Bilingual External Wholesaler, Western Region - Regional Sales Director, Asian market

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:

Location: Vancouver

What will you do?

• Drive sustained sales growth in the Asian market by strengthening existing business-partner relationships and developing new ones.

• Analyze market penetration and sales performance, then execute regional insurance strategies and tactics to achieve targets and increase market share.

• Identify and qualify production sources whose values and client focus align with Sun Life.

• Serve as a trusted resource to channel business partners by promoting Sun Life’s value proposition, products, and services.

• Generate and advance individual insurance case work with distribution partners as part of the regional distribution team.

• Deliver seminars and workshops that educate channel partners, employees, and clients about Sun Life's individual insurance product shelf and the broader financial services industry.

• Maintain current knowledge of local markets and competitive activity.

• Support the Regional Distribution Vice-President in developing and executing regional strategic and tactical plans for Asian market MGAs.

• Conduct all business-development activities in accordance with Sun Life policies, procedures, budgets, and external regulatory requirements.

• Keep contact-management records, activity tracking, and case-work documentation accurate and up to date.

• Continue industry-related professional development to strengthen knowledge and skills.

What do you need to succeed?

• Demonstrated ability to deliver measurable medium- to long-term sales results.

• Insurance-industry experience, including specific wholesaling experience with individual life and health products and a strong reputation with business partners.

• Sound judgment and maturity when making decisions that support business partners and benefit Sun Life.

• Written and verbal fluency in Mandarin as well as English

• Strong communication and presentation skills for partner meetings, seminars, and workshops.

• Practical case-design and risk-management capability.

• Proficiency with relevant software and internet applications.

• Strong teamwork and alignment with Sun Life’s Client First culture.

• Excellent organization, planning, expense management, and activity-analysis skills.

• Initiative and the ability to contribute ideas that benefit the team and region.

• Recognized business and industry qualifications; at least one of the CLU or CFP designations is expected, with both preferred.

What's in it for you?

• Being a member of the Sun Life family, a group of people united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees 
achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.
• A caring, supportive, and inclusive culture

• In 2025, Sun Life ranked among the top 100 most sustainable global corporations by Corporate Knights for
the 16th consecutive year, leading Canadian insurers.

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.

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.

Salary Range:

110,000/110 000 - 180,000/180 000

Job Category:

Sales - SIP

Posting End Date:

11/09/2026