Director, Insurance Operations

Location: Toronto, ON

At CI, we see a great place to work as one that is a safe place for everyone to have a voice, where people are empowered to take ownership over meaningful work, where there is an opportunity to grow through stretching themselves, where they can work on innovative products and projects, and where employees are supported and engaged in doing so.

CI Financial is seeking a Director, Insurance Operations to lead the modernization and ongoing performance of our Canadian individual life insurance Operations function.

This role combines daily operational leadership with a significant transformation mandate. You will strengthen case progression and carrier advocacy, build actionable Operations Intelligence, improve operational data and technology, develop differentiated advisor service, and lead an established team through sustained change.

This opportunity is suited to an insurance operations leader who has personally delivered meaningful change while remaining accountable for people, service quality, and daily results.

What You Will Do

• Lead the daily performance and modernization of Insurance Operations.
• Assess current services, processes, systems, operational data, capacity, and cross-functional handoffs.
• Lead the development and phased implementation of an approved future operating model aligned with CI’s insurance growth, advisor-support, and client-service priorities.
• Build Operations Intelligence that turns pipeline progression, aging, service levels, capacity, carrier performance, and financial information into clear actions and decision-ready recommendations.
• Strengthen case ownership, underwriting follow-up, carrier advocacy, escalation, delivery, placement, and oversight of complex, high-value, or aging cases.
• Develop practical pre-submission navigation and complex-case routing while preserving clear boundaries between operational support, insurance advice, and underwriting authority.
• Design differentiated advisor and in-force service models, including enhanced support where internal involvement adds meaningful value.
• Define operational technology, data, automation, and self-service requirements in partnership with Technology teams and vendors.
• Deliver practical improvements within the current operating environment while longer-term modernization work proceeds.
• Assess future capability requirements and recommend the team design, development priorities, and resources required to deliver the approved operating model.