Director leading Sun Life’s enterprise AI architecture, governance, and investment roadmaps. Aligning financial-services AI initiatives with regulation, business outcomes, and scalable platforms.
Responsibilities
Define and maintain the enterprise AI architecture strategy
Establish target-state AI domain architecture and multi-year roadmaps
Create AI reference models, standards, principles, policies, and guardrails
Align AI strategy with enterprise business strategy, technology strategy, and operating model
Establish visibility into AI investments across global business units
Identify duplication, fragmentation, risk, and technology overlap
Drive enterprise-wide reuse and strategic consolidation of AI capabilities
Guide investment decisions toward scalable enterprise platforms and services
Own enterprise AI standards, approved technologies, architecture patterns, and reference architectures
Chair and influence AI architecture governance forums
Evolve enterprise controls governing AI deployment, autonomy, human oversight, security, risk, and compliance
Oversee exception management and architecture decision processes
Develop centralized AI roadmaps supporting business capabilities and strategic priorities
Coordinate roadmap activities across business groups and technology organizations
Assess emerging technologies and define adoption strategies
Advise executives on AI strategy and investment planning
Communicate AI opportunities, risks, and architectural direction
Facilitate alignment between business leaders and technology organizations
Present architecture recommendations to leadership and governance bodies
Establish Responsible AI architecture principles
Ensure compliance with regulatory expectations, model governance, privacy obligations, and risk frameworks
Drive transparency, explainability, accountability, and human oversight standards
Partner with Risk, Security, Compliance, Legal, and Data leaders to mature AI governance
Build and mentor an AI architecture community
Develop AI architecture practices, methodologies, and knowledge-sharing programs
Support Solution Architects and Domain Architects in adopting enterprise standards
Define measures for AI investment value realization
Track enterprise outcomes and adoption trends
Evolve roadmaps based on outcomes and feedback
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or related field
10+ years of architecture leadership experience
5+ years leading enterprise AI, data, analytics, digital transformation, or emerging technology domains
Proven experience defining enterprise technology strategies and roadmaps
Experience influencing senior executives and large-scale investment decisions
Experience within highly regulated industries, preferably insurance, wealth management, banking, or financial services
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide architecture programs and governance functions
Deep expertise in Generative AI, Agentic AI, automation, large language models, AI platforms, orchestration frameworks, and enterprise AI operating models
Strong understanding of architecture governance, roadmaps, standards management, risk, security, and business capability planning
Exceptional executive communication capability, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
Strong planning, prioritization, and governance management skills
Ability to connect AI investments to business outcomes, productivity gains, client experience improvements, operational efficiency, and risk reduction
Master's degree preferred
Advanced architecture certifications preferred
AI-specific certifications highly desirable
Benefits
Competitive salary and bonus program, based on market scale
Flexible group insurance program starting on your first day of work
Time off that allows you to focus on the moments that matter most
20 vacation days per year
Share Ownership Program with employer matching contributions
A warm, supportive, and inclusive culture
Flexible work environment with the choice to work from the office and virtually
Supportive, flexible, and inclusive work environment
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