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Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. 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.

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; rather this role will be a strategic partner to the business by being both an HR expert and delivering a future-focused Talent agenda. This role offers an exciting opportunity to deliver end-to-end talent outcomes to the business while directly aligning to their specific needs and objectives.

As an HR business partner, you will build trust with business leaders to develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the business strategies to inform a talent agenda focused on driving business success and strategy execution. This includes delivering an exceptional employee and manager experience while delivering HR cycles and practices. You will influence the business to develop a future-focused talent agenda.

Delivering against this agenda will support outcomes that include evolving the function’s operating model, expanding the talent ecosystem, and nurturing its culture to drive a high performance, empowered organization. Reporting to the AVP, HR Business Partner, Canadian Operations, this role is a trusted and valued partner in a complex and dynamic portfolio.



Create and execute change management plans to socialize and embed HR initiatives, policies and procedures for employees and managers.

Coach managers to sustain change. Be a SME and a trusted advisor for client groups on talent policies, cycles, and initiatives.

Talent

Design future-focused talent initiatives in support of the business strategy for implementation where applicable across your 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 ROIs.

Lead and manage the annual talent cycles (Performance, Talent Review, Compensation, etc.) Partnership and Collaboration Partner with Centers of Expertise (Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Global Talent etc.) Drive outcomes and results - measures progress against outcomes and enables speed from ideas to implementation, grounded in facts derived from data analysis and insights. Empower - enables and supports leaders, employees, and team members as they determine "how" to achieve outcomes. Undergraduate degree and/or a combination of 10+ years of relevant, progressive work experience Strong business and HR acumen, with analytical and systems thinking to develop practical solutions, improve employee outcomes and balance complex programs with daily priorities.

Digital fluency and curiosity, with an understanding of how emerging technologies shape workforce capabilities, talent strategies and the employee experience.





Experience supporting digital or technology-enabled transformation-including workforce readiness, reskilling and adoption- would be an asset, as would experience in project management, agile methodology and change management. 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 worldwide.

The Base

Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. 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. 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. 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] 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.

Human Resources Posting End Date: 11/11/2026 Our supportive, flexible, and inclusive work environment is one where you - and your career - can thrive. Whatever your aspirations, collaborative leaders and colleagues are ready to help you learn, grow, and succeed. Our purpose is to help Clients build lifetime financial security and lead healthier lives.

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

📌 Director, Human Resources Business Partner, Enablement Functions (Toronto)
🏢 Sun Life
📍 Toronto