Portfolio Manager

**The Opportunity**

**Responsibilities**

**Portfolio/Project Management**:

- Oversee and manage internal portfolio of projects, ensuring alignment with team goals and objectives.
- Support scoping and planning of upcoming initiatives and road mapping as well as quarterly planning.
- Monitor progress, budgets, timelines, and deliverables, providing regular updates to leadership.
- Identify and mitigate risks across the portfolio, ensuring successful project delivery.

**Process Improvement**:

- Support internal processes from estimations to closure.
- Support internal process improvement initiatives by identifying areas for enhancement and implementing standard methodologies.
- Work with cross-functional teams to analyze current processes, identify inefficiencies, and recommend improvements.
- Develop and implement process improvement plans, tracking progress and measuring impact.

**Stakeholder Engagement**:

- Serve as the primary point of contact for portfolio-related inquiries, managing stakeholder expectations and requirements.
- Conduct regular portfolio reviews with partners to ensure transparency and alignment.Lead and guide project teams, promoting a collaborative environment.

**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**
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Project Management, or a related field.
- Minimum 8+ years of hands-on experience in Portfolio, Project Management, Process Improvement.
- Has expertise in leading iterative and agile initiatives; PMP and SAFe designation would be an asset.
- Ability to interact with both technical and non-technical teams.
- Strong verbal and written communication; able to optimally articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes to technical and non-technical audience
- Experience in process improvement initiatives, with a focus on driving operational efficiency.
- Proven experience as a Portfolio Manager or in a similar role, with a strong track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent is highly desirable.
- Excellent understanding of project management methodologies, especially Agile and tools.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage partners at all levels.
- Proficiency in project management software and tools, such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office Products.

**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**: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 partners and has a positive social and environmental impact.

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**About Manulife and John Hancock**

**Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer**

**Referenced Salary Location**

Toronto, Ontario

**Working Arrangement**

Hybrid

**Salary range is expected to be between**

$94,220.00 CAD - $174,980.00 CAD

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short