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Company: Manulife

Location: Toronto, ON

Job description: We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. Discover how you can grow your career, make impact and drive real change with our Winning Team today.

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Job Description

Join our Group Benefits Technology Leadership Team!

How will you contribute:

Reporting to the VP, Head of Group Benefits (GB) Technology you will own the roadmap and day-to-day delivery for GB Experience value stream. You will have accountability for leading the development and execution of key digital properties including the Plan Member site, Plan Administrator site, GB Mobile application, and Health platform; delivering on our ambition to become a digital customer leader.

Leading a high caliber team of technology professionals and champion technology thought leadership to drive organizational change which are critical to the successful delivery of the overall GB Technology Strategy. Provide direction, oversight & program leadership to the GB Experience technology teams ensuring timely and efficient deployment of applications, mitigating technical debt, and ensuring systems are safe, sound, and secure. This role will have a thorough understanding of the various the digital product roadmap and will work collaboratively with the product team.

Key Accountabilities:

• Deliver on Technology specific financial and Strategic Cost Management (SCM) targets.
• Partner with GB Product Ownership to develop technology roadmaps to deliver on business strategy and market requirements.
• Represent and lead the development, testing, implementation, and delivery of large-scale technology solutions with adherence to Global Strategy standards and accountable for Key Performance & Key Risk Indicators as well as Outcomes and Results.
• With input from business leaders and Value Stream Partners, lead the prioritization of work efforts within, and across, Value Streams while ensuring technical priorities are given equal focus keeping systems safe, sound, and secure
• Recruit, retain and empower an impactful technology team that is highly engaged, proactive and business outcome focused.
• Model our Manulife values to drive the ongoing change required to evolve Canadian Technology organization; develop and drive a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Manage talent across the team for development and succession and rotate expertise throughout the team.
• Manage key vendor relationships and contracts.
• Achieve and sustain employee engagement scores.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of 10+ years of hands-on technology leadership experience developing and driving technology strategies for large scale organizations.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, management of information systems or equivalent experience.
• A high degree of business insight in the GB operations or financial services function, in addition to, demonstrated leadership experience, operating in a multi-location environment with the ability to work with multiple collaborators across all levels of the organization.
• Shown leadership skills, along with strong program and project management capabilities and experience leading engineering teams in a diverse, highly regulated, marketing focused growth business.
• Strong communication skills, including ability to translate complex technical issues into fundamental concepts coupled with highly effective influencing skills.
• Strong relationship building skills to build effective working relationships with Business Units and Global teams.
• Strong vendor management experience and skills with demonstrated success establishing long-term cost-effective partnerships.
• Ability to build a progressive technical team that drives and enable changes.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to deliver actionable recommendations that drive business and technical value. Ability to translate analyses using mediums to drive comprehensible recommendations (e.g.: dashboards, graphics, summaries, etc.)
• Skilled player-coach able to foster a high-performance culture and develop individuals to stretch their competencies.

Other Technical Competencies:

• 7+ years of prior full stack experience including JavaScript, React & Redux for application development and Node.js, GraphQL, and Apollo for microservice service development.
• Experience with Restful API development.
• Experience in C#.Net and/or JAVA J2EE to support, integrate and/or upgrades of our other applications.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service required.
• Experience managing work within a DevOps environment, including Build tools, CI/CD Pipelines, Source Control is required. Tools include Jenkins, SonarQube, Snyk, Github.
• Experience with CosmosDB or NoSQL database is a plus.

Technical Leadership:

• Software engineering practices & approaches.
• Agile Methodologies and experience with Delivery processes.
• Solution Focused – focused on results and leads team to deliver solutions that deliver business & technology value.
• Technology Savvy – highly capable and informed on technology, demonstrating innovative ideas to and deliver results with the future in mind.

Leadership Attributes:

• Change Enablement.
• Solution Focused; capable of delivering results, leading a diverse technical team.
• Ability to communicate at all levels to both technical and non-technical partners.
• Leading with Excellence and Drive; Motivated and driven to getting things done to a high standard.
• Influence & Persuasion.
• Collaboration.
• Transparent leadership.

Working Condition:

• Some travel as required. Occasional International.
• Primary staff locations are Waterloo, Toronto (Canada), Manila (Makati) (International)

What can we offer?

• A competitive salary and benefits packages.
• A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
• A focus on growing your career path with us.
• Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
• Professional development and leadership opportunities.

Our commitment to you:

Values-first culture
We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.

Boundless opportunity
We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.

Continuous innovation
We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.

Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.

Championing Corporate Citizenship
We build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact .

Salary & Benefits

The annual base salary for this role is listed below.

Primary Location Toronto, Ontario

Salary range is expected to be between $123,400.00 CAD – $229,300.00 CAD

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.
Manulife is a financial services provider focused on making decisions easier and lives better for customers and colleagues around the world. They are committed to environmental initiatives and community investments and are looking for a leader in their Group Benefits Technology team. They are seeking someone with strong communication, leadership, and technical skills to deliver large-scale technology solutions and lead a high-caliber team. The company offers competitive salaries and benefits, a values-first culture, and opportunities for growth and development. Manulife is an equal opportunity employer and offers customizable benefits to eligible employees. The position is based in Toronto, Canada, with an expected salary range of $123,400 – $229,300 CAD.
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Job date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 06:48:11 GMT