Job Description

Location: Hybrid

Reporting to the Director, Partnerships Success, the successful candidate will play a key role in advancing Sun Life Health’s growing ecosystem of strategic health partners, which is increasingly important to our growth strategy.

This role will help support product and partnership strategy, support the evolution and optimization of in-market solutions, identify opportunities to enhance member and client value, and contribute to commercialization and growth initiatives across the business.

This role requires a strategic thinker who can bring structure and momentum to complex initiatives, develop strong recommendations and executive-ready materials, and help move work from concept through execution in partnership with cross-functional teams.

What will you do?

- Support portfolio strategy and growth
- Contribute to the development and execution of strategic roadmaps for Sun Life Health’s partner-enabled products and services
- Support the evaluation and prioritization of new product concepts, enhancements, and strategic investments
- Support in the development of business cases, recommendations, and executive materials to support decision-making
- Enable successful commercialization of partner-enabled heath solutions
- Develop presentations, sales materials, and value proposition content to support distribution and business development teams
- Collaborate with distribution, marketing, and sales enablement teams to support product launches and ongoing market growth
- Help identify opportunities to improve awareness, adoption, and utilization across sponsors and members
- Support product evolution and optimization
- Support the ongoing management and optimization of in-market products and services
- Develop recommendations to help improve product adoption, engagement, customer experience, and business outcomes
- Analyze member, client, operational, and performance data to identify opportunities for enhancement
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to help translate insights into actionable improvements
- Deliver strategic initiatives, support cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution, coordinating across internal and external stakeholders
- Build project plans, monitor progress, identify risks, and support issue resolution
- Support governance activities, executive updates, and portfolio reporting
- Help ensure strategic initiatives are delivered on time and aligned to business objectives




- Generate insights and recommendations
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis to support business decisions
- Perform market research, competitor analysis, and customer insight gathering
- Synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and executive-ready presentations
- Use dashboards, metrics, and data-driven insights to monitor performance and support prioritization, and continuous improvements

What do you need to succeed?

To be successful in this role, you will bring a strong mix of strategic thinking, product experience, analytical capability, and execution discipline. You are comfortable working through ambiguity, translating insights into practical recommendations, and collaborating across teams to move initiatives forward.

- Solid strategic thinking and business acumen, with the ability to connect customer needs, market trends, product opportunities, and business priorities
- Experience supporting product strategy, product management, innovation, commercialization, or portfolio initiatives
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to work with data, identify insights, assess performance, and develop clear recommendations
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and create executive-ready materials
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence, align, and collaborate across internal and external teams
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and help move work from concept through execution

Preferred Experience

3–5+ years of experience in product management, product strategy, innovation, business strategy, management consulting, portfolio management, or related disciplines.

- Experience within health, digital health, insurance, financial services, or technology environments
- Experience working in a large matrix organization is an asset
- Experience working with customer-facing products, services, or digital experiences
- Knowledge of the Canadian health and benefits ecosystem is an asset




- Experience supporting executive-level presentations, commercialization activities, and strategic planning initiatives

Salary and Benefits

Salary Range: 80,000/80 000 - 128,000/128 000

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.

Job Information

Job Category: Business Development - Non Actuarial

Posting End Date: 07/08/2026

Diversity & Inclusion

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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Company Culture

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. We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

Shine together: At Sun Life, you can be your most brilliant self. Our supportive, flexible, and inclusive work environment is one where you – and your career – can thrive.

Make life brighter: We’re a global company with a passion for people. Our purpose is to help Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.

As part of Sun Life’s growing team, you have an impact on people in your community and around the world.

Shape the future: With an optimistic eye on a brighter future, we drive to innovate. Be part of leading change, push boundaries and try new ways of working. Use data to drive bold actions. Be agile and pivot as we test and learn.

We’re driving transformation, sustainability and innovation for our Clients, employees, partners, and communities.

Join us. Together, we can make the future brighter.

Join a top employer for a brighter future.

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📌 Manager, Health Partnerships and Growth, Sun Life Health (Toronto)
🏢 Sun Life Financial
📍 Toronto