Manager, Talent Management

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.

As part of the Talent Management Centre of Expertise (TM CoE), you will play a key role by supporting the development and execution of Sun Life’s performance and talent strategy.

This role will be focused on supporting the delivery of critical talent programs across the organization including Talent Review and Succession, Leadership assessment & development, and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DE&I) - all in service of supporting our Employee Value Proposition. Working closely with other members of TM CoE, and in partnership with HR and our various business and functional groups, this role will have a strong analytical focus in supporting outcomes that include the identification and development of Sun Life’s pipeline of future leaders, promoting an increasingly diverse workforce, and enabling Sun Life’s continued recognition as a top employer in every geography it has a presence in around the world.

**What will you do?**
- Accountable to lead innovative strategic analytics initiatives to support various Talent programs that cover the employee life-cycle (Talent Review and Succession, Leadership Academy, Executive Assessments)
- Deliver meaningful insights for senior leaders across our global businesses through the analysis and interpretation of data across multiple sources. This includes using data to quantify the outcomes of talent solutions (e.g., HR data, business results, diversity, etc.)
- Support executive strategy and policy making on our enterprise talent approach through effective storytelling
- Help Sun Life maintain regulatory compliance and business continuity by supporting HR Partners as they succession plan for roles deemed as business critical
- Support the development of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce through reporting and insight generation in support of our DE&I commitments

**What do you need to succeed?**
- 2-3 years of relevant experience with quantitative/qualitative analytics and/or predictive analytics applicable to people research in an organizational setting
- Strong background in research design, visualization techniques, and analysis approaches in which you manage and analyze both structured and unstructured data
- Excellent written and verbal communication as well as the ability to effectively package and present information to senior business leaders and HR professionals
- A fundamental understanding of HR practices, including performance management, succession planning, and managing workforce diversity
- Strong understanding of tools such as Excel and Tableau, and power user of Microsoft Office including using PowerPoint to create engaging and impactful content
- Advanced level of English and French required for Quebec applicants - interactions with English-speaking customers or partners

**Competencies**
- Bias for Action: Leverages quantitative and qualitative information to guide actions and make recommendations. Proactively problem solves and regularly identifies ways to improve their own work processes and practices, and those of others
- Open to Listen: Takes responsibility for their actions, and seeks and incorporates feedback from a variety of sources to improve performance
- Learning all the time: Improves technology skills and educates others on how to use new solutions to improve performance
- Drives Outcomes: Prioritizes and executes on the highest priority work to drive key talent outcomes
- Empowered: Communicates effectively to a wide variety of audiences at all organizational levels
- Resilient: Adapts well when faced with regular change, rapid turnaround times, and in managing through uncertainty

**What‘s in it for you?**
- Flexible workstyles - structure your day and approach to work in a way that makes sense to you
- You choose where you want to work from, we want the office to be a magnet, not a mandate #flexibility
- Trusting, diverse and inclusive working environments
- Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
- We offer a number of programs and offerings to help our Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
- Sustainability commitments to create a cleaner, more inclusive and sustainable future for our communities

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 b