Avp, Technology Lead, Grs Digital - Acting (Toronto)

Avp, Technology Lead, Grs Digital - Acting (Toronto)

07 Aug
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Sun Life Financial
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Toronto

07 Aug

Sun Life Financial

Toronto

Bring us your passion for digital or data analytics, and we’ll put you to work on exciting initiatives that answer the challenge: "How can we do that better?" Working with a dedicated team of energetic, forward-thinking innovators, you’ll stretch your imagination and sharpen your skills on the leading-edge projects that are keeping Sun Life Financial ahead of the curve. You want more than a job; you want a career - a career with a company that encourages learning and personal growth. You want to be “one of the best”. 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.Job Description:Role SummaryThe AVP Technology Lead – GRS Member Platform is a strategic technology leader responsible for running, modernizing, and scaling Sun Life’s Group Retirement Services digital and technology platforms to support member, sponsor, advisor, and retirement readiness experiences at scale. This role is accountable for embedding a world‑class design and engineering culture across delivery teams, with a focus on digital experiences, stable core systems, data‑enabled insights, platform modernization, and critical capabilities that build and sustain an industry‑leading wealth and retirement business. The role combines strategic leadership, technical oversight, people leadership,



delivery execution, operational accountability, and vendor/financial management. The AVP partners closely with Product, Client Experience, Business Operations, Architecture, Enterprise Technology, and Operations leaders to ensure GRS technology platforms, data capabilities, journeys, integrations, and digital front‑end experiences enable sustained, profitable business outcomes. This role operates in a highly visible, complex environment and requires a leader who can drive momentum, make clear decisions, strengthen delivery discipline, and bring strong technical credibility across both modern digital capabilities and complex legacy environments. This is a 14‑month fixed term role that offers partial benefits and vacation.What will you do?Technology Strategy, GRS Digital Enablement & EngineeringShape, communicate, and align GRS technology strategy across the business unit and enterprise, ensuring it supports near‑term delivery commitments, retirement business priorities, and longer‑term modernization objectives. Partner with Business Leads, Product, Operations, Client Experience, Core IT, Infrastructure, and Enterprise Architecture to define platform roadmaps and OKRs for GRS technology capabilities. Provide thought leadership on how GRS platforms should be developed, adopted, governed, simplified, and scaled across wealth and retirement businesses. Promote adoption of technology standards, up-to-date engineering practices, automation, and architectural excellence while balancing build vs. buy vs. partner decisions. Ensure design and engineering decisions

📌 Avp, Technology Lead, Grs Digital - Acting (Toronto)
🏢 Sun Life Financial
📍 Toronto

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