Director of AI-Driven Operations Engineering

Manulife Financial

Toronto

Hybrid

CAD 113,000 - 210,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Retirement savings plan

Job summary

Manulife Financial Corporation seeks a Director of Engineering, Operations AI Automation to lead AI-powered automation across Wealth and Asset Management Technology. You will drive scalable, secure, compliant AI solutions through collaboration with technology, product, data science, and business teams.

The role emphasizes strategic delivery, executive-level reporting, and continuous improvement within a hybrid-work environment in Toronto.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of technology leadership experience in enterprise delivery.
  • 3+ years delivering AI, ML, or intelligent automation solutions.
  • Strong understanding of financial services operations, risk, and governance.
  • Hands-on software engineering background guiding architecture and decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of engineers for AI and automation solutions.
  • Partner with business, product, data science, and tech stakeholders to identify automation opportunities.
  • Drive delivery from concept to production with scalability and security.
  • Develop roadmaps, sprint plans, staffing, and support models (L1–L3).
  • Ensure security, privacy, observability, governance, and auditability of solutions.
  • Champion Agile, DevOps, and continuous improvement practices.
  • Provide executive visibility into delivery progress and outcomes.
  • Stay abreast of AI/automation trends and innovations.

Skills

Leadership
AI/Automation delivery
Cloud architecture
Stakeholder management
Regulatory compliance
Software engineering
Executive communication
Vendor relations

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering
Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Azure
Kubernetes
Power Platform
LLMs
NoSQL

Job description

Manulife Financial Corporation seeks a Director of Engineering, Operations AI Automation to lead AI-powered automation across Wealth and Asset Management Technology. You will drive scalable, secure, compliant AI solutions through collaboration with technology, product, data science, and business teams.

The role emphasizes strategic delivery, executive-level reporting, and continuous improvement within a hybrid-work environment in Toronto.

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