Engineering manager

Société Financière Manuvie; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 113,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Dental and vision care

Mental health support

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Adoption assistance

Pension plan and retirement savings

Employee assistance program

Paid time off

Job summary

Société Financière Manuvie is seeking an Engineering Manager in Waterloo, Ontario, hybrid work model. You will lead a team of engineers to deliver secure and reliable technology aligned to business goals, while translating strategic priorities into practical roadmaps and delivery plans.

You will partner with business leaders, architects, and stakeholders to drive informed technology decisions, manage risks, and foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture in a dynamic, regulated financial

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams with people leadership, coaching, and career development.
• Proven ability to deliver complex technology initiatives involving multiple teams and partners.
• Ability to translate business priorities into roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Strong understanding of Agile and modern software delivery practices across the SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers with regular feedback and growth opportunities.
• Deliver secure, scalable, and reliable technology solutions aligned with business priorities.
• Translate requirements into actionable engineering roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Lead cross-functional programs with multiple technology teams and dependencies.
• Coordinate delivery across workstreams, manage risks and resources.
• Establish and improve engineering standards, docs, and operational processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in team effectiveness, quality, and delivery outcomes.
• Provide updates to senior leaders on progress, decisions, risks, and outcomes.

Skills

People leadership

Delivery leadership

Agile

SDLC

Stakeholder management

Job description

About the Role

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead and develop a team of engineers responsible for delivering secure, reliable, and user-centered technology solutions that support business objectives and customer needs.

You will work closely with business, product, architecture, and technology partners to translate strategic priorities into practical engineering roadmaps and delivery plans. This role combines people leadership, technology delivery, and cross-functional program execution, providing the opportunity to influence both how solutions are built and how engineering teams grow.

The successful candidate will foster an inclusive, high-performing environment where engineers can do their best work while driving measurable business and technology outcomes.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers through regular feedback, career development conversations, mentorship, and growth opportunities.
• Deliver secure, scalable, and reliable technology solutions that align with business priorities and customer needs.
• Translate business, technical, and regulatory requirements into actionable engineering roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Lead complex, cross-functional programs involving multiple technology teams, stakeholders, and dependencies.
• Partner with business leaders, architects, technical leads, and subject matter experts to evaluate solutions and drive informed technology decisions.
• Coordinate delivery across multiple workstreams, proactively managing risks, dependencies, priorities, and resource considerations.
• Establish and continuously improve engineering standards, implementation practices, documentation, and operational processes that support sustainable delivery and maintenance.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance team effectiveness, quality, reliability, and delivery outcomes.
• Provide clear and timely updates to senior business and technology leaders regarding progress, key decisions, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Foster an inclusive and collaborative team culture where diverse perspectives are valued, contributions are recognized, and individuals are supported in achieving their full potential.
• Support organizational and technology transformation initiatives while helping teams successfully navigate change.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience leading software engineering teams, including people leadership, coaching, performance management, and talent development.
• Experience delivering complex technology initiatives involving multiple teams, stakeholders, and business partners.
• Ability to translate strategic business priorities into engineering roadmaps, delivery plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong understanding of Agile principles, modern software delivery practices, and the end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to manage priorities, risks, dependencies, and competing demands.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts, trade-offs, and delivery status effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge of software engineering practices including cloud technologies, APIs, application development, CI/CD, system reliability, and security.
• Experience leading teams through organizational, process, or technology change.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement, collaboration, and creating inclusive team environments.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working within financial services, insurance, or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience with workforce planning, capacity planning, budgeting, or technology financial management.
• Exposure to large-scale enterprise modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience establishing engineering standards, governance practices, or delivery frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate alternatives, navigate ambiguity, and make informed decisions in complex environments.
• Strong presentation, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
• Commitment to ongoing professional growth and continuous learning.

Our technology ecosystem includes cloud, web, enterprise, and legacy platforms, including Azure, Node.js, React, REST APIs, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, relational and NoSQL databases.

Experience with every technology listed is not required. We welcome candidates with experience across comparable enterprise technology environments.

When you join our team:

We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

As part of our distributed team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

Le poste annoncé correspond à une vacance existante.

À propos de Manuvie et de John Hancock

La Société Financière Manuvie est un chef de file mondial des services financiers qui aide les gens à prendre leurs décisions plus facilement et à vivre mieux. Pour en apprendre plus à notre sujet, rendez vous à l’adresse www.manuvie.com.

Manuvie est un employeur qui souscrit au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi

Chez Manulife/John Hancock nous valorisons notre diversité. Nous nous efforçons d’attirer, de perfectionner et de maintenir une main d'oeuvre qui est aussi diversifiée que nos clients, et de favoriser la création d’un milieu de travail inclusif qui met à profit la diversité de nos employés et les compétences de chacun. Nous nous engageons à assurer un recrutement, une fidélisation, une promotion et une rémunération équitables, et nous administrons toutes nos pratiques et tous nos programmes sans discrimination en raison de la race, de l’ascendance, du lieu d’origine, de la couleur, de l’origine ethnique, de la citoyenneté, de la religion ou des croyances ou des convictions religieuses, du genre (y compris grossesse et affection liée à une grossesse), de l’orientation sexuelle, des caractéristiques génétiques, du statut d’ancien combattant, de l’identité de genre, de l’expression de genre, de l’âge, de l’état matrimonial, de la situation de famille, d’une invalidité ou de tout autre motif protégé par la loi applicable.

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Région de référence du salaire

Waterloo, Ontario

Modalités de travail

Hybride

L’échelle salariale devrait se situer entre

$113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 CAD

Les employés ont également la possibilité de participer à des programmes incitatifs et de recevoir une rémunération liée à la performance de l’entreprise et des individus. Le salaire réel variera selon les conditions du marché local, la région géographique et les facteurs propres au poste, tels que les connaissances, les compétences, les qualifications, l’expérience et la formation. Si vous postulez à ce poste en dehors de votre lieu principal, veuillez contacter [e-mail] pour connaître la fourchette salariale applicable à votre région.

Manuvie offre aux employés admissibles une vaste gamme d’avantages sociaux personnalisables, notamment une assurance soins médicaux, soins dentaires, santé mentale, soins de la vue, invalidité de courte et de longue durée, assurance vie et assurance DMA, assurance adoption, de maternité de substitution et de soins médicaux non urgents ainsi que des programmes d’aide aux employés et leur famille. Nous proposons également aux employés admissibles différents régimes d’épargne-retraite (y compris des régimes de rente et un programme international d’actionnariat assortie de cotisations patronales de contrepartie) ainsi que des ressources en matière d’éducation et de conseils financiers. Notre généreux programme de congés rémunérés au Canada comprend les jours fériés, les congés annuels, les congés personnels et les congés de maladie, et nous offrons toute la gamme des congés autorisés prévus par la loi. Si vous posez votre candidature à ce poste aux États-Unis, veuillez écrire à [e-mail] pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur les dispositions relatives aux congés rémunérés spécifiques aux États-Unis.

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