Manager Engineering

Manulife; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 94,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Manulife as a leader within our insurance technology teams, where you'll inspire and guide engineers to deliver innovative software solutions. This role involves strategic project management, team leadership, and ensuring regulatory compliance, all while fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Health and dental coverage

Employee assistance programs

Retirement savings plans

Paid time off and holidays

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive management experience in Technology or Financial Services.
• Experience leading software development teams and creating product roadmaps.
• Knowledge in Agile methodologies and full software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-squad programs and manage complex, high-impact projects.
• Develop effective communication and mentorship within teams to drive success.
• Coordinate with various stakeholders to align on business strategy and program objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Expertise

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Agile Methodologies

Tools

NodeJS

React

C#

.Net

Azure

MongoDB

Salesforce

JIRA

Job description

Are you looking for an encouraging, collaborative workplace with great teams and inspiring leaders? You’ve come to the right place. We’re looking for ambitious people who share our values and want to make every day better for people around the world. If this sounds like you, and the career below sounds exciting, we’d like to hear from you.

Leading insurance technology squads to deliver with excellence on user experience, security, and reliability. Translating technical and business requirements into product and software development roadmaps and breakthroughs. Driving Incremental delivery to meet and exceed customer, partner and team members needs. Technical and team leadership, task prioritization, problem solving, and remove blockers.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-squad programs across sophisticated technical, regulatory, or other cross-cutting needs
• Ensures progress against key achievements where consistent and coordinated implementation is required
• Develops patterns and documentation to ensure ongoing maintenance of technical and regulatory solutions
• Define and manage scope for complex, cross-team projects with high impact
• Lead coordination efforts with some leadership support of Product Partners, Architects and Engineers to meet regulatory and technical requirements
• Consistently deliver strong impact on the success of a team
• Develop plan and manage efficiently and effectively implementations across Workstreams
• Work closely with business leadership to understand strategy and objectives, ensuring the program is delivering aligned solutions
• Manage in a constantly changing environment, ensuring clear communication across all impacted parties
• Provide program level communications to senior tech and business leaders to ensure status is understood, and issues/risks are getting the proper attention
• Effectively manage Issues and Risks
• Lead and develop a strong team of engineers to both meet the program objectives, and to grow them in their professional careers
• Develop the skills and growth of team members through mentorship, training, and providing opportunities within the program
• Work to ensure the team is engaged, and address performance issues in a diligent and appropriate manner
• Work with Architecture, Tech Leads and Business SMEs to ensure the solution being developed is fit-for-purpose

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of progressive management experience including Technology, Financial Services/Insurance
• Skills in creating product and program roadmaps
• Previous experience leading software development teams
• Experience in leading and motivating teams and ability to foster teamwork and collaboration
• Coaching and leading through change
• Experienced mentor, and drive to build people’s careers
• Comprehensive knowledge in Agile and Software Development Methodologies
• Experience in full software development lifecycle
• Awareness of full-technology stack – NodeJS, React, C#, Azure, .Net, Mongo/Cosmo, Rest API Mainframe, Window/SQL, Java, Apache Tomcat, Salesforce, GitHub, Jenkins, JIRA, Power BI, AEM
• Good knowledge of business management, capacity management and financial planning
• Deep knowledge of project and program management principles & techniques
• A passion for delivery – understanding processes, managing through roadblocks, and a focus on continuously improving how work is done to improve velocity
• Demonstrates understanding of how technology supports Manulife's strategy
• Strong detail orientation
• Sees overall 'picture' and alternative approaches; vision of what may be possible
• Constantly learns from both success and failure
• Good organizational and problem-solving abilities that enable you to manage through creative abrasion
• Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes Decision Authorities:
• Strong presentation and excellent interpersonal skills

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.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html .

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact [e-mail] .

Referenced Salary Location

Waterloo, Ontario

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between

$94,220.00 CAD - $174,980.00 CAD

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact [e-mail] for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact [e-mail] for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.