Hybrid Director: Underwriting Analytics & Digital Risk

Sun Life; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Sabbatical program

Job summary

Sun Life is seeking a Director, Corporate Underwriting Analytics and Digital Risk in a hybrid work model. The role oversees mortality/morbidity risk within underwriting, partners with global risk teams, and drives changes in risk methodologies.

You will use advanced underwriting tools, lead complex cases, and ensure alignment with enterprise guidelines. Strong English/French communication is required for cross-Canada interactions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of life underwriting experience across multiple lines and channels.
• Authority to approve large life and critical illness risks as specified.
• Familiarity with risk assessment tools and direct to consumer tools and how they affect mortality/morbidity.

Responsibilities

• Direct and lead the redesign of programs for mortality and morbidity risk within the underwriting framework.
• Develop performance metrics to ensure compliance with underwriting guidelines.
• Assess experience and report findings with recommended corrective actions.
• Serve as expert resource for complex underwriting cases and make final decisions within authority.
• Review policies as Second Line of Defense to ensure compliance with guidelines.
• Provide updates to leadership on non-compliances and risk findings.
• Build relationships with Global Underwriting, Product, Pricing, and Reinsurance teams.
• Support method changes and communicate key findings to underwriting leadership.

Skills

Underwriting

Risk assessment

Leadership

Bilingual EN/FR

Decision making

Communication

Tools

AI risk tools

Automation workflows

Job description

Sun Life is seeking a Director, Corporate Underwriting Analytics and Digital Risk in a hybrid work model. The role oversees mortality/morbidity risk within underwriting, partners with global risk teams, and drives changes in risk methodologies.

You will use advanced underwriting tools, lead complex cases, and ensure alignment with enterprise guidelines. Strong English/French communication is required for cross-Canada interactions.