Vice President – Head of Talent Management & Learning

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.

At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.

When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives.

Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

Build the leadership and capabilities that will shape our future

We are looking for an enterprise-minded talent leader to shape and deliver Sun Life Indonesia’s talent, succession, learning and capability agenda. Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, you will work with the Senior Management Team, HR Business Partners and colleagues across Asia and Corporate to strengthen our leadership pipeline, build future-ready skills and bring clear insight to enterprise talent and capability risks. You will help turn regional and global frameworks into practical solutions that reflect Indonesia’s business, workforce and regulatory context.

What you will lead

• Set and govern the multi-year enterprise talent, succession, learning and capability strategy, roadmap, standards and investment priorities.
• Lead critical-role identification, enterprise talent reviews, successor slates, readiness assessment and succession-risk reporting.
• Create differentiated leadership and learning portfolios for executives, successors, people leaders and emerging talent, with clear measures of learning transfer, behaviour change and business impact.
• Own the enterprise skills taxonomy, proficiency standards, future-skills mapping and capability heatmaps.
• Translate capability gaps into integrated build, buy, borrow and targeted talent-mobility recommendations that support future workforce needs.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to turn enterprise talent, learning and skills priorities into practical solutions that support business performance.
• Represent Indonesia in the Asia talent community, contribute market insights to regional priorities and support cross-market and Corporate initiatives.
• Provide the Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Management Team with trusted talent intelligence, dashboards and evidence-based recommendations.
• Lead the Talent Management and Learning team and govern the portfolio, budget, controls, partners, vendors and responsible use of talent data.

What success looks like

• Stronger succession coverage, diverse successor slates and improved readiness for critical roles.
• Visible progress in closing priority capability and future-skills gaps.
• Leadership and learning investments that translate into meaningful behaviour change and business outcomes.
• Timely, trusted talent insights that help leaders make inclusive, evidence-based decisions.
• A strong Indonesia contribution to Asia and Corporate talent priorities, supported by disciplined portfolio, budget, vendor and data governance.

What you bring

• Typically 10–15 years of progressive experience across talent management, succession, capability, leadership development, organizational development or learning.
• Demonstrated ownership of enterprise talent, succession, learning or capability portfolios, including executive facilitation and people leadership.
• Experience translating regional or global frameworks into effective market solutions and influencing senior stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Strong strategic judgement, consulting, analytics, facilitation, portfolio management, commercial and vendor-management capability.
• A commitment to inclusive leadership, caring for our people, evidence-based decisions and responsible stewardship of sensitive talent data.

Role focus and interfaces

This is a market Talent Centre of Expertise and enterprise delivery role, combining functional strategy and governance with hands-on leadership of succession, learning, leadership development and capability priorities. You will work closely with HR Business Partners and business leaders to understand business needs and put enterprise solutions into practice. HR Business Partners retain accountability for performance management, employee experience, engagement, culture, employee relations and common internal mobility, while this role leads targeted talent mobility linked to succession and capability needs.

Why join us

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. In this role, you will help bring this commitment to life for our people—shaping an enterprise talent and capability agenda, influencing senior leadership decisions and building the leadership pipeline and future-ready skills that will support Sun Life Indonesia’s growth.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. At Sun Life, we are committed to creating an inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone can contribute, grow and thrive. Location, employment terms and application instructions should be confirmed with Talent Acquisition before publication.

Job Category:

Human Resources

Posting End Date:

29/01/2027