Strategic Business Development Director

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sun Life Full time

Job Title: Director, Retail Advice Strategy

At Sun Life, we're seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director, Retail Advice Strategy to join our team. As a key member of our Retail Advice & Solutions (RA&S) Leadership team, you will play a critical role in driving the evolution of our business strategy to achieve sustainable competitive advantage, growth, and profitability.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the RA&S Leadership team in developing and implementing a strategic agenda that reflects the current and forecasted business environment.
  • Drive the 5-year strategic planning process, collaborating with business partners, RA&S Finance, and the Canada Strategy team.
  • Facilitate strategy sessions and workshops with the RA&S Leadership team and partners to dynamically track and adapt strategy.
  • Develop a strategic roadmap and identify execution implications by working with the Business Architecture team to determine business planning implications and strategic business capabilities required in the medium-term horizon.
  • Maintain awareness of key market and competitive trends, developments.
  • Identify competitive trend implications to RA&S business.
  • Effectively communicate insights to executive-level audiences.
  • Review strategic issues and new opportunities to design initiatives and roadmaps.
  • Collaborate with business partners to conduct fact-based analysis, provide decision support, and establish business cases.
  • Tailor verbal and written communications based on audience and situation.
  • Independently drive and execute strategic projects.
  • Partner with the Canada Strategy team to work on projects that have cross-business unit implications.
  • Build business acumen and expertise to support delivering impactful strategies.

Requirements:

  • Minimum 10 years of relevant business experience, ideally within insurance, wealth management, or financial services; knowledge of Sun Life's businesses would be an asset.
  • University degree in business or related discipline; MBA or other relevant advanced degree is an asset.
  • Owner's mindset with the ability to independently deliver on projects with appropriate judgment.
  • Demonstrated experience working with senior stakeholders.
  • Results-oriented project management skills; well-organized, with a high attention to detail.
  • Resourceful and rapid learner, able to work across many topics and domains.
  • Ability to interpret data analysis results and write reports/presentations to executive audiences.
  • Strong knowledge of distribution, wealth, and/or insurance space.
  • Strong creative and analytical problem solver, with a solid background working with data, conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis.
  • Management consulting experience would be an asset.

Why Join Sun Life?

  • We're honored to be recognized as a 2024 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work Canada.
  • Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial.
  • The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
  • 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.

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