Overview

Permanent Full Time

The Strategy Team is a critical function within Canada Life. We support all of our lines of business to think 5-10 years ahead, and ensure our business is future-proofed – pivoting with rapidly evolving trends in demographics, regulation, technology, and shifting customer and advisor needs.

The team drives both corporate and business unit strategy development. Unlike other strategy teams, this team gets heavily involved in solution design and the set-up/launch/and early-stage execution of large-scale transformations. Recent examples include the acquisitions of Investment Planning Counsel and Value Partners – Canada Life’s latest investments in Wealth Distribution.

These transformations are high‑visibility, high‑impact, large‑ticket items, which usually go to our Board for approvals. Expect to cover things from long‑term technology changes, vendor engagement, M&A;, AI transformation, manufacturing and distribution across Workplace Benefits and Retirement, Insurance Solutions, and Individual Wealth, as well as the Canada Life Board strategy process.

The team will heavily engage our President and COO, other EVPs and SVPs across the organizations, and leaders across our holding company Great West Life and Affiliates (e.G., PowerCorp, Sagard, Portage, etc). The team is made up of ex‑top‑tier consultants and strategists.

What You Will Do

- Own your workstreams within projects – Including:
- Driving strategic problem solving / business casing for strategic opportunities while ensuring a high level of quality in all outputs




- Developing and updating financial models for M&A; or partnership opportunities
- Conducting market scans and competitor insights from industry associations, publications, and research reports
- Interviewing internal stakeholders to collect information on different lines of business, competitive threats, market trends, and internal operations
- Analyzing customer and advisor level data to understand market size, trends and segmentation
- Independently driving/leading workstreams and hypotheses within a project, including management of smaller teams and onboarding recent analysts

- Support and work closely with leadership across the organization in the development, management and implementation of medium and long‑term strategic initiatives.
- Provide presentation, meeting, and strategy implementation support, including PowerPoint materials and driving overall storylining / ideation.
- Participate in a broad range of strategy team and business team meetings to gather information, share insights and present findings.
- Ensure strategy translates to clear business plans, with measurable outcomes, and communicate those with the involved departments.
- Perform other related duties as assigned e.G.,



represent Strategy on cross‑functional projects as required from time‑to‑time.

What You Will Bring

- 4+ years of finance, management consulting or corporate strategy experience
- Exposure to leadership (direct reports of dotted lines on engagements) and proven ability to provide coaching and mentoring to project and engagement teams
- Ability to research and assess AI‑driven tools and trends, and support their integration into business strategies to enhance efficiency and decision‑making
- Experience reviewing and providing feedback on work completed by team members
- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, or Engineering preferred
- Experience in managing enterprise‑wide strategy and planning an asset
- Self‑starter with high motivational level, intellectual curiosity, and openness to learning and continuous development
- Strong business acumen, with demonstrated aptitude for strategic, analytical and critical thinking and problem solving
- Excellent analytical skills, including financial analysis, research and complex modeling
- Expert in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel

The base salary for this position is between $108,800 - $158,800 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation (i.E. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

📌 Manager, Strategy (Toronto)
🏢 Canada Life
📍 Toronto