Innovation Consultant

Employment Type:

Existing Role

Working Business Language:
English. This role is considered a head-office role and will be required to communicate with internal stakeholders across Canada where the primary business language utilized is English.

Salary:
At Wawanesa, salary is only one component of a holistic, comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our employees. In addition to salary, full-time and part-time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan, leave of absence top-up programs and are provided with generous vacation time, personal days, premium free benefits and a pension plan. The salary offered for this role is estimated to be within the following range: $85,000 - $115,000.

Candidates with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply.

About Us:

At Wawanesa, we offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from any of the following locations:
Winnipeg, MB;
Vancouver, BC;
Calgary, AB;
Edmonton, AB;
Toronto (North York), ON;
Kitchener, ON;
Montreal, QC;
Moncton, NB;
Dartmouth, NS. The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company ('Wawanesa Mutual'), founded in 1896, is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, with over $3.5 billion in annual revenue and assets of $10 billion (CAD). Wawanesa Mutual, with its National Headquarters in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada, and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada.

Wawanesa proudly serves more than 1.7 million members in Canada, and we are home to more than 3,300 employees distributed across the Canadian regions and communities where we operate. We give back to organizations that strengthen communities, donating more than $3.5 million annually to charitable organizations, including over $2 million annually in support of people on the front lines of climate change.

We are also proud to be recognized as one of Manitoba’s Top Employers. To learn more visit

We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.

As part of Wawanesa’s Strategy & Innovation team, the Innovation Consultant works collaboratively to identify key areas for innovation and develop strategies that create new opportunities and add value for our business, brokers, and policyholders. In this role, you will contribute to a broad spectrum of strategic research and innovation projects in partnership with senior leaders and stakeholders from across the organization.

You’ll build insights into emerging consumer, technology, and industry trends, and work cross-functionally to build strategies that help to address the needs of our members today and in the future and enable our long-term success.

As an Innovation Consultant, you are passionate about innovation, have a knack for sourcing information and backing up your findings with data, and can synthesize large volumes of information into compelling reports and presentations for senior leadership.

• Under moderate supervision, conduct research and analysis on high-value consumer, technology, and industry trends to support innovation across the insurance value chain.
• Leverage a strategic mindset and structured approach in contributing to the identification of emerging signals and threats, evaluation of business value and impact, and prioritization of innovation opportunities.
• Prepare and deliver compelling business artifacts and presentations that ensure the effective communication of learnings and promote openness and collaborative knowledge sharing across the organization.
• Contribute to regular insight gathering, monitoring, and reporting on developments in insurance, including industry mega-trends, emerging products and business models, and competitive intelligence.
• Participate in innovation initiatives and assist business…