Innovation Advisor

Build Your Future With Us

Are you passionate about innovation, emerging technologies, and transforming business models? Do you want to contribute to the purpose of a company that helps its clients feel confident and secure about their future while playing a role in the evolution of one of Canada’s leading financial services organizations?

As an Innovation Advisor, you will play a key role in identifying, evaluating, and experimenting with new opportunities that enable iA to create value today while preparing for tomorrow’s disruptions. You will act as a catalyst between business units, technology teams, external partners, and the innovation ecosystem to accelerate the adoption of new ideas, technologies, and ways of working.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to showcase your expertise and fully realize your potential within a caring and trusted organization. Here, people and their development are at the heart of everything we do, creating an environment that fosters collaboration and innovation. This role combines strategic thinking, hands-on experimentation, and change enablement to support the organization’s transformation and growth.

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What You Will Accomplish With Us

As an Innovation Advisor, you will be at the heart of our mission. Key responsibilities include:

• Monitoring emerging trends in insurance, financial services, artificial intelligence, customer experience, and new business models, assessing their potential impact on iA’s operations, and identifying the most promising innovation opportunities for the organization.
• Identifying, defining, and structuring high-potential innovation initiatives, designing and supporting proof of concepts (POCs), proof of values (POVs), and pilot projects, while evaluating their business value, feasibility, and scalability.
• Acting as a strategic advisor to leaders and teams, co-facilitating ideation, design thinking, and problem-discovery workshops, supporting business units in developing business cases and innovation roadmaps, and facilitating the adoption of innovative solutions.
• Developing and maintaining a network of external partners, including startups, universities, incubators, accelerators, investment funds, and technology providers, evaluating potential solutions and partners based on organizational priorities, and representing iA at innovation-related events.
• Promoting a culture of innovation and continuous learning by sharing successes, lessons learned, and best practices, contributing to the evolution of innovation methods, processes, and performance indicators, supporting the governance of the innovation portfolio, and measuring the value and outcomes generated by innovation initiatives.

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What Could Accelerate Your Success in This Role

We are looking for someone who:

• Is recognized for their intellectual curiosity, strong analytical and critical thinking skills, and keen interest in artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and the evolving insurance industry.
• Stands out for their strategic mindset, ability to connect business needs with technological opportunities, and strong focus on value creation and results.
• Demonstrates a high level of influence without formal authority, thrives in ambiguity and rapidly evolving environments, and collaborates effectively in a culture of experimentation and continuous learning.
• Is recognized for their ability to communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences, build consensus among stakeholders, and deliver compelling presentations to support decision-making and innovation initiatives.
• Has 8 to 10 years of experience in innovation, strategy, digital transformation, product development, technology, or innovation project and portfolio management. Experience in the financial services or insurance industry is considered a strong asset, as is graduate-level education or additional training in innovation, entrepreneurship, strategy, or digital transformation.
• Possesses advanced proficiency in both English and French, as the role requires daily interactions, presentations, collaboration, and influencing activities with various business units and stakeholders across the organization, including some unilingual English-speaking partners. This is essential to understand their vision, respond to their needs, influence decision-making, and successfully lead innovation initiatives.

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Why you’ll love working with us

• A work environment where learning and development merge with a collective pursuit of excellence;
• A healthy, safe, fair, and inclusive environment where potential can be freely expressed and developed;
• The opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, supported by flexibility and access to inspiring and innovative workspaces;
• Competitive benefits: Flexible group insurance, competitive pension plan, stock purchase plan, vacation and wellness/personal development days, telemedicine, employee and family assistance program, ergonomic furniture program, performance bonus, discounts on iA products, and much more!

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Apply now and get ahead of your career, where your talent really belongs!

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Still unsure about applying?

At iA, we believe in potential and value diverse experiences. If this role inspires you, go ahead and apply – your place might be with us, and we want to get to know you!