienced in scaled agile delivery with user centric design approach; Scrum Alliance Product Owner certification is preferred 

Data-driven and business acumen: Ability to identify and quantify business drivers and value of digital capabilities that connect back to the overall business strategy

Creativity and problem solving: Ability to solve problems within constraints effectively by balancing various lenses business, operations, design and technology

Stakeholder management: Ability to navigate field leaders and internal partners, driving strong positive influence to engender support towards toward target actions and outcomes

Leadership: Experience in leading and coaching a large diverse high performing team through proactive career development and continuous feedback loop

Executive communication: Effectively communicate key insights, ideas and strategies, to an executive level audience in a clear, compelling and concise manner

Collaboration and teamwork: Sun Life is proud to offer a hybrid work environment with at least 2-3 days in office per week

Industry experience: Minimum of 10 years relevant business experience, ideally within insurance, wealth management and / or other financial services

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?

• We are proud to be on the 2024 Best Workplaces in Canada list by Great Place to Work.

• We’re also listed as one of the Best Workplaces for Women and Best Workplaces with Most Trusted Executive Teams.

• In 2024, Sun Life ranked among the top 100 most sustainable global corporations by Corporate Knights for the 15th consecutive year, leading Canadian insurers.

• A caring, supportive, and inclusive culture

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

• Care Days available for self-care or care of others (i.e., family or others you may support) and Sick Days to support your well-being.

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].

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible 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:

145,000/145 000 - 235,000/235 000

Job Category:

Product Owner

Posting End Date:

12/01/2025