Bilingual Manager, AdminAdvantage Client Services

Manulife John Hancock; Montreal; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife John Hancock in Montreal, QC, seeks a Bilingual Manager for AdminAdvantage Client Services to lead a team of Client and Account Specialists delivering end-to-end client implementations, enrolments and ongoing service with a strong focus on outcomes and excellence.

The role provides senior escalation leadership, drives cross-functional alignment, and shapes service standards to ensure scalable, reliable execution across client portfolios and varying levels of complexity.

Qualifications

• Bilingual (French & English) required to support clients from various jurisdictions outside Quebec.
• Post-secondary education in business, technology, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team delivering client implementations and ongoing service.
• Provide strategic leadership and escalation management to resolve complex, high-impact issues.
• Drive governance, risk management, and continuous improvement across AdminAdvantage operations.

Skills

Bilingual (French & English)

Leadership

Education

Post-secondary education in business or technology

Job description

The Bilingual Manager, AdminAdvantage Client Services, is responsible for leading a team of Client and Account Specialists delivering the end-to-end AdminAdvantage experience for Manulife's plan sponsors. This role provides leadership, direction, and oversight to ensure seamless execution of highly complex client implementations, enrolments, and ongoing service delivery, with a strong focus on client outcomes, service excellence, and operational consistency.

Acting as a senior escalation point, the role leads the resolution of complex, high-impact issues and drives cross-functional alignment to protect client relationships and business outcomes. The Manager is accountable for the overall performance and consistency of service delivery, ensuring alignment to service standards and enabling scalable, reliable execution across client portfolios and varying levels of complexity. The role also contributes to the broader AdminAdvantage operating model by shaping service standards, influencing best practices, and driving consistency and performance across the organization.

Position Responsibilities:

Team Leadership & Delivery (30%)

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Client and Account Specialists responsible for delivering client implementations and ongoing service
• Set direction and elevate capability across the team, ensuring strong expertise in managing complexity, risk, and high-impact client relationships
• Oversee workforce planning and resource allocation across client portfolios, balancing capacity, capability, and business priorities
• Drive a high-performance culture with strong accountability for service quality, client outcomes, and operational excellence

Client Service Delivery & Oversight (20%)

• Provide strategic oversight of end-to-end delivery for AdminAdvantage clients, ensuring alignment to client expectations, contractual obligations, and service standards
• Ensure consistency and quality of client engagement, communications, and deliverables across client portfolios
• Support and guide team members in managing client structures, re-enrolments, and non-standard solutions
• Maintain visibility of portfolio health, proactively identifying risks and intervening where required to ensure successful outcomes

Escalation & Issue Resolution Leadership (25%)

• Act as a senior escalation point for complex, high-risk issues impacting clients, products, or segments
• Lead cross-functional resolution efforts, coordinating internal stakeholders to address systemic issues and minimize client and operational impact
• Provide strategic direction on issue resolution, balancing client needs, operational constraints, and business priorities
• Drive root cause analysis and ensure implementation of scalable, preventative solutions across the broader organization

Service Governance & Risk (15%)

• Establish and enforce governance frameworks, standards, and best practices to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery across client portfolios
• Lead cross-functional alignment across AdminAdvantage, Distribution, Underwriting, IT, and Operations to enable seamless end-to-end service execution
• Own the identification, escalation, and resolution of systemic issues impacting service performance, coordinating stakeholders to drive timely and effective outcomes
• Drive root cause analysis and implement scalable, preventative solutions to improve service stability and reduce recurring issues
• Anticipate and manage risks across portfolios, ensuring proactive mitigation strategies and consistent application of risk and escalation frameworks
• Influence and drive improvements to operating models, processes, and tools to enhance scalability, consistency, and overall service effectiveness

Continuous Improvement & Strategy (10%)

• Drive and influence continuous improvement initiatives that enhance performance, scalability, and client experience across AdminAdvantage Operations
• Identify opportunities to standardize and simplify complex processes while maintaining flexibility for clients
• Contribute to the development of operational strategies, service models, and best practices for the broader organization
• Ensure adoption and sustainment of improvements across teams, embedding change at scale

Shared Responsibilities:

• Partner with leaders across AdminAdvantage, Distribution partners, Underwriting, and other key stakeholders to address challenges and improve end-to-end service delivery
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and client-centricity across teams and stakeholder groups
• Contribute to organizational priorities, transformation initiatives, and strategic programs by influencing direction and ensuring alignment to business objectives

Required Qualifications:

• Bilingual (French & English) is required - The successful candidate will be required to communicate in English and French in order to support clients from various jurisdictions outside of Quebec.
• Post-secondary education in business, technology, or a related field, or equivalen