Sarah MacMaster

Director of Product Development @Sun Life

Montreal, QC, CA

Create and mature necessary processes, forums, and artifacts to maintain a structure evaluation and control framework for products throughout their full lifecycle.• Leverage evaluation processes and collaboration to aggregate the organization’s competitive knowledge and stance.• Create, communicate, and effectively present recommendations• Shape, plan, manage and implement various Product initiatives while ensuring alignment with internal partners and the business strategy• Facilitate close collaboration with internal stakeholders in crafting the composition and positioning of our Product offering to secure sponsor alignment on the strategy and execution of the initiatives. • Regular reviews and collaboration with compliance and legal to assess and implement regulatory framework appropriately• Complete risk reviews and acceptance for all product introductions, changes, and maintenance.• Develop and manage an integrated plan or roadmap of all activities• Identify, resolve, and escalate risks and issues to the appropriate stakeholders• Drive execution according to established drivers and success criteria• Monitor and report on progress and status of programs• Develop, implementing, or coordinate appropriate product introduction or change management strategies as required• Collaborate with and contribute to advocacy activities with governments and regulators on desired pensions/saving plans framework changes to services clients better in achieve their goals.• Participation with industry groups in review and providing edits to suggested framework changes or industry papers.

Marianopolis College

DEC, Commerce

Concordia University

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Anthropology, minor in Business Studies