Talent Acquisition Program Specialist

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.
At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.
When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives.
Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.
Job Description:
The Talent Acquisition (TA) team is seeking a highly organized, curious, and action-oriented professional to play a key role in supporting Talent Acquisition programs, technology, executive operations, and financial administration. Working across Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Technology, and Risk teams, you will lead and support initiatives that enhance the experience of candidates, hiring managers, and recruiters while ensuring operational excellence across the function.
This role combines program management, recruiting technology enablement, governance, and financial administration, with opportunities to contribute to innovative solutions including and emerging AI-powered capabilities. The ideal candidate enjoys solving problems, improving processes, leveraging technology, and driving meaningful outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
What will you do?
Support the administration, optimization, and continuous improvement of Talent Acquisition programs, processes, and technology platforms to enhance recruiter, hiring manager, and candidate experiences
Manage Talent Acquisition documentation, knowledge management resources, training materials, interview guides, process maps, SharePoint content, and operational standards to support consistency and adoption across the function
Support the deployment and adoption of recruitment technologies, AI-enabled capabilities, and future technology solutions through testing, communications, training, and change management activities.
Coordinate Talent Acquisition operational governance, including key controls, audit readiness activities, compliance monitoring, reporting requirements, system access management, and process documentation
Manage Talent Acquisition financial and administrative activities, including purchase orders (POs), invoice processing, budget tracking, vendor spend management, headcount reporting, and related operational support
Develop reports, dashboards, and actionable insights to measure program effectiveness, technology adoption, recruiting performance, and operational outcomes, enabling informed business decisions
What do you need to succeed?
3+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Operations, Program Management, Technology, or a related field
Experience supporting technology implementations, process improvements, change management initiatives, or operational programs
Strong analytical skills with experience developing reports, dashboards, and business insights
Proficiency including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and Copilot
Strong project coordination, organizational, and stakeholder management skills
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment
As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only as the position reports to a unilingual English-speaking manager outside Quebec
What's in it for you?
The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
We’re committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment. Our goal is to make sure all our employees have the chance to live up to their full potential
We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2025 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work® Canada
We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work®, for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental health
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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.
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:
65,000/65 000 - 98,000/98 000
Job Category:
Human Resources
Posting End Date:
18/10/2026