Director, Distribution Channel Marketing

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About the role

  • Sun Life director leading advisor marketing, channel enablement and advisor experience across wealth and insurance. Driving advisor engagement, product adoption, client acquisition and sales growth.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategy, planning and optimization of advisor-focused marketing, channel enablement and advisor experience initiatives across wealth and insurance businesses
  • Translate business and product priorities into integrated strategies that strengthen advisor engagement, product adoption, client acquisition and sales growth
  • Lead three people leaders and their teams across advisor marketing, channel strategy, learning, events and enablement
  • Establish and lead an integrated advisor marketing and enablement strategy across wealth and insurance channels
  • Translate business, distribution and product priorities into coordinated advisor engagement plans
  • Serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders across Distribution, Marketing, Product, Sales and Advisor Development
  • Set direction for advisor experience and enablement programs, including continuing education, webinars, conferences, events and scalable learning experiences
  • Provide strategic leadership and governance for integrated marketing plans, campaigns and advisor communications
  • Establish performance measures connecting marketing investments to advisor engagement, adoption, pipeline, sales impact and advisor satisfaction
  • Lead and coach people leaders and teams while overseeing budgets, resource allocation, operational performance and compliance with brand, legal, regulatory and governance requirements

Requirements

  • 10 or more years of progressive experience in financial services marketing, distribution strategy, channel marketing, advisor enablement or sales enablement
  • Five or more years of people leadership experience, including experience leading people managers and their teams
  • Experience leading integrated marketing and enablement programs in wealth management, insurance, banking or another financial services environment
  • Experience developing advisor-facing growth, engagement or capability-building strategies and leading complex initiatives involving senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
  • Knowledge of advisor distribution models, client acquisition and retention, sales enablement, advisor development, campaign strategy and performance measurement
  • Experience managing budgets and using data, insights and defined performance indicators to connect marketing investments with business outcomes
  • Ability to communicate recommendations to senior leaders, influence across organizational boundaries, align partners around shared priorities and lead through change
  • Bilingualism (French and English, both oral and written) required for Quebec only
  • Experience supporting both wealth and insurance businesses is an asset
  • Experience developing advisor conferences, continuing education programs, thought-leadership events or advisor learning initiatives is an asset
  • Exposure to distribution, wholesaling or field leadership organizations is an asset

Benefits

  • Opportunities to own your career development through continuous learning, skill-building and coaching
  • A caring, supportive and inclusive culture
  • A collaborative and interactive team environment
  • Wellness programs that support mental, physical and financial health
  • Choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on business, client and employee needs
  • Eligible employees participate in various discretionary incentive plans, subject to individual and company performance

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$130,000 - CA$180,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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