Company: Telus
Location: Toronto, ON
Expected salary: $99000 – 149000 per year
Job date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 23:30:43 GMT
Job description: DescriptionOur mission – what we’re up to at TELUS HealthTELUS Health has big ambitions and we’re working hard to achieve them. We’re on a mission to create a healthier world one life at a time. We have a new leadership team, and new organizational structure to better serve our customer groups. We’re building the capabilities to bring our strategic ambitions to life.Here’s the impact you’ll make and what we’ll accomplish togetherTELUS Health Strategy team is responsible for working collaboratively with each Business Unit (BU) to drive our corporate strategy, business planning, business unit strategy, and large-scale strategic initiatives that evolve the health portfolio. We are also responsible for providing strategic intelligence to the business to support corporate development, growth, and decision-making.We are looking for a Senior Strategy Manager to play a critical role in shaping the strategic direction of our organization. This position combines driving business unit (BU) strategies and delivering transformative organizational initiatives. The ideal person will act as a strategic partner to BU leaders, align priorities with corporate goals, and lead transformative efforts to uncover opportunities, improve performance, and enable growth. You’ll combine strong analytical skills with business acumen to deliver actionable insights and solutions that drive measurable impact. As a Senior Strategy Manager, reporting to the Head of Strategy, you will be a critical cross-functional change agent, working closely with both internal team members and external partners to shape the future of digital and physical health.Here’s HowThis role combines traditional strategy consulting skills with sharp financial and data capabilities to support business growth, market expansion, and strategic investments. You will play a critical role in shaping TELUS Health strategic direction and long-term vision.We’re looking to have a dynamic Senior Strategy Manager to join the Strategy team. As a Senior Strategy Manager, you will lead strategic planning, drive transformative initiatives and deliver data-informed insights that guide critical decisions. Here’s a sample of the exciting things you will be doing:
- Strategic Partnering and Execution: Build trusted relationships across the business, acting as a key advisor to leaders. You’ll translate long-term company goals into actionable roadmaps, perform gap analyses to identify strategic opportunities and ensure alignment between business units and corporate priorities. You’ll develop 3-5 year strategic plans that incorporate both market trends and competitive insights
- Insight Development and Financial Modelling: Leverage data to craft compelling strategies, evaluating new market opportunities, forecasting revenue potential and assessing investment cases. You’ll develop sophisticated financial models, conduct ROI and sensitivity analyses and create scenario planning models to evaluate trade-offs. Incorporate cost-benefit analyses into all major strategic projects to ensure alignment with value creation goals
- Driving Growth and Innovation: Identify whitespace opportunities, synthesize market trends, and monitor the competitive landscape to build business cases for new ventures or product rationalization. Participate in due diligence for strategic initiatives, evaluate business models, and explore automation and digital transformation to unlock untapped potential. Act as an “intrapreneur,” connecting dots across TELUS, TELUS Health, and TELUS International to surface new opportunities and foster collaboration
- Operational Excellence and Value Creation: Lead process improvement initiatives, identifying cost savings opportunities and implementing strategic cost-reduction programs. Optimize vendor and procurement strategies, including vendor consolidation, and establish best-in-class benchmarks across regions and business units. Design and maintain operational efficiency metrics, internal benchmarking systems and dashboards that provide actionable insights for leadership
- Collaborative Leadership: Manage cross-functional projects with a focus on stakeholder engagement, effective communication and timely execution. Balance day-to-day responsibilities with forward-looking initiatives while anticipating future needs and driving performance improvement
- Continuous Learning and Adaptability: Conduct targeted research, synthesize findings and adapt tools and methodologies to produce meaningful insights. Maintain a growth-oriented mindset, seeking professional development opportunities and applying innovative solutions to strategic challenges
By combining analytical rigour, strategic foresight and a growth-oriented mindset, you’ll help steer the organization toward its next phase of innovation and success.Please note that, depending on the selected individual, the title could be Strategy Manager or Senior Strategy Manager.QualificationsYou’re the missing piece of the puzzleYou are likely in a similar strategy or internal consultant role today, with many of the following abilities and expertise:
- You bring demonstrated, sustained experience developing strategy and market intelligence, preferably with consulting experiences, private equity, venture capital, healthcare or corporate wellness organizations
- You are known for your business acumen and have experience communicating at the executive level
