Strategy director

2 months ago


Toronto ON, Canada Société Financière Manuvie Full time

Nous sommes un fournisseur de services financiers qui s’emploie à faciliter les décisions de nos clients et de nos collègues partout dans le monde et à les aider à vivre mieux. De nos initiatives environnementales à nos investissements dans la collectivité, nous montrons la voie en nous appuyant sur des valeurs, et ce, dans l’ensemble de nos activités. Pour nous aider à nous démarquer, nous vous aidons à progresser, parce que lorsque nos collègues sont en santé, respectés et vraiment valorisés, nous nous épanouissons tous. Découvrez comment vous pouvez faire progresser votre carrière, avoir une influence et susciter un réel changement avec notre équipe gagnante dès aujourd’hui.

Semaine de travail comprimée

Hybride

Description d’emploi

Job Description:

The Strategy Director is an integral contributor of the development, governance, and realization of Manulife Canada’s long-term strategy and vision. This role has an explicit focus on driving forward the strategy for the dedicated business unit, with direct accountability to the business unit Head and adjacent accountability to the Head of Canada Strategy & Transformation.

This influential and high-profile role will define, champion, and drive goals in alignment to the business unit’s strategic objectives and client/customer needs, providing the right data and insights at the right time to help stakeholders solve challenging problems. This role also delivers comprehensive, forward-looking advisory services to senior management, while maintaining an effective monitoring framework and process that will help ensure a successful execution on our strategy to achieve our objectives. The individual will work closely with Canada Strategy & Transformation team to enable efficient completion of Segment-led initiatives as the Strategy leader for the business unit.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker and a skilled communicator with the ability to make complex concepts simple and engaging for various audiences.

Key Accountabilities:

Strategic Analysis & Planning (40%)

  • Champions strategic goals of the business unit and influences direction and focus via thoughtful analysis of current state and alignment to Canada Segment strategy.
  • Drives strategic execution, in collaboration with Canada Segment and other partners, through annual planning, ad-hoc and monthly strategic reporting (such as business review) and change management activities.
  • Works with internal partners to gather critical information to deliver thoughtful recommendations to senior management on strategic planning and direction for the business unit.
  • Develops and prepares executive presentation materials, metrics and performance reports, and ad-hoc requests as needed including crafting analysis, conclusions, and facilitating associated actions.
  • Analyzes key business priorities, evaluates options to grow the business through organic and inorganic growth, and brings insight to generate executive action that creates value for the company.
  • Monitors industry trends, market positioning or competitive activity to inform strategy and plans.
  • Conducts external research on emerging trends, synthesizing recommendations, understanding the impact on the business, and ultimately presenting findings in a clear, concise, and decision-driven manner.

Delivery Execution & Reporting (40%)

  • Engages directly with executive / senior leaders and teams across the organization to create alignment on strategic initiatives.
  • As needed, develops delivery roadmaps across key strategic initiatives, embedding into relevant delivery tools including JIRA and Planview.
  • Maintains an inventory of the business unit’s strategic initiatives, monitoring their overall heath, financials, and key results via Manulife reporting tools such as the Global Initiatives App (GIA).
  • Serves as a subject matter expert on necessary governance procedures/approvals in alignment with Manulife standards, such as the Outcome Delivery Framework (ODF) and Delegation of Authority (DOA).
  • Supports ad-hoc and monthly portfolio management reporting (such as portfolio sync).
  • Manages the business unit’s portfolio-level intake process, understanding the impact of new items to the existing portfolio, and presenting recommendations in a decision-driven manner.
  • Provides proactive recommendations on tools and processes to drive enhancements across reporting and analytics.

Strategic Communications (20%)

  • Leads planning, developing, and deploying communications in support of strategy execution.
  • Leads internal communications strategies, such as all-colleague townhalls and offsites, and helps bring them to life.
  • Builds strategic partnerships with key business partners and across the Segment to gather and share relevant information.

This job description does not represent a comprehensive listing of job duties that are required of the employee performing this role.We reserve the right to change duties or assign additional duties at any time with or without notice.

Job Requirements:

  • 10 years of relevant, progressively senior experience.
  • Advanced degree in business or equivalent, experience in management consulting an asset.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills with ability to foster and maintain relationships in a matrixed, geographically dispersed organization.
  • Ability to set, manage and work to the expectations of stakeholders and to work independently as well collaboratively in a dynamic group.
  • Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, for varying audiences.
  • Strong Financial Services business acumen in a fast-paced high performing environment.
  • An aptitude for strategic, critical, and analytical thinking and effective conceptual, diagnostic, analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrated experience in the development and execution of a large-scale transformation strategic plans.
  • Demonstrated ability to break down complex problems into actionable steps and to create solutions where blueprints may not exist.
  • Receptive and adaptive to an evolving, fast-paced environment.

Competencies

  • Structures problems, analyzes data and presents complex findings in a clear, concise, and decision-driven manner.
  • Be a champion of collaboration, by proactively reaching out and working with relevant stakeholders to mobilize teams and bring all partners together through open dialogues to drive towards a common goal/approach.
  • Make complex concepts simple and engaging for various audiences.
  • Actively embraces change efforts and acts as a change agent to build awareness and vision.
  • Applies organizational savvy and business expertise to present and defend issues that have a direct and significant impact to the business.
  • Ability to quickly shift priorities.

