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.

The Director, Human Resources Business Partner for the Enablement Functions in Sun Life Canada will be responsible for implementing people and talent initiatives, providing consulting expertise and influencing key initiatives and organizational changes. This role is not your average HRBP opportunity; it is a strategic partner to the business, acting as an HR expert while delivering a future-focused Talent agenda. The role offers an exciting opportunity to deliver end-to-end talent outcomes to the business while directly aligning with their specific needs and objectives.

What will you do?

Coach and Advise

- Partner, advise, coach and influence leaders to recognize, diagnose, and problem-solve talent situations and challenges.
- Elevate team effectiveness to deliver on their mandates.
- Create and execute change management plans to socialize and embed HR initiatives, policies and procedures for employees and managers.
- Coach managers to sustain change.
- Act as an SME and trusted advisor for client groups on talent policies, cycles and initiatives.

Talent

- Design future-focused talent initiatives that support the business strategy for implementation where applicable across the portfolio.




- Lead and manage organizational change and talent programs and initiatives within this function.
- Identify and validate talent gaps and recommend talent solutions leveraging data analysis and demonstrating ROI.
- Lead and manage the annual talent cycles (Performance, Talent Review, Compensation, etc.) for client groups.
- Deliver, refine, and maintain a robust succession plan.

Partnership and Collaboration

- Partner with Centers of Expertise (Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Global Talent, etc.) to design, refine, and implement talent initiatives for the Enterprise functions.

What do you need to succeed?

This role is seeking someone who is digitally savvy, relationship-driven and future-focused. A storyteller who can engage executive stakeholders while also understanding the needs of front-line employees and is obsessed with delivering a differentiated experience to everyone.

Leadership Framework

- Biased for action – embraces a ‘fail safe’ mindset by quickly learning from mistakes to help teams succeed sooner.
- Open to listen – open to recent ideas and perspectives.
- Learn all the time – curiosity and intentionally carve out time to learn and reflect.
- Drive outcomes and results – measure progress against outcomes and enable speed from idea to implementation, grounded in data and insights.
- Empower – enable and support leaders, employees, and team members as they determine how to achieve outcomes.




- Resiliency – know when to push, pivot, and let go.

Competencies

- Competent in building long-term relationships by fostering trust, communicating effectively, and understanding the needs of others.
- Confidence interacting with and challenging 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.
- Demonstrated ability to execute quickly, effectively, and consistently.
- Ability to lead a program with multiple projects and/or stakeholders.
- Strong systems thinking and the ability to identify solutions and associated impacts.
- Superior collaborative working abilities and experience.

As this position is posted in several locations, bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only for frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada or worldwide.

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].

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers employees the choice and flexibility to work from both office and virtual settings, depending on business needs and individual preferences.

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.

Salary Range

$110,000 – $180,000

Job Category

Human Resources

Posting End Date

02/08/2026

📌 Director, HR Business Partner, Enablement Functions (Kitchener)
🏢 Sun Life
📍 Kitchener