Software Engineering Manager

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

Our teams are dedicated to providing the services and technology to help customers achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier. Through innovation and collaboration, we're striving to continually find new and better ways to bring value to Sun Life.

We are currently seeking a Software Engineering Manager to manage a team of highly skilled and collaborative individuals across multiple geographies, to deliver on our Canadian digital strategy. This position will report to the Software Engineering Director for Canadian IT.

What you will do

As a servant leader, manage structure and people within a team of Java and .NET software engineers.

• Coach and mentor staff to develop a high performing, highly motivated and engaged team of professionals.
• Effectively hire and retain talent (full-time, offshore, third-party), with a long-term resourcing focus.
• Monitor and evaluate performance by providing timely and regular feedback on personal and team goals.
• Track and monitor financial information for key activities, as required.

Develop and manage organizational expertise within the software engineering discipline.

• Work with delivery partners to evolve roadmaps with expected outcome.
• Guide and assist with our digital transformation to deliver on our client purpose.
• Collaborate with peers to define and evolve standards and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with those standards and best practices.

Develop and manage capabilities of team members through coaching, training, and mentoring

• Ensure teams have the necessary equipment and tools to successfully meet commitments
• Promote a learning environment to develop team member skills, aligning with industry trends and organization goals.
• Build team agility by assessing and anticipating knowledge/skill gaps and driving knowledge transfer and/or skill development across the engineering domain.
• Focus on the growth and development of practitioners and ensure alignment across the practice.

What you will need to succeed

• 5+ years of experience in Talent Management – recruitment and selection, onboarding, coaching, performance management and development.
• Demonstrated management and expertise with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies in a distributed development environment.
• Software design knowledge and experience with application, data, security and infrastructure is a bonus.
• Strong technical and business acumen.
• *Travel may occasionally be required to Montreal, Toronto and/or Waterloo.
• As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada or worldwide.

What’s in it for you

• Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the US.
• Named 2021 “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor
• Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
• We’re proud to be a Best Workplace for Hybrid Work by Great Place to Work® Canada
• An environment of continuous learning and improvement
• Wide range of career growth opportunities within our team and the company
• Competitive salary structure in an outcome-based environment, influenced by market range data
• Flexible hours and periodic work from home options

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 thebrightside@sunlife.com.

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible 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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