Decision Authority

  • Day to Day operational decision-making authority
  • Prioritize and drive risk and issue resolution

À propos de John Hancock et de Manuvie

John Hancock est une unité de la Société Financière Manuvie, un groupe mondial et chef de file des services financiers qui aide les gens à prendre plus facilement des décisions et à vivre mieux. Nous exerçons nos activités principalement sous les noms John Hancock aux États-Unis et Manuvie à l’échelle mondiale, y compris au Canada, en Asie et en Europe. Nous proposons des conseils financiers ainsi que des solutions d’assurance et de gestion de patrimoine et d’actifs à des particuliers, à des groupes et à des institutions. Au 30 juin 2021, l’actif géré et administré par Manuvie et ses filiales se chiffrait à 1 300 milliards de dollars canadiens (1 100 milliards de dollars américains). La Société Financière Manuvie est inscrite aux bourses de Toronto (TSX), de New York (NYSE) et des Philippines (PSE) sous le symbole « MFC » et à la Bourse de Hong Kong (SEHK) sous le symbole « 945 ». Vous pouvez consulter le site de Manuvie à l’adresse manuvie.com.

John Hancock, une des plus importantes sociétés d’assurance vie aux États-Unis, offre à plus de 10 millions d’Américains une vaste gamme de produits financiers, y compris des produits d’assurance vie, de rente, de placement, ainsi que les régimes 401(k) et les régimes d’épargne-études. Pour de plus amples renseignements au sujet de John Hancock, rendez-vous à l’adresse

Manuvie est un employeur qui souscrit au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi

À Manuvie/John Hancock, nous embrassons notre diversité. Nous nous efforçons d’attirer, de perfectionner et de maintenir un effectif qui est aussi varié que nos clients, et de favoriser la création d’un milieu de travail inclusif qui met à profit la diversité de nos employés et les compétences de chacun. Nous nous engageons à assurer un recrutement, une fidélisation, une promotion et une rémunération équitables, et nous administrons toutes nos pratiques et tous nos programmes sans discrimination en raison de la race, de l’ascendance, du lieu d’origine, de la couleur, de l’origine ethnique, de la citoyenneté, de la religion ou des croyances ou des convictions religieuses, du genre (y compris grossesse et affection liée à une grossesse), de l’orientation sexuelle, des caractéristiques génétiques, du statut d’ancien combattant, de l’identité de genre, de l’expression de genre, de l’âge, de l’état matrimonial, de la situation de famille, d’une invalidité ou de tout autre motif protégé par la loi applicable.

Nous nous sommes donné comme priorité d’éliminer les obstacles à l’accès égalitaire à l’emploi. Un représentant des Ressources humaines collaborera avec les candidats qui demandent une mesure d’aménagement raisonnable pendant le recrutement. Tous les renseignements communiqués pendant le processus de demande de mesures d’aménagement seront stockés et utilisés conformément aux lois et aux politiques applicables de Manuvie/John Hancock. Pour demander une mesure d’aménagement raisonnable dans le cadre du recrutement, écrivez à recruitment@manulife.com.

Salaire et avantages sociaux

Le salaire de base annuel pour ce poste est indiqué ci-dessous.

Région principale

Toronto, Ontario

L’échelle salariale devrait se situer entre

$103,050.00 CAD - $185,490.00 CAD

Si vous posez votre candidature à ce poste en dehors de la région principale, veuillez écrire à recruitment@manulife.com pour obtenir l’échelle salariale correspondant à votre région. Le salaire varie en fonction des conditions du marché local, de la géographie et de facteurs pertinents liés au poste telles les connaissances, les compétences, les qualifications, l’expérience et l’éducation ou la formation. Les employés ont également la possibilité de participer à des programmes de motivation et de toucher une rémunération incitative liée au rendement de l’entreprise et au rendement individuel.

Manuvie offre aux employés admissibles une vaste gamme d’avantages sociaux personnalisables, notamment une assurance soins médicaux, soins dentaires, santé mentale, soins de la vue, invalidité de courte et de longue durée, assurance vie et assurance DMA, assurance adoption, de maternité de substitution et de soins médicaux non urgents ainsi que des programmes d’aide aux employés et leur famille. Nous proposons également aux employés admissibles différents régimes d’épargne-retraite (y compris des régimes de rente et un programme international d’actionnariat assortie de cotisations patronales de contrepartie) ainsi que des ressources en matière d’éducation et de conseils financiers. Notre généreux programme de congés rémunérés au Canada comprend les jours fériés, les congés annuels, les congés personnels et les congés de maladie, et nous offrons toute la gamme des congés autorisés prévus par la loi. Si vous posez votre candidature à ce poste aux États-Unis, veuillez écrire à recruitment@manulife.com pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur les dispositions relatives aux congés rémunérés spécifiques aux États-Unis.

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