Senior Technology Strategist

4 weeks ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Company 1 - The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Technology Strategist to join our Individual Insurance Technology Leadership Team at Company 1 - The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for developing and implementing technology strategies that drive business growth and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with Product Ownership to develop technology roadmaps that deliver on business strategies and market requirements.
  • Represent and lead the architecture, 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
  • Deliver on Technology specific financial and Strategic Cost Management (SCM) targets
  • 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.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 7-10 years of progressive leadership experience in technology strategy execution for large scale organizations; experience in the Insurance industry preferred
  • Demonstrated success in leading transformational changes within an engineering culture; an ability to navigate a complex, highly regulated, marketing focused, growth business.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and implement a technology strategy and tactics to drive business goals, in collaboration with external and internal partners.
  • Strong financial and business insight with demonstrated ability to manage large technology budgets.
  • Demonstrated success at senior cross-functional project delivery involving multiple technical teams, partners, and business functions, including Risk.
  • Strong Portfolio Management Skills, including the ability to manage multiple complex projects at the same time and under tight deadlines, operating in a cross-functional environment.
  • Exposure and experience in such areas as agile, digital, emerging technologies, and Legacy (e.g., mainframe systems).
  • Exceptional communication skills with a talent for engaging both technical and non-technical collaborators.
  • Strong vendor management experience and skills with demonstrated success establishing long-term cost-effective partnerships. Experience in incident management is advantageous.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, management of information systems or equivalent experience; bilingualism is beneficial.

What 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.

About Manulife

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

Salary & Benefits

The annual base salary for this role is listed below.

Primary Location

Waterloo, 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.

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