Engineering Manager

Sun Life • Toronto, ON

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Prospr is Sun Life's digital front door for Canadians — startup velocity inside a Fortune 500. We're revolutionizing how Canadians access insurance and wealth solutions by building a platform that lets people buy products the way they want to: online in minutes or virtually via a team of trusted, licensed Advisors. We're not playing it safe. We're building with AI and creating omnichannel experiences — at the speed customers now expect. You lead the squad. Your team's success is your success. As Engineering Manager, you're accountable for a single squad's delivery, people development, and execution quality. You balance hands-on technical contribution with people leadership. You translate product requirements into executable work, own sprint commitments, and ensure your squad is healthy, productive, and shipping at startup velocity. You're accountable for how work gets done—sprint execution, code quality, team health, and delivery commitments. You'll lead the squad, working closely with Product Directors to drive business outcomes. For candidates with these preferred skills, exceptions beyond the usual salary range below may be possible.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in an Engineering Manager (or equivalent team leadership) role.
• Experience leading a single squad/team end-to-end (delivery, quality, reliability, and team health), with clear examples of outcomes.
• Hands on expertise with Java, React, Salesforce, and enterprise integrations
• Demonstrated ability to run team-level execution rituals (planning, sprint/flow management, dependencies, release coordination) and improve delivery predictability.
• Experience hiring, onboarding, and developing engineers (coaching, feedback, performance conversations)
• Technical credibility to guide design and implementation: comfortable with architecture discussions, code/design reviews, and raising the engineering quality bar.
• Proven partnership with Product and Design to shape scope, manage trade-offs, and communicate progress/risks clearly.

Nice To Haves

• Startup mindset—you know how to ship fast and iterate based on data
• Comfortable balancing hands-on technical work with management
• Strong at sprint planning, estimation, and execution in an Agile environment
• Comfortable having tough conversations about performance, growth, and accountability
• Detail-oriented without losing sight of business outcomes
• Able to context-switch between code reviews, 1:1s, and stakeholder management
• Protective of your team's time and focus while maintaining high throughput

Responsibilities

• Lead sprint execution and delivery commitments with full accountability
• Translate product requirements into clear, executable engineering work
• Directly manage developers—hiring, own their performance, growth, engagement, and career development
• Enforce engineering standards and code quality within your squad
• Stay technically credible—you code when needed and lead technical discussions
• Build and maintain a healthy squad culture aligned with Accelerator principles
• Remove blockers and manage dependencies with other squads, enterprise teams, and vendors
• Own day-to-day delivery coordination with Product, Design, and other squads
• Balance technical debt with feature delivery—you make the trade-offs
• Operate with startup velocity—fast iterations, continuous deployment, data-driven decisions

Benefits

• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
• A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
• Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience.
• Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed