Strategy Consultant, Insurance Solutions, Strategic Initiatives

You are as unique as your background experience and point of view. Here youll be encouraged empowered and challenged to be your best self. Youll 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 youll 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.

Job Description:

We are looking for a Strategy Consultant to join our Insurance Solutions team within the Retail Advice & Solutions business of Sun Life Canada. In this role you will work closely with senior business leaders across the organization to support key strategic initiatives from ideation through high-level design and recommendations.

Success in this role requires critical thinkers with a passion for solving business problems effective communicators with experience working with senior leaders and team players that love to be part of fast-paced teams and can quickly foster relationships with peers in the organization.

What you will do:

• Support delivery of strategy initiatives from the idea stage to execution

• Drive strategy development including research analysis and compiling strategic recommendations that solve business problems

• Develop and perform quantitative and qualitative analysis and extract relevant insights independently and accurately

• Synthesize findings into a clearly articulated storyline enabling leaders to make timely data-driven product market development technology operational and/or distribution decisions

• Create clear organized slides and other formal communications that draw out key messages and supporting data

• Prepare project plans to ensure deliverables and timelines are met

• Effectively prioritize tasks and deliverables to ensure successful delivery of project objectives

• Take full ownership of work effectively efficiently and reliably executing tasks based on key milestones and seeking guidance where required

• Proactively seek feedback keep manager informed articulate personal development objectives and communicate personal commitments

What do you need to succeed

• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced challenging and dynamic business environment

• Self-motivated able to work both independently and collaboratively with multi-functional teams as both a leader and member

• Strong quantitative skills including data interpretation model creation and information visualization

• Strong presentation and written communication skills

• Ability to think at the detailed diagnostic level as well as at the higher opportunity level

• Effective planning and analytical skills ability to focus on the critical business issues in a data-driven and fact-based manner

• Resourceful in learning and ramping up content knowledge in new domains rapidly

• Superior interpersonal skills leadership and influencing capabilities

What would be nice to have

• Knowledge of the individual insurance space & industry in Canada or US

• Experience in managing large scale initiatives across various stakeholders

• Experience in corporate strategy development or management consulting

• Experience in conducting in-depth secondary research including collection and synthesis

Why join Sun Life:

• Being a member of the Sun Life family a group of people united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives

• A friendly collaborative and inclusive culture

• A collaborative and interactive team environment

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

• Working together sharing common values and encouraging growth & achievement

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.

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We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business our Clients and you! Several 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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