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Job description (heading) /  Description du poste (titre)

• Strategic Portfolio Manager supports the end-to-end management of Sun Life Indonesia’s strategic initiative portfolio, ensuring strong governance, execution discipline, and value delivery.
• Reporting to Head of Strategic Transformation, this role sits at the center of strategy and execution helping prioritize initiatives, track delivery, and support leadership in making informed decisions.

Preferred skills (heading) / Compétences particulières (titre)

• Strong portfolio and program management skills
• Able to turn strategy into clear actionable plans
• Data-driven with clear structured reporting
• Confident with influencing stakeholders and aligning teams
• Strong ownership and accountability
• Able to drive adoption

Qualifications (heading) / Compétences (titre)

• 8-10 years of experience in Transformation, Program or Portfolio roles
• Bachelor's or Mater's degree in business, engineering, or a related field; MBA, PMP or Agile certification is a plus
• Proven experience in managing multiple cross-functional initiatives at the same time
• Experience in insurance, financial services, or large-scale transformation environments is preferred
• Background in top-tier consulting (Big 4 or strategy firms) is highly valued, ideally with exposure to transformation, operating model design, or portfolio management
• Strong experience in change management - able to drive adoption through stakeholder engagement, clear communication, and embedding new ways of working

Responsibilities (heading) / Responsabilités (titre)

• Strategic Portfolio Governance & Oversight
  • Lead implementation and continuous improvement of portfolio governance frameworks, processes, and tools
  • Manage strategic portfolio ensuring alignment to business priorities and execution capacity
  • Drive initiative prioritization sequencing, and dependency management
• Delivery Oversight & Execution Discipline
  • Provide active oversight of key strategic initiatives, ensuring delivery against milestones, scope, and targets
  • Identify and manage cross-functional dependencies and systemic risks across initiatives
  • Challenge initiative owners on progress, risks, and recovery plans where required
  • Support initiative owners in driving execution discipline
  • Support and drive change management and adoption efforts across strategic initiatives, ensuring business readiness and sustained outcomes
• Portfolio Insights & Executive Reporting
  • Translate portfolio data into clear, decision-oriented insights for CEO and SteerCo forums
  • Develop and maintain weekly / monthly portfolio dashboards and reports
  • Highlight trade-offs, risks, and decisions required from leadership
• Benefits Realization & Financial Governance
  • Own benefits tracking and realization discipline across the portfolio
  • Ensure initiatives are aligned to defined business cases and value outcomes
  • Monitor budget vs actuals and drive accountability on value delivery
• Stakeholder Management & Executive Engagement
  • Partner closely with business heads and functional leaders
  • Facilitate portfolio governance forums and decision-making processes
  • Influence stakeholders to maintain execution discipline and alignment

At Sun Life, we cultivate a High-Performance, Caring Culture that empowers our people to achieve outstanding results, embrace continuous growth, and create meaningful impact. We succeed together by fostering an inclusive environment where wellbeing, collaboration, and accountability are equally valued.

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