- You are financial literate and possess numerical proficiency, including data analysis
- You are adept at constructing arguments using quantitative and qualitative data and are able to create structure in what may initially seem ambiguous (“navigating through the grey”)
- You are a skilled user of contemporary productivity tools, such as Google Docs (memos), Slides (PowerPoint), and Sheets (Excel)
- You have a degree and/or work experience in business, finance, psychology, behavioural economics, entrepreneurship, consulting, research or liberal arts
Great to haves:We are especially motivated to connect with individuals with one or more of the following:
- Healthcare sector experience
- French-English bilingualism or other multi-lingual, multicultural knowledge and abilities
By applying to this role, you understand and agree that your information will be shared with the TELUS Group of Companies’ Talent Acquisition team(s) and/or any leader(s) who will be part of the selection process.#LI-hybrid #LI-remoteSalary Range: $99,000-$149,000Performance Bonus or Sales Incentive Plan: 15%Actual total compensation will be determined based on factors such as knowledge, skills, performance, experience and location. Additionally, TELUS offers rewarding benefits, which may vary per job function, such as:
- Comprehensive total rewards package highlighting competitive salary and bonus structures, minimum 3 weeks of vacation, and flexible benefits plan to meet the needs of you and your family
- Flexibility to work in-office, virtually or a combination of both
- Generous company matched pension and share purchase programs
- Opportunity to give back to communities in which we work, live and serve
- Career growth and learning & development opportunities to develop your skills
- And much more …
A bit about usWe’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.You’ll find our engaging, high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging, and financially rewarding. We’re committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability. Your unique contributions and talents will be valued and respected here. When you join our team, you’re helping us make the future friendly.TELUS Health is an IT leader in Canada that focuses on the health sector. Our mission is to improve the way information is being used along the continuum of care to better the health of citizens in Canada and in selected countries.Disclaimer: In accordance with the TELUS Health Solutions Data Center Security Policy, as a condition of employment, all team members whose job functions require they work at a Data Center and/or have access to detailed knowledge of technology related to client service delivery, are subject to a Personnel Security Screening conducted through the Government of Canada.The health and safety of our team, customers and communities is paramount to TELUS. Accordingly, we require anyone joining our TELUS Health Care Centres to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.Note for Quebec candidates: if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team member will be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.By applying to this role, you understand and agree that your information will be shared with the TELUS Group of Companies’ Talent Acquisition team(s) and/or any leader(s) who will be part of the selection process.HealthWe’re looking for clinicians, programmers, product developers, sales and marketing people, customer support, and everyone in between. If you have a penchant for turning information into better health outcomes, then we want you to help us develop, implement and manage the most innovative healthcare solutions possible.We are honoured to be recognized21,166
Physicians using TELUS Health electronic medical records6,300
Pharmacies using our pharmacy solutions140 million+
Health claims processed using TELUS Health solutionsAccessibilityTELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.
TELUS Health Overview:
TELUS Health aims to create a healthier world by enhancing its health portfolio through strategic initiatives. With a new leadership team and organizational structure, it focuses on improving customer service and achieving its corporate goals.
Senior Strategy Manager Role:
The Senior Strategy Manager will play a vital role in shaping TELUS Health’s strategic direction by:
- Strategic Partnering: Collaborating with business unit leaders, translating company goals into actionable strategies, and developing long-term plans.
- Insight Development: Utilizing data for market evaluations and creating financial models to support decision-making.
- Driving Growth: Identifying new opportunities, evaluating business models, and fostering collaboration across TELUS entities.
- Operational Excellence: Implementing cost-reduction strategies and optimizing operational efficiencies.
- Collaborative Leadership: Managing cross-functional projects to drive performance improvements.
- Continuous Learning: Staying adaptable and seeking professional development opportunities.
Qualifications:
Candidates should have experience in strategy development, financial literacy, and effective communication, ideally with a background in healthcare. Bilingualism and multicultural knowledge are advantageous.
Benefits and Culture:
TELUS offers a competitive salary, performance bonuses, flexible working arrangements, and a commitment to diversity and community service, fostering a culture focused on innovation and positive health outcomes.
