Associate Director/Senior Manager, Asia Transformation

Company 331 - Manulife Financial Asia Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services provider in Singapore seeks an Associate Director/Senior Manager for Asia Transformation. This role involves owning the implementation of Asia strategy, project management, and fostering a collaborative culture. Key qualifications include project management expertise, strategic thinking, and excellent communication skills. A degree in business or related fields is required, and fluency in English is crucial. Join a team that values well-being and inclusion while shaping the future of financial services.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Career development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing complex, multi-market projects.
• Strong understanding of the insurance business, products, and operations.
• Ability to translate objectives into actionable initiative drives.
• Exceptional communication skills to influence senior leaders.
• Solid business and financial acumen to evaluate feasible actions.
• Self-motivated, thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Own intake and lead implementation of Manulife's Asia strategy.
• Oversee and manage project execution to ensure timely delivery.
• Facilitate program Steering Committee for alignment with stakeholders.
• Shape and assist in business case building and monitor financials.
• Elevate strategic programs' profiles and foster high-performance culture.

Skills

Project management expertise

Strategic thinking

Problem Solving Capability

Stakeholder Management

Business Acumen

Adaptability

Presentation Skills

Education

University degree or higher in healthcare, medicine, business administration, finance or related field

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Associate Director/Senior Manager, Asia Transformation

Position Responsibilities

1. Strategic Execution and Leadership:

   • Own intake and lead implementation of Manulife’s Asia strategy, ensuring alignment with overall strategic priorities.
   • Work with stakeholders to translate ambiguous opportunities into clear problem statements, hypotheses, and measurable outcomes (OKRs).
   • Build and maintain a comprehensive execution roadmap with milestones, deliverables, interdependencies, and accountabilities across markets and functions for the assigned strategic programs/initiatives.
   • Define and develop execution roadmaps to provide clarity, structure, and alignment around timelines, milestones, deliverables, and accountabilities.
   • Lead day‑to‑day decisioning to maintain pace, remove blockers, and deliver outcomes; accelerate with options and implications.
   • Facilitate the development of key metrics and indicators to track the success of initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.

2. Project Management and Governance:

   • Oversee and manage the execution of the plan, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within scope, through effective governance to maintain momentum and accountability.
   • Facilitate the program and initiatives Steering Committee to ensure strategic alignment and oversight from executive stakeholders.
   • Establish governance frameworks to monitor progress and ensure accountability across initiatives.
   • Shape and assist in business case building.
   • Maintain program financials and associate investments, building business cases and updating financial tracking.
   • Identify, manage, and elevate key issues and risks in a timely manner, ensuring proactive problem‑solving and mitigation strategies.

3. Program Success and Culture Building:

   • Elevate the profile of strategic programs and initiatives within the organization, ensuring they receive the necessary focus and resources.
   • Motivate and encourage workstream leads, fostering a collaborative and high‑performance culture.
   • Recognize and celebrate successes to maintain morale and highlight positive outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Project management expertise: Proven track record in project management to manage complex, multi‑market projects and drive them to successful completion. Management consulting experience preferred.
• Strategic thinking: Strong understanding of the insurance business, products and operations; familiarity with Manulife systems and processes is a plus.
• Problem Solving Capability: Ability to translate objectives into action items which drive initiatives, including data‑driven problem solving and decision‑making skills.
• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication and collaborative skills, and ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders and cross‑functional teams, supports, advocates, communicates and implements changes.
• Business Acumen: Solid business and financial acumen to evaluate and understand financially feasible actions for strategy implementation.
• Adaptability: Thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously. Self‑motivated, independent and with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Presentation Skills: Excellent presentation, proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel; ability to synthesize complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Education and qualification: University degree or higher, with preference to degrees in healthcare, medicine, business administration, finance or a related field. Fluency in English is required; proficiency in one or more Asian languages is an advantage.

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.

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 .

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.

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