Senior Consultant, Business Architecture – Innovation

Sun Life

Senior Consultant in Business Architecture improving advisor experiences at Sun Life. Engage with business leaders to identify opportunities and optimize experiences using emerging technologies.

Posted 7/20/2026full-timeToronto • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$80,000 - CA$128,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate complex business processes and recommend strategic solutions. Proficient in stakeholder management and effective communication, translating insights into actionable recommendations for executive audiences.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Stakeholder ManagementEffective CommunicationCritical ThinkingBusiness Process AnalysisInsurance Knowledge

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Hard Skills

Business Process AnalysisCapability MappingStrategic Roadmap DevelopmentExecutive Presentation CreationEmerging Technology Evaluation

Soft Skills

Critical ThinkingEffective CommunicationIndependenceInnovative MindsetEmpathy

Industry Keywords

Insurance ProcessesWealth Business ProcessesRegulatory ComplianceUser Journey AnalysisBusiness Case Development

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with business leaders to understand challenges and identify opportunities to improve advisor and employee experiences
Analyze current processes, capabilities, and user journeys to recommend future-state solutions
Engage with stakeholders across the organization to conduct capability mapping
Support the development of business cases, strategic roadmaps, and executive presentations
Effectively engage with partners across teams and influence with key insights, formal recommendations and strategies
Ensure ongoing compliance with all applicable regulatory and policy requirements
Research emerging technologies—including Generative AI—and evaluate how they can create business value
Facilitate workshops, interviews, and design sessions with stakeholders across business and technology teams
Translate complex information into clear recommendations for executive audiences.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Critical thinking: ability to think critically and enjoy tackling ambiguous problems
Effective Communication : can simplify complex ideas and communicate them clearly; ability to create clear and compelling presentations or analysis that support the decision-making process
Stakeholder Management: able to build strong relationships and influence without formal authority
Independence: can take ownership and are comfortable working independently
Innovative : are naturally curious and always looking for better ways of doing things
Knowledge: relevant business experience with strong knowledge of insurance and/or wealth business processes
Analysis: prior success leading or analyzing the business evaluation of complex business process
Solutions Oriented: ability to think strategically and provide practical solutions
Understanding Value: experience analyzing and solving complex business problems and quantify benefits
Empathy: ability to empathize and understand different stakeholder lenses (e.g. Advisors, Clients, Head Office)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Help shape the future of advisor and employee experiences at Sun Life.
Be at the forefront of AI and innovation within the organization.
Build skills across strategy, business architecture, stakeholder engagement, and emerging technologies.
Work on meaningful problems where your ideas can directly influence enterprise decisions.
Work within a high-performance culture.
Supportive working environment, culture of collaboration.
Talented and diverse workforce; opportunity to launch a rewarding career.
A company that promotes health, wellness, and work/life balance.
Joining a reputable organization with over 150 years of history.