Product Development Director

2 months ago

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Sun Life Full time
Product Development Director

Sun Life Retail Advice & Solutions (RA&S) is a leading financial institution in Canada, offering holistic advice and innovative solutions to Canadians. Within RA&S, Insurance Solutions is responsible for designing and distributing life and health insurance products to over 2 million individual retail clients across Canada.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and evolve the strategy for individual products on the new business insurance shelf, focusing on driving business growth, innovation, and improving Sun Life's market position.
  • Drive product development initiatives from concept to implementation, including client/advisor research, concept development and validation, business casing, and value realization.
  • Lead a team of innovation/product managers and build a diverse, empowered team through proactive career development and continuous feedback/coaching.
Requirements
  • Minimum 5 years of related experience in the financial services industry, preferably in product management and/or strategy.
  • 'Get stuff done' in a complex and challenging business environment.
  • Highly developed leadership and influencing capabilities, ability to effectively manage relationships across the organization to deliver against objectives.
  • Proven balance of analytical and creative problem-solving skills, ability to focus on critical business issues in a data-driven and fact-based manner.
  • Strong quantitative skills, including data interpretation, model creation, and information visualization.
  • Strong presentation and written communication skills with a track record of working directly with senior leadership levels.
  • Track record of developing and launching new solutions, with experience leading the design and/or delivery of solutions.
  • Experience with financial and product performance analysis and a good understanding of the Canadian retail insurance landscape.
  • Experience with client research methodologies, including design thinking, survey design and execution, and focus-group facilitation.
  • Ability to lead and develop a high-performing team.
  • A university degree, postgraduate studies in management would be considered an asset.
What We Offer
  • A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture.
  • An environment of continuous learning and improvement.
  • Supportive working environment, culture of collaboration, high-performance teams.
  • We're committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment, where all employees have the chance to live up to their full potential.
  • Our unique Sabbatical Program gives you the opportunity to take up to 6 weeks off, every five years.
  • We're proud to be recognized as a company with a 2023 Most Trusted Executive team by Great Place to Work Canada.
  • Sun Life ranked one of the 2023 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World on the Corporate Knights' 2023.

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