Director, Content Strategy & Discoverability (Toronto)

Director, Content Strategy & Discoverability (Toronto)

16 Oct
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Sun Life
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Toronto

16 Oct

Sun Life

Toronto

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 agile 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.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.Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.Job DescriptionAs the Director, Content Strategy & Discoverability for Sun Life Canada, you will lead and activate compelling digital content to drive brand awareness, consideration, and conversion across our Health, Wealth, and Protection businesses. You will champion the strategic evolution of our content ecosystem by integrating SEO, GEO, LLM discoverability, and organic social into one insight-driven function.You will develop a consistent brand voice and narrative across digital channels grounded in client needs. Lead a team of content experts to create and scale high-performing content across all platforms—websites, social, email, videos, and thought leadership. Collaborate across Brand, Marketing, Product, Legal, and Compliance to deliver content that drives business growth and keeps Sun Life competitive in the digital landscape.What will you do?Develop and maintain insight-driven content strategy to meet the needs of Sun Life's Brand as well as our Health, Wealth and Protection businessesWork with stakeholders to define and track hybrid performance metrics, set targets that align with business objectives and industry best practices; monitor and report on content performance, and use data to evolve the Client experienceExpand and optimize sunlife.Ca for search, GEO and LLM discoverability. Strengthen brand and product signals across Reddit, Linked In,



META and You Tube.Ensure content created for our digital properties are SEO-GEO-LLM search optimized and built with the client journey in mindYour team will create and scale insight-driven content that meets client needs at every stage of the journey - from awareness and consideration to decision and ongoing engagement.You will also develop the channel strategy to reach the right audiences and support our Canadian objectives.Deliver content excellence for priority themes, ensuring alignment with both paid and organic client journeys, including social channelsGovern multi-channel content distribution and ensure SEO best practices prevent page duplication or competition.Work with your team and Marketing partners to build and manage the editorial content calendar for Sun Life in Canada, along with channel plan to reach our audiencesSupport product marketing teams and BU partners with thought leadership and digital content as part of their go-to-market planCreate thought leadership with industry experts for our owned channelsProvide editorial reviews of third-party content sponsorships and partnershipsLead a team of digital content marketers, SEO/GEO/LLM strategists, UX writers and organic social media specialists; provide coaching and training to help your team continuously grow and develop.Identify opportunities to improve your team's operating model, tools or platforms used to achieve business objectives while driving content excellenceImplement, approve and govern intake workflows, editorial planning, and cross-team visibility using Wrike and standardized calendars.Help create consistency across all digital outbound content and internal/external communication platformsContinuously explore new and emerging communication channels and content formatsEngage in Client-facing content reviews and provide recommendations to drive content excellenceHelp improve the content review process to gain approval from various stakeholders including compliance and legal,



while helping the team to move quickly and complete projects in a timely mannerMaintain understanding of industry best practices in digital content, social channels, SEO/GEO/LLM discoverability best practices to ensure high performance from our contentOversee budget expenses and forecast for the content teamWhat do you need to succeed?10+ years of digital content experience in B2 C and B2 B marketing, product marketing, and content marketing across multiple channels and social platforms. Experience in financial services, insurance, or investments industry is an asset.5+ years experience leading and managing high performing teamsStrong understanding of digital channels and audience behaviours, including websites, email, social media, paid media and emerging platforms, as well as evolving SEO, GEO and LLM discoverability best practices.Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret data and make data-driven decisionsExperience with social media management platforms like Hootsuite, Sprinklr, and SproutRapid response / crisis communication managementExcellent writing, editing and communication skillsProficiency with tools such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, SEMrush, Ahrefs, Senso.Ia, Canva, Adobe suite and Wrike.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 worldwideWhat’s in it for you?Being a member of the Sun Life family, a group of people united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier livesAn environment of continuous learning, development, and improvementOur unique Sabbatical Program gives you the opportunity to take up to 6 weeks off, every five yearsWe are proud to be on the 2026 Best Workplaces in Canada list by Great Place to WorkWe are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work, for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental healthThe 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,

📌 Director, Content Strategy & Discoverability (Toronto)
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