Senior Consultant, Process Transformation

Sun Life Financial, Inc.

$80K — $128K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • University degree with 3-5 years in management consulting, process improvement, or transformation roles.
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage risks.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, adaptable to different audiences.
  • Experience with automation, AI, and visualization tools like Power BI, Pega, and Blue Prism.
  • Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification, or equivalent experience.
  • Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
  • Understanding of Generative AI use cases in a business context.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build operating models for various business areas.
  • Structure ambiguous business problems with clear statements and actionable work plans.
  • Drive initiatives from analysis to measurable outcomes with minimal oversight.
  • Lead stakeholder workshops and assess current states to identify opportunities.
  • Simplify processes to make them ready for automation and AI implementation.
  • Identify and define use cases for automation and AI, creating feasibility roadmaps.
  • Collaborate with data and technology teams to create AI-enabled solutions.
  • Communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to engage in high-priority transformation initiatives.
  • Flexible Benefits from Day 1 to accommodate family needs.
  • Recognition as one of Canada’s top 25 companies to work for by LinkedIn.
Full Job Description

Job Description:

The Lean Transformation team works with business leaders to optimize processes, transform operating models, and identify opportunities for automation and AI-enabled solutions. Serving Sun Life’s DBTS, Corporate, and Canadian Business Units, the Senior Consultant, Process Transformation will combine a consulting mindset, Lean Six Sigma toolkit, and experience with automation and Generative AI to drive process improvement and digital transformation.

This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, takes ownership from day one, and is energized by working on complex enterprise priorities. You will partner with senior business and technology leaders to bring structure to ambiguous problems, simplify how work gets done, and translate Lean, automation, and AI into measurable business outcomes.

What will you do?

  • Design and build operating models for various business areas which includes defining the process, people and system capabilities needed to meet business goals.

  • Bring structure to ambiguous business problems by defining clear problem statements, workplans, success measures, and practical recommendations

  • Drive initiatives forward with minimal direction, ensuring progress from analysis to decision-making, pilot, implementation, and measurable outcomes

  • Independently lead stakeholder workshops and current-state assessments to surface pain points and opportunities; prioritize use cases, and define target state process designs

  • Redesign and simplify processes to make them automation/AI-ready by reducing variability, clarifying decision points, and eliminating non-value-added steps

  • Identify and prioritize automation and AI/Gen AI opportunities, defining success measures, feasibility and roadmaps from pilot to scale

  • Partner with data and technology teams to translate optimized processes into AI-enabled solutions, including intelligent workflows and autonomous agents

  • Communicate complex ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

What do you need to succeed?

  • Self-starter with strong ownership; bias for action and ability to operate independently

  • University degree with 3-5 years of progressive experience in management consulting, process improvement, operational excellence, or transformation roles

  • Superior written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to all organizational levels

  • Strong project management orientation with the ability to independently prioritize work, manage risks and dependencies, and maintain momentum

  • Strong data analysis and visualization skills with the ability to translate insights into practical recommendations

  • Experience with automation, process mining, AI and visualization tools such as Power BI, Power Apps, Pega, Blue Prism etc

  • Exposure to Generative AI and/or agentic AI use cases in a business context, including evaluating suitability, defining use cases, or supporting implementation

  • Advance proficiency in core business tools including Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio

  • Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification, or equivalent experience

What's in it for you?

  • Opportunity to work on high-priority transformation initiatives with visibility across DBTS, Corporate, and Canadian Business Units

  • Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data

  • Joining one of Canadas top 25 companies to work for, as recognized by LinkedIn

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


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.


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.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

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

Salary Range:

80,000/80 000 - 128,000/128 000

Job Category:

Business Analysis - Process

Posting End Date:

10/09/2026

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