Advisor Journey Innovation Manager shaping discovery, business cases, and delivery recommendations. Improving Advisor experiences for Sun Life’s financial-security and health-focused clients.
Responsibilities
Lead complex and ambiguous opportunities from problem framing through discovery, recommendation, business casing, prototyping, and transition into delivery
Lead research and discovery activities to understand Advisor, business, operational, and stakeholder needs
Analyze evidence and identify gaps requiring research, validation, or stakeholder input
Collaborate on current-state and future-state journey maps, service blueprints, opportunity maps, capability views, and other discovery artifacts
Design and facilitate workshops focused on problem framing, needs, assumptions, opportunities, risks, and next steps
Synthesize qualitative and quantitative information into insights, themes, hypotheses, experience implications, and opportunity areas
Frame solution-led requests into problem statements, desired outcomes, hypotheses, assumptions, decision questions, and discovery plans
Lead options analysis and develop evidence-based recommendations explaining trade-offs, risks, dependencies, and unresolved questions
Lead or coordinate business cases, including cost-benefit analysis, expected benefits, success measures, risks, dependencies, delivery-cost assumptions, and recommended actions
Partner with Finance, Technology, business sponsors, and subject-matter experts to validate assumptions, costs, benefits, feasibility, and value realization
Translate complex analysis into concise executive decision materials
Translate validated findings and approved recommendations into capability definitions, high-level requirements, success measures, delivery guardrails, and transition materials
Support transition from discovery into delivery and maintain business and journey continuity
Provide direction, guidance, and mentorship to Business Systems Analysts
Review and strengthen problem statements, discovery plans, process maps, options analyses, requirements, recommendations, and leadership materials
Contribute to reusable discovery practices, templates, standards, knowledge sharing, and improvements to team ways of working
Identify and align business, Advisor-facing, operational, technology, finance, risk, legal, compliance, change, and delivery stakeholders
Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, Journey Owners, Product Owners, Business Systems Analysts, Technology Leads, Architects, CXO partners, and delivery teams
Communicate issues, assumptions, risks, dependencies, ownership gaps, and escalation decisions
Tailor communication and facilitate discussions that move stakeholders from ambiguity to shared understanding, recommendation, ownership, and action
Present findings and recommendations in clear, concise, decision-oriented language
Maintain awareness of relevant business and technology developments and identify collaboration, reuse, or integration opportunities
Requirements
Significant experience in strategic discovery, business design, journey or service design, product management, business analysis, management consulting, innovation, digital transformation, business architecture, or a related discipline
Demonstrated experience leading ambiguous, cross-functional business initiatives from problem definition through recommendation, business casing, and transition into delivery
Strong knowledge of Advisor or business journeys, digital and operational capabilities, Agile delivery concepts, and the relationship between business outcomes, user needs, technology feasibility, operational readiness, compliance, risk, and value realization
Experience conducting or directing user and stakeholder research, producing discovery artifacts, and translating findings into business recommendations
Experience coaching or providing functional guidance to Business Systems Analysts or other analysis professionals
Experience in financial services, insurance, wealth, distribution, Advisor channels, or another regulated environment is preferred
Strong problem-framing and structured problem-solving skills
Ability to lead options analysis and business-case development
Ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative information into clear insights, recommendations, and decision materials
Ability to balance user desirability, business viability, technical feasibility, operational readiness, risk, and strategic alignment
Strong facilitation skills
Sound judgment and comfort making progress when information is incomplete and priorities are evolving
Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive storytelling skills
Ability to influence senior business and technology stakeholders without formal authority
Ability to constructively challenge assumptions, surface trade-offs, and advocate for business and Advisor outcomes
Ability to establish clear guardrails, give practical direction, and enable others to move work forward
Post-secondary education in business, design, research, technology, product management, strategy, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Relevant certifications or education in product management, business analysis, design thinking, service design, business design, Lean UX, Agile, research, strategy, or finance are considered assets
Curiosity, a growth mindset, and willingness to challenge the status quo
Ability to work collaboratively in a non-hierarchical environment
Ability to remain effective in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, multiple stakeholders, and frequent context switching
Bias toward evidence, practical recommendations, measurable value, and action
Benefits
A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
A collaborative and interactive team environment
Being part of our journey in developing the next greatest digital experience
Working together, sharing common values and encouraging growth & achievement
Joining a reputable organization with over 150 years of history
Certified Great Place to Work in Canada in 2026
Hybrid work environment with flexibility to work from the office and virtually based on business, Client, and employee needs
Eligible employees participate in various discretionary incentive plans
Accommodation support during the application process
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