Director, Talent Acquisition

3 months ago

Montréal QC, Canada Sun Life Full time

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.

Do you have deep Talent Acquisition expertise and a track record of challenging the status quo? Are you passionate about driving continuous change and transformation and leading teams to a common vision, partnering with business leaders to build talent acquisition strategies and best practices to ensure Sun Life continues to find, attract and retain top talent? Then we would like to hear from you

Although the primary office locations are Toronto and Waterloo, we have flexible remote work arrangements and will consider talent located elsewhere.

**What will you do?**

The Director, Talent Acquisition is accountable for leading Talent Acquisition segments for Sun Life in Canada as we strive to acquire in-demand talent in an increasingly complex and competitive labour market. The Director leads a dynamic and talented team with a focus on developing and executing recruitment strategies to proactively source and recruit top talent for the organization. You have an in-depth understanding of Talent Acquisition strategies and operations, the markets we operate in and the impact of organizations digitalizing. You build excellent partnerships with internal stakeholders and stay connected to understand business needs and emerging trends.
- **Strategic and Data Driven Leadership**
- Design and implement talent acquisition strategies to source, attract, hire and/or redeploy talent to address the organizational needs of our clients
- Leverage root cause analysis skills to review and analyze weekly recruitment metrics to identify areas of strength and opportunities across the operation
- **Create a high-functioning team**
- Lead the continuing evolution of our talent acquisition consultant team in an environment that demands quick thinking, workload balancing, aggressive sourcing skills and a proactive approach to talent acquisition
- Coach and develop Talent Acquisition Consultants on recruitment strategy, consulting skills, sourcing techniques including complex searches and process administration
- Elevate proactive sourcing skills and approach across the team to identify, nurture, convert, retain and redeploy talent
- **Lead Cross functional Partnerships**
- Co-create with Business and Global Centre of Expertise Partners to ensure consistent overall governance and execution of the function and to capitalize on opportunities for synergy

**What do you need to succeed?**
- Ten (10+) years of experience in Human Resources preferably leading and managing a talent acquisition function in a large matrixed organization
- Managing remote teams in Montreal, Waterloo & Toronto
- Experience leading the adoption of change initiatives, adoption of technology and building up of consulting skills
- Experience managing teams by leveraging metrics and KPIs
- Demonstrated team leadership and people management, hands-on coaching and mentoring experience
- Expertise in talent acquisition best practices with an ability to adapt practices based on environmental considerations
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to develop and nurture productive business relationships by establishing trust and partnership
- Demonstrated consultative, interpersonal and project management skills
- Comfortable with ambiguity
- Demonstrated ability to produce quality work in a collaborative, fast-paced matrixed environment, balancing high production with the delivery of long-term objectives
- Knowledge of current talent trends and market intelligence
- Lean management experience / continuous improvement mindset

**Assets, but not mandatory**:

- BA/BS degree in Human Resources, business administration or related field
- CHRL designation
- Bilingual (English & French)

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.

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**:
105,000/105 000

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