Lead, Portfolio Management and Governance

Manulife; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 71,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Employee stock ownership plan

Job summary

Manulife is seeking a Lead, Portfolio Management & Governance to oversee prioritization, governance, and delivery across Canada Operations. You will partner with senior leaders to ensure rigorous prioritization, strong delivery oversight, and optimal use of resources for a backlog of initiatives.

You will drive portfolio-level reporting, embed data-driven decision making, and support the maturity of portfolio tools and practices while aligning with strategic objectives and resource frameworks

Qualifications

• 3+ years of portfolio management and governance experience including prioritization, oversight and reporting.
• 7+ years across project/program/portfolio management with governance and executive decision support.
• Hands-on experience improving and maturing PM tools and practices.
• Proven ability to produce accurate portfolio-level reporting.
• Ability to connect dots between multiple projects and stakeholder groups.
• Strong relationship and influence skills in a matrixed environment.
• Ability to anticipate and act on stakeholder needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and champion portfolio management and governance practices, including prioritization, delivery health oversight, and decision support aligned to objectives and resource frameworks.
• Own portfolio-level reporting to stakeholders, including Senior Leadership.
• Partner with stakeholders to embed data-driven, evidence-based decision-making into portfolio planning, resource management, and initiative sequencing.
• Support senior leadership decision making by providing clear insights, recommendations, and trade-off assessments in governance forums.
• Uphold governance frameworks with consistent application and awareness across initiatives.
• Support the roll-out of Resource Management across the Canada Operations portfolio.
• Support the annual planning process, ensuring alignment of resources with strategic objectives.
• Support continuous improvement and maturity of portfolio tools and practices.

Skills

Portfolio management

Governance

Reporting

Stakeholder relationships

Strategic alignment

Tools

Smartsheet

Job description

Reporting to Director, Portfolio Management and Governance, the Lead, Portfolio Management & Governance plays a pivotal role in supporting the way initiatives are prioritized, governed, and delivered within Canada Operations. This role drives consistency, transparency, and disciplined execution across the portfolio to ensure alignment with strategic objectives and optimal use of resources.

The selected candidate will play a pivotal role in partnering closely with Senior Leaders across Canada Operations and other key stakeholders and teams to support rigorous prioritization, stronger delivery oversight, resource management, and improved outcomes across a backlog of over 1,000 line items. The role is also instrumental in supporting the Director in continuously evolving and maturing a high performing Portfolio Management and Governance practice.

Position Responsibilities:

Working closely with the Director, the role will be a key enabler of the Portfolio Management discipline within Canada Operations.

• Lead, enable and champion our existing portfolio management and governance practices, including prioritization support, delivery health oversight, and decision support aligned to strategic objectives and resource allocation frameworks.
• Own Portfolio-level reporting to stakeholders, including Senior Leadership
• Partner with stakeholders to embed data-driven, evidence-based decision‑making into portfolio planning, resource management, and initiative sequencing.
• Support senior leadership decision making by providing clear insights, recommendations, and trade off assessments in governance and leadership forums.
• Uphold governance frameworks, ensuring consistent application, awareness, and adherence across initiatives.
• Support the roll-out of Resource Management across the Canada Operations portfolio
• Support the annual planning process, ensuring alignment of resources with strategic objectives.
• Support the continuous improvement and maturity journey of Portfolio tools and practices

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in portfolio management and governance, including prioritization, oversight and reporting is a must
• 7+ years of combined experience in project, program, or portfolio management functions, including governance, prioritization, and executive decision support
• Hands‑on experience in continuously improving and maturing project, program or portfolio management tools and practices
• Demonstrated experience producing accurate and timely portfolio‑level reporting
• Ability to "connect the dots" between multiple projects and stakeholder groups
• Strong relationship and influence skills, with the ability to challenge constructively and build trusted partnerships in a matrixed environment
• Ability to proactively anticipate and act upon stakeholder needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Change Management experience is an asset
• PMO experience is an asset
• Resource Management experience is an asset
• Proficiency with Smartsheet is an asset
• Bilingualism (English and French) is an asset. If the successful candidate is in Québec, proficiency in both languages will be required to support clients from various provinces outside of Quebec.

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 global team, we'll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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Referenced Salary Location

CAN, Quebec, Montreal, 900 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest

Modalidades de Trabajo

Híbrido

Salary range is expected to be between

$71,475.00 CAD - $119,125.00 CAD

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