Senior Risk & Data-Driven Business Analyst

Sun Life; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Benefits

Hybrid work model

Diversity & Inclusion programs

Job summary

Sun Life, Toronto-based hybrid organization, is seeking a Senior Risk Business Analyst to join Corporate Risk Operations. You will bridge business stakeholders, AI teams, and IT, converting needs into clear requirements, data attributes, and backlog items for iterative delivery.

Responsibilities include leading discovery sessions, prioritizing backlog with the Product Owner, and supporting agile ceremonies to improve risk management, data quality, and reporting outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience with third-party risk management, technology and cyber risk management, or related enterprise risk domains.
• Strong data visualization, analytics, reporting, and dashboard development skills including data lake/warehouse concepts.
• BA/PM/Scrum/Agile certifications or practical experience with these methods.
• Experience supporting AI, automation, workflow, digital transformation, or process optimization initiatives.
• Experience working with vendors, matrix organizations, and multi-site virtual teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirement discovery sessions with stakeholders; document scope, risks, and success criteria.
• Elicit and translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, and data requirements.
• Prioritize backlog items with the Product Owner; define acceptance criteria and release considerations.
• Support agile ceremonies and ensure business readiness and value delivery.
• Apply mapping, data quality and validation concepts to guide data integration and reporting.
• Review designs, test strategies, and rollout plans for alignment with requirements.
• Triage requests, provide estimates, and track delivery priorities across teams.

Skills

Third-party risk management

Data visualization

BA/PM/Agile

AI/automation experience

Stakeholder management

Tools

Archer

ServiceNow

Job description

Sun Life, Toronto-based hybrid organization, is seeking a Senior Risk Business Analyst to join Corporate Risk Operations. You will bridge business stakeholders, AI teams, and IT, converting needs into clear requirements, data attributes, and backlog items for iterative delivery.

Responsibilities include leading discovery sessions, prioritizing backlog with the Product Owner, and supporting agile ceremonies to improve risk management, data quality, and reporting outcomes.