Director, Global Program Delivery

Permanent Full Time 

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Canada Life is currently looking for a Director, Program Delivery Office to join our team. This role is located in London or Winnipeg and may require occasional travel within Canada, Europe and the U.S.  This is your opportunity to join one of Canada's Top 100 employers working with a dedicated group of professionals focused on improving the physical, mental and financial well-being of Canadians.  At Canada Life customers are at the centre of what we do.

If you have experience developing collaborative team environments and relationships, can quickly recognize and diagnose cross portfolio and program related issues and can navigate the complexities of global and regional programs, this is the role for you!   The Director, Program Delivery Office is going to be primarily accountable for a multi-year, global program to modernize our finance platforms and working alongside both the global program leadership team as well as regional leaders.  This role will also be accountable for keeping our overall portfolio on track by creating and maintaining an integrated portfolio view. Reporting to the VP, Global Program Delivery Lead, the successful candidate will be accountable for the following:

Accountabilities:

• Development and maintenance of an integrated global business change and implementation plan to support finance modernization
• Fostering collaboration between teams on the overall implementation. Complex stakeholder navigation and collaboration is required to transcend the global/local stakeholder relationships and the three functional (IT, Actuary, Finance) pillars.
• Coordinate and track overall progress and own progress reviews and required workshops; maintains a portfolio view of the global program, including related Lifeco Controller Group projects.
• Partner with Technology leaders to ensure a cohesive, integrated delivery roadmap
• Lead finance modernization business project managers and administrators to support the program and successful delivery
• Coordinating the project plans from the modernization Project / Program Managers and integrating them.
• Coordinating the issues, risks and co-dependencies across the work streams and creating risk mitigation strategies, as appropriate
• Communicate overall program status, progress, and issues to Steering Committee and leadership. Provide key program inputs into Board Audit Committee and OSFI reporting
• Integrate workstreams, identifies synergies, and flags and addresses interdependencies or conflicts.
• Work closely with change management and communication partners to ensure a holistic change and communications plan is developed and integrated with overall global plan
• Facilitate VP level decision-making.
• Work with workstream leaders to ensure program metrics are appropriate and comprehensive.
• Maintain dashboards and other program management tools.
• Accountable for program controls and governance
• Provides governance, methodologies, frameworks, etc to the Project / Program Managers that support the work streams

Qualifications and Competencies:

• University degree in business desirable
• Minimum 10 years of practical business experience
• Program management skills
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Strong networking and influencing skills
• Strong relationship building skills; embraces and encourages collaboration
• Unquestionable personal code of ethics, integrity, diversity and trust; embraces a culture of trust and complete transparency
• Experienced in conflict resolution and identification of synergies between programs
• Organizational agility; experience working on projects that span multiple organizations and business units
• Strong analytical capability
• Strong sense of ownership to ensure progress towards goals; results-orientation
• Ability to successfully navigate within varying degrees of ambiguity in a fast-paced, unstructured environment
• Ability to adapt and draw from a range of experience
• Challenger mindset and passion to challenge status quo to change ‘normal’ way of thinking in the organization
• Financial modeling and budget planning experience

Given the size and scope of our organization, we have the flexibility for this position to be located in the following head office locations: London (ON) and Winnipeg (MB).

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The base salary for this position is between  $92,100 - $162,000 annually.  This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc).  If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Be your best at Canada Life- Apply today!

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

Together, as part of a great team, you’ll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It’s our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that’s trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing.

Canada Life serves the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we’re one of Canada’s leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations. 

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee has the opportunity to reach their potential. 

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Canada Life policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact talentacquisitioncanada@canadalife.com.

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

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