Project Manager - HR Business

Manulife; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 93,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Manulife in Toronto is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead HR technology and transformation programs within the PeopleComms Technology PMO. You will drive complex, global initiatives from discovery to value realization, balancing business outcomes with privacy, security, and risk considerations in a hybrid work environment.

As a senior leader, you will partner with HR, product, and technology stakeholders to deliver integrated platforms, automation, and responsible AI capabilities

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive project management experience delivering large-scale, global initiatives in matrixed environments.
• Experience implementing enterprise HR platforms, especially Workday modules and learning technologies.
• PMP strongly preferred; Agile or scaled delivery credentials such as PMI-ACP, CSM, or SAFe are assets.
• Change management credentials such as Prosci or CCMP are an asset.
• Ability to balance priorities, manage resources, and align work to strategic objectives and Book of Work.
• Influence outcomes across business and technology stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience with AI-enabled or data-intensive initiatives is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex HR business and technology initiatives from discovery through adoption and value realization.
• Partner with leaders to translate outcomes into executable delivery plans, governance, milestones, and success metrics.
• Apply predictive, Agile, or hybrid delivery methods based on risk and readiness.
• Own integrated plans, budgets, forecasts, resources, vendors, risks, and benefits; escalate with clear recommendations.
• Build alignment across owners, product teams, HR, technology, Legal, Privacy, Security, Risk, Compliance, and partners.
• Embed privacy, security, regulatory, data, accessibility, and responsible AI requirements into plans and gates.
• Drive change readiness and stakeholder engagement, communications, and learning.
• Use AI-enabled tools responsibly to improve forecasting, decision-making, and team productivity.
• Provide concise reports on outcomes, milestones, financials, capacity, risks, adoption, and benefits.
• Establish transition to Day 2 operations with ownership, support processes, and continuous improvement.
• Coach teams to strengthen delivery discipline and collaborative accountability.

Skills

Project management

HR technology

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

Microsoft 365

Job description

We’re looking for a strategic, collaborative, and highly organized Project Manager to join our PeopleComms Technology Project Management Office. This role leads complex, global HR technology and transformation initiatives from definition through adoption and value realization. You’ll coordinate cross-functional teams, manage delivery across predictive, Agile, and hybrid approaches, and balance business outcomes, colleague experience, risk, privacy, security, compliance, cost, and sustainable support.

This high-visibility role helps shape the future of work by delivering integrated platforms, automation, data, and responsible AI capabilities that improve how HR services are experienced and operated globally.

What You Can Expect

• Boundless opportunities: Build future-ready skills through complex global assignments, continuous learning, coaching, and exposure to leading HR platforms, automation, data, and responsible AI.

• A global impact: Think big, challenge the status quo, and deliver changes that improve how colleagues experience HR services across markets.

• A supportive environment: Bring your perspective, be yourself, and work with an inclusive global team that values flexibility, well-being, recognition, open collaboration, and shared success.

Position Responsibilities

• Lead complex, HR business and technology initiatives from discovery and planning through implementation, transition to operations, adoption, and value realization.

• Partner with business and product leaders to translate approved outcomes into executable delivery plans, governance structures, milestones, and success measures.

• Select and apply predictive, Agile, or hybrid delivery methods based on the work, risk profile, dependencies, and organizational readiness.

• Own integrated plans, budgets, forecasts, resources, vendors, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and benefits, escalating decisions with clear recommendations.

• Build alignment across business owners, product teams, HR, technology, operations, Legal, Privacy, Security, Risk, Compliance, and external partners.

• Embed privacy, security, regulatory, records, accessibility, data, and responsible AI requirements into delivery plans and stage gates.

• Drive change readiness and adoption by planning stakeholder engagement, communications, learning, process changes, operating model impacts, and reinforcement.

• Use delivery data and AI-enabled tools responsibly to improve forecasting, decision-making, risk sensing, reporting, and team productivity while maintaining human accountability.

• Provide concise, decision-oriented reporting on outcomes, milestones, financials, capacity, risks, dependencies, adoption, and benefits.

• Establish a sustainable transition to Day 2 operations, including ownership, support processes, service measures, release planning, documentation, and continuous improvement.

• Coach project teams, strengthen delivery discipline, and foster transparent accountability, inclusive collaboration, and learning.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive project management experience delivering large-scale, cross-functional Process, technology or transformation initiatives in global, matrixed environments; experience in HR technology or, employee experience is preferred.

• Demonstrated experience implementing enterprise platforms, preferably Workday Compensation, Learning, Talent, Performance, or Succession, and learning technologies such as Sana Learn.

• PMP is strongly preferred . A recognized Agile or scaled delivery credential, such as PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster, Professional Scrum Master, or SAFe Agilist, is an asset.

• A recognized change management credential, such as Prosci Change Management certification or CCMP, is an asset.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver complex initiatives within a broader portfolio environment by balancing competing priorities, resource constraints, cross-program dependencies, and sequencing impacts while ensuring alignment to strategic objectives and overall Book of Work commitments.

• Demonstrated ability to influence outcomes without direct authority, driving alignment, decisions, and accountability across business and technology stakeholders while navigating complexity, ambiguity, and competing priorities.

• Training or certification in responsible AI, AI project management, data governance, privacy, cybersecurity, or risk management is an asset; practical experience deliver`ing AI-enabled or data-intensive initiatives is preferred.

• Strong command of predictive, Agile, and hybrid delivery, including business cases, integrated planning, financial management, vendor delivery, dependency management, governance, benefits realization, and transition to operations.

• Working knowledge of enterprise architecture, integrations, APIs, data flows, testing, release management, controls, and service management; technical depth is not required, but the ability to challenge assumptions and connect decisions across these areas is essential.

• Experience with project, product, and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Microsoft 365, or equivalent platforms, including responsible use of AI-enabled productivity tools.

• Executive-level communication, facilitation, influence, and decision support skills, with the ability to make complex technical, regulatory, and delivery issues clear to diverse audiences.

• Strong analytical judgement, curiosity, adaptability, and comfort leading through ambiguity, organizational change, and distributed time zones.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in business, technology, human resources, engineering, or a related field.

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.

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

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Referenced Salary Location

Toronto, Ontario

Modalidades de Trabajo

Híbrido

Salary range is expected to be between

$92,900.00 CAD - $142,900.00 CAD

Los empleados también tienen la oportunidad de participar en programas de incentivos y recibir una compensación vinculada al rendimiento empresarial e individual. El salario real variará según las condiciones del mercado local, la geografía y factores relacionados con el puesto como conocimientos, habilidades, requerimientos, experiencia y educación/formación. Si solicitas este puesto fuera de tu ubicación principal, por favor escríbenos a [e-mail] para conocer el rango salarial correspondiente a tu ubicación.

Benefits

• beneficios de salud, odontológicos, de salud mental, oftalmológicos, por discapacidad a corto y a largo plazo, cobertura de seguro de vida y por muerte accidental y desmembramiento, adopción/subrogación y bienestar, y planes de asistencia al empleado/familiar.
• planes de ahorro para la jubilación (incluidos planes de pensiones y un plan mundial de propiedad de acciones con contribuciones equivalentes del empleador) y recursos de asesoramiento y educación financiera.
• programa de tiempo libre remunerado en Canadá incluye feriados, vacaciones, días personales y días por enfermedad, y ofrece la gama completa de ausencia laboral reglamentaria.
• Si se está postulando para este puesto en los EE. UU., póngase en contacto con [e-mail] para obtener más información sobre las disposiciones relativas al tiempo libre remunerado específicas de EE. UU.

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