Rotational Leadership Development Programs
What is the Rotational Leadership Development Program?
Sun Life offers 5 Rotational Leadership Development Programs (RLDP). These programs attract, retain and develop the best talent in the industry. Through these programs, we hire a select group of graduates we hope will become the future leaders of our business.
The Rotational Leadership Development Programs offer the opportunity to rotate through different roles within Sun Life. When you're hired into a program you'll start in one of our major locations. Subsequent roles could involve relocation to other Canadian cities. If you’re looking for a program that provides a thorough understanding of the financial services business and helps assess and define your career goals, consider the Rotational Leadership Development Program.
Rotational Leadership Development Programs:
Read about the 5 Rotational Leadership Development Programs available and decide which one is best for you.
Program description
Develops future, cross-functional business leaders by providing meaningful career experiences, enabling participants to explore and become versatile, well-connected leaders.
Rotations
Rotate through 3 different roles over a 3 year period
Business lines
Supports all businesses in Sun Life, including; group benefits, Canadian operations, finance, individual insurance and wealth, group retirement services, client solutions, human resources, marketing, Sun Life Financial Quebec, Sun Life Global Investments and International Investment Centre
Career path
Leads to a range of challenging roles across all lines of business in Sun Life to accelerate your path to becoming a future general manager or business leader
Hiring locations
Toronto, Waterloo and Montreal
Eligibility
If you are in a Commerce or Business or Engineering program that will be completed by the spring of the following year, you are eligible to apply for this program
Program description
Develops specialized information technology professionals within a leadership path
Rotations
Rotate through 3 different roles within a 24 month period
Business lines
Supports all businesses in Sun Life and Sun Life Investment Management in North America, Europe and Asia
Career path
Leads to a range of challenging roles in future focused information technology fields
Hiring locations
Toronto, Waterloo
Eligibility
If you are in an Engineering, Computer Science or Business program that will be completed by the spring of the following year, you are eligible to apply for this program
Program description
Develops future asset managers and investments leaders for the Sun Life Investment Management Group of Companies
Rotations
Rotate through 3 different roles over a 3 year period
Business lines
Private fixed income, public fixed income, real estate, mortgages, derivatives, bonds, trading, research, third party sales & service
Career path
Leads to a range of exciting opportunities in asset management, portfolio management and general investments management
Hiring locations
Toronto, Waterloo
Eligibility
If you are in a Commerce or Business program that will be completed by the spring of the following year, you are eligible to apply for this program
Program description
Develops risk management and compliance professionals who apply risk management frameworks and draw on broad regulatory knowledge
Rotations
Rotate through 3 different roles over a 3 year period
Business lines
In Canada and globally; individual and group insurance, wealth management, pensions and asset management
Career path
Leads to a range of industry leading risk management and compliance roles across all lines of business and enterprise risk management
Hiring locations
Toronto, Waterloo
Eligibility
If you are in a Commerce or Business program that will be completed by the spring of the following year, you are eligible to apply for this program
Program description
Develops future sales professionals by becoming experts in group benefits products and services, evaluating risk and pricing
Rotations
Rotate through 2 roles in a 12 to 30 month period
Business lines
Group benefits, group underwriting, business development in Group Benefits
Career path
Small market account executive, mid/large market account executive, sales management
Hiring locations
Placements Canada wide with training programs in Toronto, Montreal and Calgary
Eligibility
If you are in a Commerce or Business program that will be completed by the spring of the following year, you are eligible to apply for this program
How do I apply?
Sun Life recruits for this program each September, posting available positions and hosting campus events throughout the month at a number of universities. Contact your career centre for specific dates and locations.
If you attend a university that Sun Life does not visit, we encourage you to apply online through the month of September
