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Sun Life

Director, Advisor Recruitment

Sun Life

Directing national advisor recruitment performance, leading recruitment consultants and building sustainable pipelines for Sun Life Financial.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeMontreal • 🇨🇦 CanadaLead💰 CA$110,000 - CA$180,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Reporting to the AVP, Recruiting & Strategic Growth, accountable for national execution and performance of advisor recruitment efforts.
  • Leading and developing the Advisor Recruitment Consultants.
  • Providing operational oversight of recruitment execution in partnership with Strategy and Select teams.
  • Ensuring recruitment consultants consistently deliver against targets and leverage data and insights.
  • Building strong, sustainable advisor pipelines across established and emerging markets.
  • Driving disciplined execution, ensuring consistent recruitment practices while adapting to regional market realities.
  • Coaching recruitment consultants using a sales-oriented approach.
  • Leading efforts to build new, sustainable, and diverse advisor pipelines.
  • Promoting consistent execution of recruitment activities across regions while supporting market-specific adaptations.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Proven experience leading advisor recruitment or sales-focused teams with clear performance accountability.
  • Demonstrated ability to run a national recruitment operation and drive consistent execution.
  • Strong sales coaching capability, with experience improving conversion and performance through people leadership.
  • Comfort using data and analytics to guide actions and decisions.
  • Strong understanding of financial services distribution and advisor business models.
  • Ability to identify market opportunities and build new, sustainable talent pipelines.
  • Excellent relationship management and communication skills.
  • Strong commitment to enhancing advisor and candidate experience.
  • Bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada and worldwide.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Professional development
  • Bonuses
  • Stock options
  • Equipment allowances
  • Wellness programs

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Hard Skills & Tools
data analyticssales coachingperformance accountabilityrecruitment executiontalent pipeline developmentrelationship managementbilingualism
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationadaptabilitycoachingstrategic thinkingcollaborationproblem-solvinginterpersonal skills