Manager Operational Risk and Resilience

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Job Description:

The Manager Operational Resilience contributes to Sun Lifes enterprise-wide Operational Risk & Resilience mandate by providing second-line oversight independent challenge advisory support and analytical insight across business groups.

The role is responsible for running coordinating and maintaining enterprise operational resilience and business continuity capabilities ensuring consistent adoption disciplined execution of lifecycle activities and delivery of highquality risk insights to senior role supports the consistent application and maturity of Sun Lifes Operational Resilience framework enabling the organization to prevent absorb recover from and adapt to operational disruptions that could impact clients colleagues or the enterprise.

The role has primary accountability for operational resilience and business continuity lifecycle oversight across critical operations dependencies and scenario testing. Business Continuity Management (BCM) is embedded as a supporting discipline aligned to operational resilience outcomes and regulatory expectations while avoiding duplication of businessled execution.

The role influences enterprisewide outcomes through expertise judgement challenge governance engagements and advisory input rather than positional authority or program execution.

What will you do

Enterprise Operational Resilience & Continuity

• Act as a second line risk subject matter expert in Operational Resilience Business Continuity and Crisis Management by providing oversight coordination and subjectmatter guidance on the application of Sun Lifes Operational Resilience and Continuity frameworks methodologies and standards ensuring consistent adoption and regulatory alignment across Business Groups

• Support the development and improvement of Operational Resilience Business Continuity and Crisis management frameworks policies operating procedures guidelines and templates adhering to regulatory expectations and industry best practices

• Run coordinate and maintain enterprise Operational Resilience and Continuity lifecycle capabilities enabling disciplined execution quality outcomes and integration across business technology and thirdparty dimensions

• Conduct quality based assessment on the Operational resilience and continuity lifecycle artefacts. Based on quality assessments develop and communicate recommendations for improvement to our first line Business partners

• Support and challenge the identification assessment and monitoring of critical operations dependencies and resilience tolerances (i.e. tolerance for disruption) escalating material gaps or inconsistencies through established governance forums

• Lead and advise on handson resilience and continuity lifecycle activities including Business Impact Analysis (BIA); Business continuity planning critical operations risk assessment and dependency mapping; recovery time and resilience gap assessments; assessment of recovery strategies and continuity approaches; third party exit and contingency planning and alignment of continuity plans to critical operations

• Develop coordinate and challenge severe but plausible endtoend operational resilience testing scenarios including the design execution monitoring and evaluation of scenario testing and exercises spanning business technology thirdparty and enterprise impacts

• Synthesize outputs from BIAs dependency mapping scenario testing incidents and issue remediation into enterpriselevel vulnerability themes scorecards and decisionuseful risk insights

• Produce and interpret operational resilience and continuity management information dashboards and analysis to support senior management risk committees and Boardlevel discussions

• Monitor and assess quality consistency and compliance with Operational Resilience and Business Continuity requirements identifying systemic weaknesses and recommending integration simplification or remediation actions as appropriate

• Collaborate with Technology Third Party Risk Enterprise Continuity Operational Risk and other corporate partners to promote integrated nonduplicative resilience outcomes

• Support governance and regulatory discussions by providing interpretive analysis and recommendations rather than owning businessled execution or operational program delivery

• Manage and report Policy Non-Compliances related to Enterprise Operational Resilience and Business Continuity Policy requirements

• Work with Risk Officers Business Continuity Contacts and Relationship Managers in conducting reviews training reporting and Operational Resilience and Business Continuity Due Diligence activities

Stakeholder Partnership & Influence

• Build effective working relationships with Business Group risk teams Technology Third Party Risk Enterprise Continuity and other corporate partners

• Provide advisory support and constructive challenge on business initiatives change activities or incidents with potential operational resilience implications

• Support preparation of materials for senior management risk committees and internal governance and regulatory discussions

What do you need to succeed

• University degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Typically 7 years of experience in operational risk operational resilience business continuity third party risk or related risk disciplines

• Experience with risk and governance platforms

• Experienced with making presentations to large groups

• Experience with Quality Assurance

• Strong Presentation Communication (both written and oral) Negotiation and conflict management

• Strong Analytical and Reporting skills

• Strong Process Management skills

• Strong Technical competencies

• Strong interpersonal customer/client focus skills

• Professional certification (e.g. ORM BCI DRI or equivalent) is an asset

Whats in it for you

• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family

• Were committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment. Our goal is to make sure all ouremployees have the chance to live up to their full potential

• Were honoured to be recognized as a 2025 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work Canada

• We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work for prioritizing employee well-being fostering a positive work culture and achieving excellence in mental health

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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.

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

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