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About the Role

The AVP, Emerging Risk Management & Strategic Risk Initiatives leads enterprise-wide capabilities and strategic initiatives to strengthen Sun Life's ability to anticipate, assess, and respond to evolving risks. This role provides second-line leadership for emerging risk management, AI risk governance, risk culture, and selected strategic risk initiatives, translating strategic direction and risk signals into practical governance and risk management actions.

Responsibilities

Identify where emerging risks, AI or other evolving risk management capabilities may require changes to the Risk Management Framework, risk taxonomy, policies, standards or related governance.
Work with the AVP, Enterprise Risk Management and relevant policy owners to recommend and support appropriate changes.
Lead the development and ongoing evolution of the second-line approach to AI risk governance and oversight.
Bring together relevant risk and policy owners to support coordinated identification, assessment and oversight of risks arising from AI across the Enterprise.
Provide second-line risk advice, oversight and challenge on material AI initiatives.
Monitor developments in AI technology, regulation and industry practice and assess implications for Sun Life’s risk governance and capabilities.
Support the integration of AI risk considerations into existing risk frameworks, policies, governance and business processes.
Provide senior management and the Board with clear, decision-relevant reporting on emerging risks, AI risk governance, risk culture and other strategic risk priorities.
Develop and maintain meaningful indicators, scorecards and analysis to identify trends, changes in exposure and areas requiring management attention.
Prepare high-quality materials for senior leadership, committees and working groups.
Lead the ongoing development, execution and enhancement of Sun Life’s Emerging Risk Management program.
Develop forward-looking insights on changes in the external environment, emerging technologies and evolving risk themes.
Lead the enterprise Risk Culture program, including its framework, assessment methodology, monitoring, reporting and continuous improvement roadmap.
Partner with Business Groups, Human Resources and other Corporate Functions to embed risk culture considerations into relevant business and people practices.
Lead and/or work with the AVP, Enterprise Risk management on risk interconnectedness analysis.
Convene leaders and subject-matter experts to identify material intersection points, dependencies, concentration points and potential blind spots.
Use scenario analysis, discovery workshops and tabletop exercises to test preparedness and identify gaps.
Strengthen how risk data and records are governed, managed and used.
Partner with Corporate Risk Operations and other EORM teams to advance data, technology and innovation initiatives.
Build strong relationships across Business Groups, Corporate Functions and Risk teams.
Lead and develop a high-performing team, establishing clear priorities and accountabilities.
Build team capability in strategic thinking, risk assessment, analytics, stakeholder engagement and execution.
Provide senior-level risk advice and leadership on other strategic, emerging or ad hoc risk management priorities.
Monitor emerging regulatory and supervisory developments relevant to the role’s mandate and assess their potential implications for enterprise risk management.
Work with relevant Risk, Compliance and Corporate Functions to develop a common understanding of material developments and potential enterprise implications.
Identify developments that may require changes to risk governance, frameworks, methodologies, capabilities or oversight and provide EORM leadership with forward-looking insight.

Requirements

More than 10 years of progressive experience in risk management or a related discipline, preferably within a major federally regulated financial institution.
Significant experience leading enterprise-wide initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders across multiple businesses, functions and jurisdictions.
Demonstrated people or functional leadership experience, including leadership through matrix reporting relationships.
Expert knowledge of risk management within a large, complex financial institution.
Strong understanding of first-line and second-line risk management accountabilities and the respective roles.
Demonstrated ability to develop and execute enterprise strategies, operating models and multi-year transformation roadmaps.
Proven ability to lead through influence across a federated or matrix organization and gain alignment among senior stakeholders with competing priorities.
Has led or has exposure to the development of AI risk governance models in an organization.
Strong business and industry acumen, with the ability to assess complex and sensitive risk matters and provide pragmatic recommendations.
Demonstrated experience developing executive and committee reporting that translates complex risk information into clear implications and decisions.
Strong knowledge of regulatory expectations and leading practices relating to risk.
Experience translating enterprise policy and methodology into first-line execution guidance.
Strong knowledge of Sun Life’s products, businesses and operational risk environment.
Exceptional written, verbal and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate with and influence senior executives.
Strong change leadership, communication, negotiation, and decision-making capabilities.
Demonstrated sound judgment and ability to operate autonomously in complex and ambiguous situations.

Skills

Risk Management
Emerging Risk Management
AI Risk Governance
Risk Culture
Strategic Risk Initiatives
Enterprise Risk Management
Financial Institution Risk
Stakeholder Influence
Matrix Leadership
AI Risk Governance Models
Business Acumen
Executive Reporting
Regulatory Expectations
Change Leadership
Communication
Negotiation
Decision-Making
Judgment
Autonomous Operation

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

More than 10 years of progressive experience

Education Level

University degree in business, risk management, finance, technology or a related discipline; a relevant graduate degree or professional designation is preferred.

Salary/Compensations

155,000 - 225,000

Benefits

Sabbatical Program (up to 6 weeks off every five years)
Care Days
Sick Days

About the Company

Sun Life is driven by its Purpose: helping Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.
Values: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.
Ranked among the top 100 most sustainable global corporations by Corporate Knights for the 15th consecutive year.
Listed on the 2024 Best Workplaces in Canada list by Great Place to Work.
Listed as one of the Best Workplaces for Women and Best Workplaces with Most Trusted Executive Teams.
A hybrid organization offering flexibility to work from both the office and virtually.

Equal Opportunity

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. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.
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 thebrightside@sunlife.com.