Manager Underwriting

4 weeks ago

Waterloo Ontario ML, City of Toronto, Canada Manulife Insurance Malaysia Full time

Time Type: Full time

Posted on: Posted Yesterday

Job Requisition ID: JR24030933

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.

Working Arrangement: Hybrid

Job Description

The Opportunity:

Manulife’s insurance business is a multifaceted and industry-leading area that includes a world-class underwriting organization. The Underwriting team is growing We are looking for a high-energy, passionate, customer-obsessed, and creative individual to join our leadership team to help manage day-to-day business operations and drive performance through transformation.

Reporting to the Managing Director of Underwriting, the Underwriting Manager is primarily responsible for operational effectiveness and developing and supporting our strategy to ensure timely, cost-effective service.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead service delivery of the Underwriting area within the established service level agreements, handling escalated customer issues and ensuring the operations provide real value to our customers.
  • Take personal ownership of consistently meeting standards and targets.
  • Improve the efficiency of staff by recruiting and developing highly cohesive and motivated teams, evaluating individual and team performance, addressing performance-related concerns, initiating corrective action, conducting staff performance appraisals, managing reward and recognition, and talent management.
  • Provide leadership and technical direction for the development of staff, and the creation of a positive and productive work environment.
  • Build and maintain strong internal and external working relationships including presentations to advisors and distribution or office visits when needed.
  • Ensure ongoing partnerships and collaboration.
  • Work with multiple teams in all locations to ensure quality and service.
  • Innovative and always looking for opportunities to continually improve our business and serve our customers.

How will you create impact?

The role provides overall management direction and builds and leads a successful Underwriting team. This is accomplished through effective recruitment, retention, and development of staff and the creation of a positive work environment that encourages participation, ownership, responsibility, innovation, initiative, integrity, and a sense of pride in the operations and in Manulife.

To succeed in this role, you need to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and commit to service excellence through building effective relationships across the organization at all levels. As a representative of Manulife’s brand, you will be encouraged to model our values and understand our business strategy and mission.

What motivates you?

  • You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit.
  • You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
  • You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
  • You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
  • You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up.
  • You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.

What we are looking for:

  • For Québec candidates, bilingualism is required (French/English).
  • Demonstrated leadership skills and accountabilities including staff development and team engagement.
  • Excellent understanding of Insurance Products and Industry knowledge – underwriting background an asset specifically living benefits.
  • Outstanding relationship skills, building strong relationships with internal and external business partners.
  • Resilient and adaptable when working under business pressures and sales deadlines.
  • Superior communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Excellent negotiation, influencing, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  • Ability to effectively work with a remote and geographically diverse team.
  • Willingness to problem-solve directly with key stakeholders.
  • Strong operations orientation.
  • Results Oriented.
  • Presentation skills.
  • Dedication to learning and professional development.

What can we offer you?

  • 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.
  • Boundless opportunity.
  • Continuous innovation.
  • Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
  • Championing Corporate Citizenship.

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.

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.

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