Associate Director, Technology Solutions

The Opportunity:

The BenTech Partnership team is responsible for the BenTech partnership strategy at Sun Life. This role will support the distribution organization in the pre-sale technology solutioning of prospective group benefit clients and renewals of existing clients. They will work with Employee Benefit Reps and broker partners to determine the right client fit for connectivity insurance products and platforms. This will include demonstrating our capabilities. They will also work with select brokers technology teams to promote Sun Life Benefit Technology.

How you will contribute:

• Provide in depth technical and operational expertise of benefits technology platform
• Advise guide and support Sun Lifes EBRs & Client Managers to enable the sale of digital as a product
• Support the roll-out of new benefits technology programs and relationship
• Develop business relationships with technology centers & experts with our top national and regional brokers to communicate and align digital strategies
• Promote Sun Lifes capabilities and positioning of our BenTech value proposition

• Maintain awareness of competitive issues trends and opportunities in the marketplace
• Identify training opportunities and provide input into the development of training programs
• Act as a liaison with all internal Sun Lifes departments (e.g. Product Distribution Underwriting Customer Service Delivery Marketing & Training) to ensure end to end process success provide subject matter expertise and develop recommendations to improve integrated service models with third party benefits technology

What you will bring with you:

• Relationship management skills: demonstrated ability to build and foster productive and healthy relationships with both digital platform partners as well as internal sales and home office partners

• Drive self-motivation a consultative nature and be a great problem solver

• Knowledge of the Group Benefits Insurtech marketplace emerging trends and Client needsrequired

• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with internal departments to oversee partnership operational connections

• Ability to work with a diverse range of people

• Experience in Group Benefit and Absence products preferred

• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills

• Excellent story telling skills to share the digital strategy with stakeholders and SL leadership team

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in the Insurtech space either at a carrier broker or platform
• Collaborative and comfortable navigating in cross functional organizations with matrixed accountabilities

At our company we are committed to pay transparency and equity. The salary range for this role is competitive nationwide and we strive to ensure that compensation is fair and equitable. Your actual base salary will be determined based on your unique skills qualifications experience education and geographic addition to your base salary this position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive award based on your individual performance as well as the overall performance of the business. We are dedicated to creating a work environment where everyone is rewarded for their contribution. National Average Salary Range: $116500 - $174800