AVP, Strategic Programs, Innovation, Insights and Regulatory Operations at Sun Life in Toronto, ON

Job description

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll 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, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful. When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world. Job Description: The AVP, Strategic Programs, Innovation, Insights & Regulatory Operations provides executive leadership across Strategic Initiatives & Innovation, Data & Insights, Registration & Licensing, and Governance Programs & Initiatives. The role integrates regulatory execution, governance and control frameworks, modernization, portfolio delivery and business priorities through a common strategy, roadmap and operating model. The AVP sets priorities, allocates resources, leads the Director team, and ensures initiatives move from concept through adoption and sustainable ownership. The role balances regulatory defensibility, operational risk, advisor and client experience, efficiency, capacity and responsible use of digital, automation, analytics, AI and emerging technologies. What will you do? Strong knowledge of Canadian wealth and insurance distribution, securities and insurance regulatory requirements, dealer obligations and first-line supervisory expectations.· Experience operating in a federally regulated financial institution, ideally within an OSFI-regulated environment and across a three-lines-of-defence model. Demonstrated success leading leaders and multidisciplinary teams through complex operational, regulatory and organizational change. Proven ability to translate regulatory change, audit findings, control gaps and business risks into practical operating-model, process, technology and governance solutions. Advanced portfolio-management capability, including prioritization, governance, benefits realization, resource planning and executive reporting. Exceptional judgment, strategic thinking, stakeholder influence, executive communication and ability to challenge constructively in a complex matrixed organization. What do you need to succeed? Significant progressive leadership experience (10 years+) in financial services, ideally spanning wealth, insurance, governance, regulatory operations, compliance, risk, transformation or technology-enabled change. Strategy, Portfolio, Executive Partnership and Change Leadership Set and execute an integrated multi-year strategy and roadmap aligned to BG&C and RA&S priorities, regulatory obligations, business outcomes and investment capacity. Establish disciplined portfolio governance for intake, prioritization, sequencing, benefits realization, executive reporting and transition to business ownership. Advise senior leaders on outcomes, trade-offs, dependencies, risks, capability gaps and required decisions or escalations. Build enterprise partnerships and lead portfolio-level change through clear direction, stakeholder engagement, communication, training, adoption and accountability. Governance, Regulatory Execution and First-Line Oversight Strengthen regulatory defensibility and first-line ownership by embedding practical governance, control and supervision capabilities across the portfolio. Establish, embed and maintain governance and control frameworks that support regulatory compliance, eff