Manager. Climate Strategy

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Job Description:

Sun Life’s Climate Strategy and Performance team acts as a central resource across the business for GHG emissions data collection, inventory and analysis, delivering on enterprise-wide emissions reporting and third-party assurance, monitoring performance against climate-related objectives, and enabling the creation of climate resilience roadmaps and enterprise-wide climate resiliency strategy. This central climate team works closely with sustainability teams from across Sun Life’s business groups, business units and regions in which we operate.

The Role

Sun Life is looking for a new team member to join our Climate Strategy and Performance team to support climate strategy development and implementation, working directly with the Director of Enterprise Climate Strategy.

Our ideal candidate is passionate about sustainability and has experience working in the development and implementation of climate and environment strategy. This team member will have responsibility in partnering with teams across the business to define climate-related goals and develop roadmaps to achieving those goals, bringing together key considerations such as climate-related risks and opportunities, data-based decisions, best practice and external benchmarking, key business drivers, and more.

What you will do:

• Establish and deliver climate resiliency roadmaps in collaboration with business groups and drive the coordination of climate-related strategies across the enterprise, including developing metrics to measure outcomes against both internal objectives and external benchmarks

• Advance the enterprise’s climate resiliency strategy, integrating climate-related strategic work from across the organization into an enterprise approach in line with business priorities and strategic objectives

• Engage with key stakeholders across the enterprise to identify and embed climate resiliency efforts into each business’ strategic plans and support in the establishment of new processes to report on progress against plans

• Partner with teams within the broader sustainability function including climate risk, performance, governance, reporting, among others to coordinate and craft enterprise strategic priorities pertaining to climate change

• Lead enterprise strategy on participation within the Voluntary Carbon Market and execute annual purchases with partners

• Provide insight and advice on best practices pertaining to climate resilience planning including awareness of voluntary and regulatory climate strategy and disclosure requirements, and providing direct support to preparing sustainability-related reporting and disclosures

• Create and support the review of enterprise-wide climate-related communication materials, including internal communications and external publications and reports

• Support across the team with evolving climate-related deliverables and projects as required

What you will need to succeed:

• Five or more years' experience in a sustainability or related role; financial services experience is a plus

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in climate change and environmental sustainability including strategy development and reporting

• Excellent research, analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong ability to assimilate complex climate-related issues and distill into succinct points relevant to the organization.

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Demonstrated strength in project management and ability to coordinate and organize internal and external stakeholders

• Well-organized and self-motivated, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines, both independently and as part of a team

• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with colleagues and achieve outcomes through influence and collaboration

What's in it for you?

• Time off giving you the flexibility to focus on the moments that matter including 20 vacation days per year

• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family

• Pension Plan participation starts immediately, and you are automatically enrolled. We help you save more with Sun Life automatic and matching contributions and by including both your salary and bonus when making

• contributions.

• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

• Flexible hybrid work model

• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives

• A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture

• We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2025 Best Workplace in Canada by Great Place to Work® Canada

• Sun Life ranked one of the 2024 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World on the Corporate Knights’ 2024

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to [email protected].

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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