Chief Medical Officer - Global Medical Team

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💵 $161.6k - $258.6k / year

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1865

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Description

• The Chief Medical Officer, Global Medical Team role offers an opportunity to apply your clinical expertise and leadership skills to shape Sun Life’s medical underwriting strategies. • This position will contribute to the strategy of identifying and implementing innovative enhancements and efficiencies to our underwriting approach by using analytics. • Responsible for researching medical conditions of importance to insurance underwriting. • Will suggest enhancements to our global proprietary guidelines and approaches. • Lead a team of MDs across the global Sun Life enterprise to maintain exemplary service standards. • Responsible for maintaining an industry presence, building networks and relationships with partners. • Ensure the company remains at the forefront of underwriting by monitoring and reviewing changing medical science. • Translate complex medical research into underwriting guidelines. • Provide education to Sun Life Global Underwriting teams.

Requirements

• MD with 10-15 years of insurance medicine experience. • Board certified in insurance medicine preferred. • Experience in the Asian, Canadian and American insurance markets. • Extensive knowledge of Insurance Medicine and Life Insurance, Clinical Medicine and Human Pathology. • Medical degree from an accredited medical school in United States, Canada or equivalent. • Strong mathematical acumen and at a minimum, a basic understanding of Insurance Pricing. • Extensive industry knowledge of medical underwriting and risks associated with various parts of the world. • Statistical analysis skills and a familiarity with statistical tools and research methodology. • Strong background in technical and medical research with technical writing skills. • Specialist certification in Internal Medicine or related sub-specialty such as Cardiology is desired, but not a requirement. • Experience in clinical medical practice. • Experience in revising underwriting guidelines and consulting on underwriting manuals is an asset, but not a requirement. • Ability to actively monitor and review changing medical science with an ability to recognize its applicability to insurance medicine. • Must be adaptable and able to quickly understand insurance medicine and how its focus differs from clinical medicine and research. • Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. • The ability to work as part of a small team, both in a leadership role and as a contributing member is critical. • Creative problem solving skills. • Flexibility of thought and openness to new ideas. • The ability to motivate and maintain a positive work environment is vital. • Ability to read, write and speak in languages in addition to English (such as French, Mandarin or Cantonese) is desirable.

Benefits

• Excellent benefits and wellness programs to support the three pillars of your well-being – mental, physical and financial – including generous vacation and sick time. • Market-leading paid family, parental and adoption leave. • A partially-paid sabbatical program. • Medical plans, company paid life and AD&D insurance as well as disability programs and more. • Retirement and Stock Purchase programs to help build and enhance your future financial security including a 401(k) plan with an employer-paid match as well as an employer-funded retirement account. • A flexible work environment with a friendly, caring, collaborative and inclusive culture. • Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the U.S. • Named as a “Top 10” employer by the Boston Globe's “Top Places to Work” two years running.