City : North York

Category : Full-time

Industry : Finance

Employer : Sun Life Financial

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Description de poste:

The Secure Web Platform Engineering Director will be responsible for the strategy, talent planning, technical deliverables, release planning, operations and health for the Sun Life secure Web Platform.  This role will initially start off as a role to support the Canadian secure web platform and will evolve to include providing secure web best practices and tools for the broader Sun Life organization globally. 

The Secure Web Platform Engineering Director will report to the Assistant Vice-President, Web Platform and Software Engineering.

This role also encompasses leading an Innovation team focused on finding new and innovative ideas in the support of web and Alexa voice applications, keeping ahead of new technology capabilities and vendors.

Within this role you will be supporting the recruiting, coaching and mentoring of staff to develop a high performing, highly motivated and engaged team of professionals that are assigned to the Secure Web Platform. 

As a key member of the Software Engineering leadership team, you will have the opportunity to influence and collaborate in the definition of key secure Web delivery processes, lead in creating and bringing to life innovative secure Web and Alexa voice ideas and be a critical force in the successful delivery of business solutions onto the Web Platform.  

As a leader on the Software Engineering team, the Secure Web Platform Engineering Director will coordinate a team of highly skilled and collaborative individuals across multiple locations, including People Leaders, Secure Web Software Engineers/Developers, Scrum Masters and Business Systems Analysts.  The Secure Web Platform Engineering Director will be passionate about agile, motivating change and making it happen, championing a culture of continuous improvement and valued delivery to our teams.

The Secure Web Platform Engineering Director will support programs such as new hire on-boarding, talent development, retention and succession planning.  As part of the Software Engineering leadership team, the ideal candidate will play a significant role in ensuring a positive work culture while growing and retaining talent in the Software Engineering organization.  Critical to the success of this role, the Secure Web Platform Engineering Director will be measured by stability and security of the Secure Web Platform, talent retention, employee engagement, alignment with the Digital Solutions DevOps and DevSecOps programs, financials for the Secure Web Platform and successful business feature releases.  

The Secure Web Platform Engineering Director will be a key force in the delivery of high profile Secure Web Platform development, research and innovation projects.

What you will do: 

• Establish the strategy (including the multi-year Secure Web roadmap), create and report on the objectives and key results, identify the staffing needs and develop the execution plan for the Secure Web Platform.
• Be the Product owner and lead the Secure Web Platform squads and the technical deliverables.
• Be the Product owner and lead the Secure Web and Alexa Innovation team.
• Accountability for the security of the Secure Web Platform, driving the remediation of identified security risks.
• Establish and evolve Secure Web Platform practices to ensure compliance with audit, security and risk guidelines and policies.
• Lead and/or support global Secure Web initiatives.
• Contributing and/or adopting global Secure Web re-usable assets.
• Accountable for the planning and achieving the Secure Web Platform financials.
• Work effectively with third party vendors to manage the software and services related to the Secure Web Platform.
• Engage Technical Delivery leaders and Software Engineering leadership to collaborate on the strategy and plans for the Secure Web Platform.
• Champion an agile mindset, being transparent and adaptive to create a high-performing team culture.
• Promote and enforce the use of DevOps technical practices and tools.
• Implement strong Release Management practices aligning to the Sun Life change management processes.
• Coach and mentor staff to develop a highly motivated and engaged team of professionals.
• Support the talent hiring and retention for the Secure Web Platform.
• Contribute to the performance plans and objectives that recognizes talent and provides honest, direct employee feedback in a timely manner. 
• Promote a learning environment to develop team member skills that align with industry developments and organization goals.
• Build team agility by assessing and anticipating knowledge/skill gaps and driving knowledge transfer and/or skill development.

What you need to succeed: 

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a relevant field.
• Able to navigate organizational change and strategize a direction forward for the Secure Web Platform organization.
• An effective communicator at all levels within the organization, in both structured and non-hierarchical, informal structures.
• Have a mindset of a test and learn attitude, a bias for action and a passion to innovate.
• Multi-tasker, has positive energy and attitude to work in a fast paced team environment.
• Strong collaborator with cross-functional teams from technology, design, business and operations.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• A self-starter - able to contribute while influencing the technical direction. 
• Conflict and issue resolution and escalation experience.
• Passion to challenge the status quo and drive out-of-the-box ideas.
• Experience in talent management supporting recruitment and selection, performance management, performance development and coaching, reward and recognition.
• Strong leadership skills - comfortable managing large cross functional technical teams, staff and project issues in multiple locations.
• Belief in a culture of interaction, transparency and trust in teams.  Able to build a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety and trust.
• Good analytical skills with the ability to assess alternatives, risks and benefits while focusing on the attention to detail.

What’s in it for you?

• Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the US - 2022
• Great Place to Work® list for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork - 2022
• Named “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor - 2021
• Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
• Flexible hybrid work model including in-country work-from-home if you prefer. #LI-Hybrid.
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• 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
• Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience.
• Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data
• A common sense dress code, where you decide how you dress based on your day
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

L’échelle du salaire de base est pour l’emplacement principal du poste affiché. Elle peut varier selon l’emplacement du candidat sélectionné et d’autres facteurs. En plus du salaire de base, les employés admissibles de la Financière Sun Life participent à différents programmes de rémunération incitative, dont le montant octroyé est discrétionnaire et dépend du rendement de l’employé et de la compagnie. Certains postes de vente participent à des programmes de rémunération incitative basés sur les résultats de vente individuels ou de groupe. 

Depuis toujours, la diversité et l'intégration sont au cœur des valeurs de la Financière Sun Life. Nous croyons qu'un effectif diversifié ayant des points de vue variés et des idées créatives est avantageux pour nos clients, pour les collectivités où nous exerçons nos activités, ainsi que pour nous tous, en tant que collègues. Nous accueillons avec enthousiasme les candidatures de personnes compétentes provenant de tous les horizons.

Les personnes handicapées ayant besoin de mesures d'adaptation pour présenter leur candidature et celles qui doivent consulter les offres d'emploi sur un support de substitution peuvent envoyer leur demande par courriel à l'adresse ‘thebrightside@sunlife.com’.

À la Sun Life, nous voulons créer un environnement de travail flexible où nos employés sont outillés pour donner le meilleur d’eux-mêmes. Nous offrons plusieurs options de travail flexibles selon les exigences du poste et les besoins individuels. N’hésitez pas à en discuter pendant le processus de sélection.

Nous remercions tous les candidats de l'intérêt manifesté pour ce poste. Nous ne communiquerons qu'avec les personnes qui auront été retenues pour passer une entrevue.

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