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The Enterprise Architecture team provides the services and technology our business partners need to continue to innovate for our clients and help them achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Through innovation and collaboration, we're striving to continually find new and better ways to bring value to Sun Life. Information Technology has employees in Canada, Ireland, the U.S. and Asia.
What will you do?
Working jointly with the AVP, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy & Technology Innovation and the Enterprise Architecture leadership team, and leaders globally to:
Overall Program Delivery (Large Global Programs):

• Direct appropriate risk management practices throughout the delivery lifecycle, including leading risk assessment activities, developing mitigation strategies, and presenting solutions to executives to mitigate risks.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure high-level & detailed plans are developed (including Agile sprint planning/reviews, celebrations, etc) that focus on successful execution & controls to achieve delivery objectives, while ensuring continued stability of the environment.
• Consolidate, plan, execute and govern multiple delivery initiatives within the EA Office Portfolio of work.
• Work with stakeholders & delivery teams to determine best methodology to deliver scope – Agile or Waterfall.
• Other key / critical EA initiatives
• Drive for action while ensuring Scope, Cost and Time are tightly managed.
• Ensure timely communication between delivery teams and their stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with a broad range of stakeholders across the enterprise
• Lead proactive & effective change, acceptance, and approval management processes within delivery teams.
• The Technology Governance Platform
• The Application Portfolio Management Platform
• Accountable for all phases of projects from initiation to closure and ensures that best practice standards and processes set out by Sun Life’s VRO and other industry organizations, including PMI, are leveraged.
• Act as Program Director lead to drive technology governance forward across the environments for which the EA Office is the Product Owner. These environments include:

Executive Level Interactions:

• Document and present executive level communications describing status, financial state, direction, approach, and recommendations to achieve desired outcomes.
• Influence and negotiate with senior executives to ensure appropriate solutions and securing agreement on direction, scope and budget.
• Proactively escalate issues and risks that require executive attention
• Create/foster relationships with key individuals up to and including CIO, Business leaders, Product Owners, Sponsors.

What will be required to be successful in the role?

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with executive level stakeholders.
• Engaging teams of shared service individuals from across Sun Life globally.
• Engaging IT and Business leaders to drive innovative, shared solutions globally.
• 5-7 years of progressive experience in Agile or traditional project management in an Information Technology environment, as well as in the business, preferably in the financial services industry
• Significant experience in presenting to senior level audiences
• Organizationally savvy, with the ability to navigate through a complex matrix environment, problem solving and clearly visioning future state architecture requirements & standards in a quickly changing environment.
• Executing a strong level of influence to ensure new initiatives are understood and adopted to align with the given strategy on a global basis.
• Strong vendor management experience
• Deep knowledge of agile techniques, tools and methodologies.
• Requires strong interpersonal, communication, managerial, motivational, organizational, and planning skills.
• Agile and/or PMP certification is strongly desired, evidence of relevant applicable education and experience will be considered
• 3-5 years experience leading complex technical programs or large multi-faceted project initiatives.
• Joint strategy development with cross IT and business leaders within domain / subject matter.
• Ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders and adapt approach when dealing with technical and non-technical audiences.

What's In It For You?

• Flex hours and Flexible hybrid work model including in-country work-from-home if you prefer. #LI- Remote
• Great Place to Work® award for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork - 2022
• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
• Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
• Named “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor - 2021
• Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the US - 2022
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
• Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data
• A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture
• Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience.
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security

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 factors. In 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.
Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to [email protected].
At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.
We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Salary Range:
111,100/111 100 - 177,800/177 800
Job Category:
Project Management - Systems
Posting End Date:
02/05/2023