• Job Description

  Req#: JR00099316

  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. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

  Job Description:

  In the role of Director, HRBP you will partner closely with leaders in the Enterprise Functions to inform what talent initiatives are necessary to drive business success. You will work with the business to deliver talent programs that align to their specific needs and objectives.

  As an HR business partner, you will focus on building trust with business leaders to develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the business strategies that align to talent initiatives and drive business success and strategy execution. This includes delivering on HR cycles and practices that focus on the leader and employee experience as well as support outcomes that evolve the function’s operating model, and drive a high performing, empowered organization. Reporting to the AVP, Human Resources Business Partner, this role is a trusted and valued partner in a global portfolio which includes Executives within highly matrixed groups across the Enterprise.

  What will you do:

  • Partner, advise and coach leaders to diagnose, consult and problem solve on talent situations and challenges to maximize the effectiveness of their organizations.
  • Effectively partner with CoEs to design and implement talent initiatives to achieve business outcomes and optimize the employee experience.
  • Create and execute on organizational changes and talent programs and initiatives.
  • Identify and validate talent gaps in the business through the use of data to build business cases for talent recommendations.
  • Provides proactive advice using data, insights, and analytics to inform business and talent decision making.
  • Lead and manage the annual talent cycles (Performance, Talent Review, Compensation, etc.) for your functions.
  • Builds knowledge of HR and industry trends to advance employee capability, develop and attract talent for the future.
  • Be a trusted advisor for the functions you support on talent policies, cycles, and initiatives.
  • Deliver, refine, and maintain a clear and strategic succession plan.

  What you need to succeed:

  • Experience building relationships by fostering trust, communicating effectively, and understanding the needs of leaders and employees.
  • Confidence interacting with senior leaders.
  • Broad understanding and application of HR and Talent practices, including change management experience.
  • Excellent communication, consulting, influencing and analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to flex to different styles.
  • Can execute quickly, effectively, and consistently.
  • Ability to lead a program with multiple projects with senior stakeholders.
  • Strong systems thinking and the ability to proactively identify solutions and associated impacts.
  • Superior collaborative working abilities and experience.
  • Previous experience as an HR Business Partner supporting leaders in a matrixed organizational structure.
  • As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada or worldwide.

  In addition, our BOLDER leadership framework highlights the behaviours that lead to success at Sun Life:

  • Biased for action – embraces a ‘fail safe’ mindset by quickly learning from mistakes so teams can succeed sooner.
  • Open to listen – open to new ideas and perspectives.
  • Learn all the time – is curious, and intentionally carves out time to learn and reflect.
  • Drive outcomes and results – measures progress against outcomes and enables speed from ideas to implementation, grounded in facts derived from data analysis and insights.
  • Empower – enables and supports leaders, employees, and team members as they determine “how” to achieve outcomes.
  • Resiliency – knows when to push, when to pivot, and when to let go.

  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 thebrightside@sunlife.com .

  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:

  105,000/105 000 - 175,000/175 000

  Job Category:

  Human Resources

  Posting End Date:

  24/07/2024

• About the company

  Sun Life Financial Inc. is a Canadian financial services company.

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