Program Director

Sun Life

Job Location:

Ontario - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 6 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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:

Director ITE Value Realization Enablement (ITE VRE)

Role Purpose

The Director ITE Value Realization Enablement (ITE VRE) is accountable for leading one or more enterprise ITE portfolios ensuring technology investments are prioritized governed delivered and measured for business value.

This role plays a critical leadership function in Sun Lifes transition from projectcentric delivery to a portfoliobased operating model providing clarity of ownership delivery rigor and measurable value realization across complex crossportfolio initiatives.

What will you do

Portfolio Leadership & Delivery

Own endtoend delivery of assigned ITE portfolios (e.g. Network DQ CRE CCIO SD) accountable for prioritization sequencing delivery outcomes and risk management.
Translate enterprise and ITE strategy into clear executable portfolio roadmaps aligned to business priorities.
Ensure delivery predictability across highvolume highcomplexity initiatives with global impact.

Value Realization & Governance

Establish and maintain valuebased governance ensuring benefits outcomes and success metrics are defined tracked and communicated.
Drive transparency into portfolio health financials dependencies and outcomes for executive and SteerCo audiences.
Proactively manage demand intake tradeoffs and capacity to ensure focus on highestvalue work

People Leadership & Capability Building

Lead coach and develop Senior PMs PMs and Scrum Masters across the portfolio ensuring clear accountability span of control and role clarity.
Address leadership capacity gaps caused by growth contractortoFTE transitions and increased portfolio demand.
Build sustainable delivery capability through standards coaching and career pathing.

Stakeholder & Partner Management

Act as a senior partner to Business Unit leaders Technology leaders and Enterprise stakeholders to align delivery outcomes with business needs.
Collaborate closely with Vendor Management and delivery partners to ensure contractual alignment to outcomes and value.
Support enterprise change adoption and communication strategies for highimpact initiatives.

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

Drive consistency and quality in delivery practices governance cadence and reporting across portfolios.
Reduce dependency risk delivery friction and capacity bottlenecks through continuous improvement and operating model refinement.
Enable scalability as portfolio scope funding and delivery demand increase.

What do you need to succeed

10 years in technology delivery leadership portfolio management or enterprise program leadership.
Proven experience leading large complex portfolios with crossfunctional and global impact.
Strong background in portfolio governance financial management and value realization.
Demonstrated people leadership experience including coaching senior delivery roles.
Experience operating in regulated enterprisescale environments preferred.

Key Success Measures

Predictable delivery outcomes across assigned portfolios
Clear measurable value realization from ITE investments
Improved transparency governance rigor and executive confidence
Scalable leadership capacity and sustainable delivery maturity

Education and Experience:

10 years of Program Management experience leading large complex IT initiatives preferably in Enterprise Infrastructure at a Financial Institution
10 years of progressive experience in project management
Preference to those with an undergraduate degree/diploma
Significant experience in presenting to and leading executive steering committees

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.
Working together sharing common values and encouraging growth & achievement
Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family.
In 2025 Sun Life ranked among the top 100 most sustainable global corporations by Corporate Knights for the 16th consecutive year leading Canadian insurers.
Were also listed as one of the Best Workplaces for Women and Best Workplaces with Most Trusted Executive Teams.

#LI-Hybrid

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.

Salary Range:

125000/125 000 - 195000/195 000

Job Category:

Project Management - Systems

Posting End Date:

19/05/2026

Required Experience:

Director