Chief Medical Officer, Global Medical Team

Sun Life U.S. is one of the largest providers of employee and government benefits, helping approximately 50 million Americans access the care and coverage they need. Through employers, industry partners and government programs, Sun Life U.S. offers a portfolio of benefits and services, including dental, vision, disability, absence management, life, supplemental health, medical stop-loss insurance, and healthcare navigation. We have more than 6,400 employees and associates in our partner dental practices and operate nationwide.

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Job Description:

At Sun Life, we look for optimistic people who want to make life brighter for our Clients. We understand the value of diverse cultures, perspectives, and identities, and want you to bring your full and authentic self to work. Every day, you’ll be empowered and challenged by working with dynamic colleagues to find new and innovative ways to make Sun Life the best benefits company in America. 

The opportunity: The Chief Medical Officer, Global Medical Team role offers an opportunity to apply your clinical expertise and leadership skills to shape Sun Life’s medical underwriting strategies.

Reporting to the Corporate Chief Underwriter, this position will contribute to the strategy of identifying and implementing innovative enhancements and efficiencies to our underwriting approach by using analytics, as well as advances in medical science and technology delivering a more simplified purchase process for the customer and more favorable overall results for the company.

In addition to a focus on the Global marketplace, the Chief Medical Officer will be responsible at times for researching medical conditions of importance to insurance underwriting and consulting and collaborating with other members of the global offices of Sun Life to suggest enhancements to our global proprietary guidelines and approaches.

The ideal candidate is a licensed MD with minimum experience of 10-15 years of clinical practice in internal medicine or any sub-specialties or insurance medicine experience, sound understanding of an insurance companies various business operations, and expert knowledge of medical science, technology and their impact on mortality.

How you will contribute:

• Lead a team of MDs across the global Sun Life enterprise to maintain exemplary service standards and quality of work provided on case consultations to the Life Underwriters who hold a variety of approval limits, including large multi-million lines of coverage.
• Maintaining an industry presence, building and maintaining networks and relationships with internal and external partners and keeping informed of developing medical and technical advancements as well as an awareness of industry rules and regulations that may affect underwriting. Active participation in industry committees and working groups (ex. AIM Committee)
• Ensuring company remains at the forefront of underwriting by actively monitoring and reviewing changing medical science and translating its applicability to insurance medicine, conducting research, drawing conclusions and making recommendations appropriate for underwriting.
• Responsible for participating and developing the medical content of the proprietary underwriting manual WWUM (Sun Life World Wide Underwriting Manual). Translate complex medical research into underwriting guidelines.
• Consulting and providing input/content for underwriting-related marketing, educational and promotional materials for various health associated causes supported by Sun Life.
• Providing education to Sun Life Global Underwriting teams.
• Consulting with Underwriting audit team on case assessments.
• Acting as secondary liaison with reinsurance Medical Directors.
• Liaison for our high cost drug business to determine veracity, efficacy of newly approved (FDA) drugs for rare diseases.
• Providing medical support for the International divisions and corporate Chief underwriter.
• Work with medical directors across the enterprise to ensure adherence to corporate governance and create strong working relationship

What you will bring with you:

• MD with 10-15 years of insurance medicine experience
• Board certified in insurance medicine preferred
• Experience in the Asian, Canadian and American insurance markets
• Extensive knowledge of Insurance Medicine and Life Insurance, Clinical Medicine and Human Pathology
• Medical degree from an accredited medical school in United States, Canada or equivalent
• Strong mathematical acumen and at a minimum, a basic understanding of In