Director, Value Realization Office

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.

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About the role

Sun Life Canada is strengthening its Value Realization Office with a critical mission to increase the flow of value across the Canadian business. This will complement the role of traditional PMOs in the enterprise and enable orchestrate and accelerate business outcomes ensuring the Canadian portfolio can achieve its strategic objectives and priorities.

We are seeking a Director Value Realization Office to join our dynamic this role you will help the Canada Value Realization Office accelerate the definition and dissemination of our Value Realization Framework (VRF) to help initiative owners estimate and track financial and non-financial results. You will build and ensure the adoption of clear and practical value measurement and attribution processes and accountabilities. You will generate insights on how Sun Life Canada might optimize its investments and generate the most value for our Shareholders Clients and Employees.

What youll be doing

• Lead the implementation of Sun Lifes Value Realization Framework across all Canadian business units and functions
• Define and implement value measurement and attribution best practices across the initiatives lifecycle from planning to post-implementation
• Help all business units and support units across SL Canada in aligning their respective objectives and key results (OKRs) to the enterprise VRF and identify actionable insights
• Work with initiative owners Agile Portfolio Managers and Strategy teams to tie initiative level results to strategic objectives (OKRs)
• Define and enforce value estimate and tracking roles and responsibilities across different participants in the initiatives lifecycle
• Build timely and accurate reporting of benefits tracking across different levels of the organization (e.g. Canada Business Unit Initiative)
• Optimize the initiative benefits tracking process ensuring benefits are captured validated and reported with accuracy
• Lead the preparation of materials and facilitation of the Global Value Realization Review an executive initiative review forum
• Document processes standards requirements and technical specifications as needed and identify opportunities to increase efficiency of data collection and processing

What youll need to succeed

• 5 years of experience leading business analysis financial analysis result dashboards and/or project & portfolio management
• Data visualization experience such as Microsoft PowerBI and/or Tableau
• Experience defining and implementing value measurement and attribution models and methodologies
• Ability to develop and/or advise on data connectivity across systems of record to automate tracking of key results
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft product suite (Excel PowerPoint Teams and Co-Pilot).
• Familiarity with Planview or comparable project and portfolio management tool is an asset
• Bachelors degree in business finance or related field
• Strong organizational awareness and ability to coordinate and align across different units with distinct needs and priorities
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to use data to build actionable and compelling insights
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written and ability to influence outcomes
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative cross-functional environment

• As this position is posted in several locations we specify that bilingualism (French English both oral and written) is required for Quebec only as the position includes managing both French and English-speaking staff (Quebec and outside Quebec) and providing daily support to the team.

Whats in it for you:

• 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.
• In 2024 Sun Life ranked among the top 100 most sustainable global corporations by Corporate Knights for the 15th consecutive year leading Canadian insurers.
• We are proud to be on the 2024 Best Workplaces in Canada list by Great Place to Work.
• Were also listed as one of the Best Workplaces for Women and Best Workplaces with Most Trusted Executive Teams.
• Our unique Sabbatical Program gives you the opportunity to take up to 6 weeks off every five years.
• Care Days available for self-care or care of others (i.e. family or others you may support) and Sick Days to support your well-being.
  

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 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 may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing screening interview scheduling.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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