Senior Change Enablement Specialist

4 weeks ago


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

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Change Enablement Specialist to join our Global Technology Strategic leadership team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for leading organizational change and enablement to further the objectives of implementing our vision, mission, and strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive awareness, knowledge, ability, and reinforcement of change enablement strategies and tactical planning to help employees and partners navigate the change curve effectively and efficiently.
  • Provide analysis of change enablement risks and develop and deliver on mitigation strategies to ensure adoption and sustainment of change.
  • Design, drive, track, and build improvement planning for full suite of change enablement Key Performance Indicators, build metrics to ensure evaluate progress and outcomes.
  • Continually seek out industry trends in organizational change enablement to deliver best practices and unique value to Global Technology.
  • Collaborate with leadership teams on setting the direction and vision for the team, as well as coaching and mentoring consultative efforts for the group.

Employee and Partner Engagement

  • Lead and deliver engagement plans and change sustainment practices for Technology senior leadership, people managers, and employees.
  • Deliver on change requirements suitable for a matrix environment related to change enablement communications, rewards, and recognition efforts, branding, and marketing, and a focus on the investment in our people.
  • Ensure employees and collaborators can articulate how their daily work contributes to Technology vision and mission, and its annual goals and strategic imperatives.
  • Drive, manage, track engagement/participation for Global Technology event management, such as Town Halls and community events.
  • Ensure engagement plans have the focus and clarity in establishing individual goals, drive performance, and support career development.

Transformational Communications

  • Partner with executives and key team members to foster effective implementation of frameworks, processes, and tools, using communications best to drive support.
  • Provide clarity and partnership to establish open communications across segments and teams to drive collaboration and understanding.
  • Work with finance partners to craft and drive the narrative of annual operating and investment budgets consistent with short and long-term financial goals.
  • Ensure effective communications occurs vertically and horizontally on key success contributors to financial success using forecasts, monthly reporting, and other financial measures.
  • Collaborate with Change enablement teams across other segments align executive message and deliver change messages.

Requirements

  • Support executive and C-suite teams in delivery of large-scale transformational programs.
  • Support a technical team that drives new-age thinking balanced with cost and efficiency drivers.
  • Demonstrated critical thinking and planning at a strategic and tactical level, with an ability to translate strategic plans into specific change enablement objectives and execution plans.
  • Capability to drive timely communication to mitigate risks and drive opportunities.
  • Lead and build metrics to align corporate targets to outcomes.
  • Demonstrated success at cross-functional project & service delivery, involving multiple technical teams, partners, and business functions.
  • Demonstrated success working in large, global, matrixed environment to get results.
  • Exceptional communications skills to communicate effectively at all levels with both technical and non-technical team members.
  • Ability to maintain composure whilst delivering on time-critical change and communication initiatives.

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.

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

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.



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