Director, Engineering

2 weeks ago


Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Manulife Full time

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.

Are you looking for your next step as an Engineering Leader? We are evolving our Insurance Technology team, with the mandate to power world-class customer and employee experiences through software and engineering skills.


We are seeking a self-motivated Director, obsessed with delivering value, is forward-thinking, and excited to see the successful implementation of the products, frameworks, and patterns delivered.

Lead multi-functional engineering teams, dedicated to building and supporting Insurance Technology systems
Employ re-usable and extensible frameworks, reference implementations and patterns and build new functionality to deliver on key product objectives
Deliver an exceptional user experience, through the delivery of products and services with strong and extendable architectural design
Guide and motivate the development of engineering staff within your team as well as focus on overall team engagement
Maintain and support these services, with accountability for production reliability and usage, and the delivery of new functionality
A deep, hands-on, background in modern software development and practices
~ An entrepreneurial spirit and comfort working within a rapidly changing startup environment; you love the challenge of working on a small team and being part of a larger movement to change the engineering culture of an enterprise
~ Strong project management experience (planning, estimation, building roadmaps, hiring and building your teams for required deliverables, etc.)
~ Familiarity with agile and DevOps principles, test-driven development, continuous integration, and other approaches to accelerate the delivery of new features
~ Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities that enable you to manage through creative abrasion
~ Strong verbal and written communication with the ability to effectively articulate and communicate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes across all levels in the organization
~ Languages such as React, NodeJS, AKS and Azure platform

As we accelerate our delivery of world-class experiences, we know embracing open source technologies will help us get there.

Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career. * We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services. * Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Championing Corporate Citizenship

We build a business that benefits all partners and has a positive social and environmental impact.


Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better.

We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. 0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.We trade as 'MFC' on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under '945' in Hong Kong.

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity.

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.


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.

00 CAD - $200,070.00 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.



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