Technical Lead, HR Systems Security

Sun Life Sun Life is a financial services company providing financial planning, life insurance, health insurance, investments and more.

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Job Description:

We are seeking a seasoned Technical Lead, HR Systems Security to manage our HR Systems security framework, establishing security standards and monitoring system changes across the full ecosystem. This role is critical to ensuring users have access to the systems, functionality and data they need and to assuring compliance with privacy and change control policies.

About the team

The HR Digital Solutions team brings together experts in HR Systems, Design Thinking, Process Analysis Optimization and Program Management. Thisteam, like others in HR Systems, designs and deploys scalable technical solutions to betterorganize, understand and proactively deliver Sun Life’scurrent and future workforce needs.You will work with a team that is committed to releasing high value features and who is passionate about delivering system solutions that create meaningful and seamless employee experiences.

Who will you work with?

Our team is a diverse group with varied education and experience, and we are excited to see what unique qualities you can add to our team’s growing mosaic. We are a passionate, forward-thinking team that love to collaborate and innovate while using modern agile principles. Our leaders create a safe space to experiment, take calculated risks, and build on each other’s strengths and expertise.

What will you do?

HR Systems Access Expert:

An expert in HR Cloud systems (Workday in particular), advises on best practice security framework solutions, including how to leverage security group design and business process policy configuration

Continuously works to deepen their knowledge of HR Systems security and works with increasingly complex technical challenges

Actively monitors and evaluates the technical landscape and anticipates new trends and needs

Point of contact for HR Systems security and reporting on whom less experienced team members depend for trouble-shooting, expertise and insight

Responsible for proactively supporting other team members in their technical upskilling and for tracking and addressing overall team security bench strength

Updates and maintains system security and data access standards and guidelines

Peer reviewer for major security and reporting changes prior to Production release to ensure system changes are sustainable and to prevent the accumulation of technical debt

Works jointly with the HR Governance team to meet audit requirements

Builds World-Class Security Solutions:

Works closely with HR Systems and data users to develop an in-depth understanding of needs and proactively anticipate future requirements

Designs and manages the implementation of security solutions that remove unnecessary technical and process barriers to systems, analytics and data

Works with project teams as a strategic advisor on security best practices and to provide trouble-shooting and problem-solving expertise for complex technical challenges

Leverages a deep understanding of HR system security to identify opportunities to reduce or eliminate technical debt and to redesign underlying frameworks to enable future HR Systems initiatives

Manage day-to-day HR Systems Security activities:

Responsible for overseeing day-to-day operational work, collaborating with the other Technical Leads and Analysts, to ensure that incoming work is properly assess, prioritized, triaged and completed

Responsible for building an easily navigable HR system and data request and provisioning process that supports data transparency and privacy compliance

Identifies opportunities to reduce, automate or streamline day-to-day security-related operational work in order to free up time for the team to focus on strategic work

What do you need to succeed?

Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience

4+ years’ of increasingly complex experience implementing or redesigning Workday HCM and other HR Systems

Experience with Workday Advanced Security is required (including intersection and aggregation security groups)

ITIL Certification or related experience in risk management for cloud technologies

Comfortable working with ambiguity and quickly able to learn new systems

Proven ability to develop strong partnerships and translate business requests into reliable technical solutions

Solid organizational skills and ability to work autonomously

Result driven and a self-starter

Capacity to anticipate and proactively identify and resolve problems

Ability to flex within tight timelines

As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only as the position reports to a unilingual English-speaking manager outside Quebec

What’s in it for you?

Being a member of one of the most dedicated and respected Workday technical teams working at the forefront of HR Technology

Being part of our journey in developing the next greatest digital experience

Balance your work and life by scheduling your day around your priorities and what’s important to you

We offer a hybrid work environment

Take charge of your career path and work with your leader and team to continuously develop your skills and competencies – we want you to love what you do

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

Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security

Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial

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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 thebrightside@sunlife.com .

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.

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