Senior Technical Recruiter (Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant)

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.

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We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Technical Recruiter to drive full-cycle recruitment across complex, high-impact technical roles mid to senior roles. This role is ideal for a deeply technical talent expert who combines strong market insight, a powerful talent network, and a consultative approach to partnering with the business.

You are energized by the craft of recruiting, proactive in talent scouting, and continuously evolving your understanding of emerging technologies, skills, and market trends.

What will you do?

Strategic Talent Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders, shaping hiring strategies aligned to business priorities

• Provide market intelligence on talent supply, compensation, and competitive landscape

• Influence role design, leveling, and hiring decisions with data-driven insights

Technical Talent Delivery

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for mid to senior-level technical roles across engineering, data, cloud, and emerging tech domains

• Translate complex technical requirements into targeted sourcing strategies

• Deliver high-quality, diverse talent pipelines with a focus on both speed and quality

Proactive Talent Scouting & Network Building

• Build and leverage a strong, active network of top-tier technical talent

• Develop creative sourcing strategies across platforms, communities, and passive channels

• Continuously map and engage talent pools aligned to future business needs

Market & Trend Expertise

• Stay ahead of emerging technologies, skills, and talent trends (e.g., AI, cloud, data, cybersecurity)

• Bring forward insights to inform workforce planning and hiring strategy

• Act as a thought partner in shaping long-term talent strategies

What do you need to succeed?

• Proven experience recruiting for technical roles at mid to senior roles

• Strong technical acumen with the ability to deeply understand roles across engineering, data, and digital domains

• Demonstrated success in proactive sourcing and talent scouting, not just inbound recruiting

• A well-established network within technical talent communities

• Experience operating in a consultative, business-facing role, influencing stakeholders at multiple levels

• Strong market knowledge across talent trends, compensation, and competitive dynamics

• High ownership mindset, with a passion for delivering exceptional candidate and stakeholder experiences

• 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 Sets You Apart

• You love recruiting you are curious, energized, and constantly refining your craft

• You stay ahead of the market and bring fresh, informed perspectives

• You balance data-driven decision-making with strong intuition and relationship building

• You thrive in complexity and bring structure, clarity, and confidence to hiring decisions

Success in Role Looks Like

• Building high-quality pipelines for hard-to-fill technical roles

• Direct to Consumer Organizations, staffing agencies in the technical space and/or corporate experience

• Influencing hiring decisions through insightful, data-backed consultative guidance

• Strengthening our access to top talent through proactive engagement and networks

• Elevating the overall technical hiring capability of the organization

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 [email protected].

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! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

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.

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