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About the Role

The Manager, Strategic Initiatives plays a key role in driving key initiatives for the Health Products team, responsible for the direction, delivery, and management of Canada Life’s health and wellbeing products and policies. This role delivers against strategic priorities, ensures alignment with broader business unit and enterprise strategies, and supports strategic coordination across other teams. The Manager will drive insight-led strategy development and execution across a range of initiatives.

Responsibilities

Identify and evaluate new market, product, and growth opportunities across the Health business.
Develop and position high-potential concepts and initiatives, creating business cases that articulate financial value, customer impact, and strategic fit.
Determine impact of regulatory shifts to customers and business, proposing options and recommendations.
Provide thought leadership on industry trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging innovation.
Partner with the Health Products leadership team to define strategic initiatives and priorities.
Lead early-stage discussions with cross-functional partners to obtain alignment, support, and resourcing.
Communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively to senior stakeholders.
Independently build structured project plans with clear deliverables, timelines, and governance.
Drive accountability across working groups, coordinating activities and managing risks, issues, and dependencies.
Prepare high-quality project materials, documentation, and status updates.
Lead a portfolio of simultaneous strategic initiatives from concept to completion.
Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and with exceptional quality.
Translate strategy into actionable recommendations and implementation steps that drive measurable impact.

Requirements

Progressive experience in management consulting / strategy at a large corporation; financial services or healthcare experience preferred.
Experience in areas such as group life & health, life insurance, banking, wealth & asset management, or benefits & pensions.
Experience related to health products, digital transformation, or the group benefits industry is considered a strong asset.
Strong business acumen - demonstrated aptitude for strategic, analytical, and critical thinking to drive key strategic initiatives and P&L growth.
Ability to influence and develop strong stakeholder relationships.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Experience delivering initiatives to successful completion.
Ownership mentality & a positive attitude – bring a ‘can-do’ mindset; ask questions that elevate the team’s thinking; take full initiative and end-to-end ownership over your work.
Excellent research & analytical skills - including financial analysis and modeling.
Expert in Microsoft PowerPoint, strong in Excel, OneNote, etc.

Skills

Strategic thinking
Analytical thinking
Critical thinking
P&L growth
Leadership
Communication
Stakeholder relationship management
Written communication
Verbal communication
Solution-oriented execution
Ownership mentality
Research
Financial analysis
Financial modeling
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft OneNote

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Permanent
Full Time

Experience Level

Manager

Education Level

Undergraduate degree in Business or Health
MBA considered an asset

Salary/Compensations

$110,200 - $135,200 annually

Benefits

Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry-leading learning programs and up to $2,000 annually towards education reimbursement.
Health & Wellness: Flexible health and dental benefits, plus a $5,000 mental health benefit.
Time Off: Regular vacation and personal days, volunteer day.
Financial Security: Company-matching pension plan, share ownership program and additional investment options.
Rewards and Recognition: Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts.
Community: Workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events.

About the Company

Grow with Canada Life. We’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the financial, physical and wellbeing of Canadians. Our company is trusted by 1 in 3 Canadians and contributes to the strength of communities across the country.
We’re looking for people who live our values everyday: we step up, we do the right thing, and we deliver – for our customers, communities and each other.

Equal Opportunity

We’re committed to removing barriers and ensuring equal access to employment. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the application process may contact talentacquisitioncanada@canadalife.com. All information provided will be handled in accordance with applicable laws and Canada Life policies.