Junior AI Strategy Analyst — Transformation & Exec Comms

Sun Life Financial; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Sun Life Financial is seeking a Junior Strategy Analyst to support the AI 4 IT Transformation Office, focusing on change management, AI adoption growth, and executive communications. You will partner with business and technology leaders to frame strategic recommendations and prepare executive-ready materials.

The role involves research, data analysis, workshop design, and tracking decisions across workstreams, plus ad-hoc project support.

Qualifications

• Preference for MBA students or undergraduate students who have completed two co-op terms already.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and technology leaders to solve ambiguous problems and develop recommendations for strategic decisions related to AI agents and agentic solutions.
• Conduct research, analysis, and synthesis across multiple initiatives to identify opportunities, risks, dependencies, and emerging trends.
• Develop executive-ready PowerPoint presentations, communication materials, and strategic recommendations for senior leadership audiences.
• Support key strategic initiatives across AI 4 IT workstreams by helping structure working sessions, synthesize stakeholder input, track decisions, and turn workshop outcomes into actionable next steps.
• Provide support on ad-hoc requests across the transformation office as needed (e.g. project management, risk and blocker resolution, workstream or initiative-specific asks).
• Change Management and Product Leadership: Support the design and execution of change management, communications, and adoption strategies that help scale agentic solutions across the organization.
• Apply strategic frameworks to identify adoption growth opportunities beyond initial target user groups.
• Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, and stakeholder discussions to gather requirements, drive alignment, and advance key initiatives.
• Analyze adoption, value realization, and operational metrics to generate insights and support data-driven decision making.

Skills

PowerPoint

Excel

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Research and analysis

Data visualization

AI tools familiarity

Education

MBA program or undergrad with two co-op terms

Business Management or Administration focus

Engineering/Technology/Mathematics background

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Job description

Sun Life Financial is seeking a Junior Strategy Analyst to support the AI 4 IT Transformation Office, focusing on change management, AI adoption growth, and executive communications. You will partner with business and technology leaders to frame strategic recommendations and prepare executive-ready materials.

The role involves research, data analysis, workshop design, and tracking decisions across workstreams, plus ad-hoc project support.