Transformation Portfolio Lead – Bancassurance & Strategy

Manulife group; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife Singapore is seeking a senior leader to drive the bancassurance transformation portfolio and deliver complex strategic initiatives across bank partnerships. You will translate priorities into an integrated roadmap, guide investment decisions and coordinate delivery across multiple business functions and partner organisations.

With responsibility for governance, outcome alignment and team development, you will shape the transformation capability, lead cross-functional teams, and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in management consulting, transformation leadership, programme management, corporate strategy or business change.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional transformation portfolios and delivering high-impact strategic initiatives.
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to connect transformation activity with measurable business, customer and operational outcomes.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, resolve cross-functional dependencies and operate effectively in complex partnership environments.
• Experience leading and developing transformation, programme or project teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management capabilities, including the ability to present portfolio choices, risks and recommendations clearly to senior audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an integrated roadmap of approved bancassurance transformation initiatives.
• Lead portfolio prioritisation, sequencing, capacity planning and resource trade-off discussions.
• Establish portfolio governance with clear decision points and escalation mechanisms.
• Lead complex and high-impact strategic initiatives from mobilisation through implementation.
• Define initiative outcomes, scope, milestones, dependencies and delivery plans.
• Identify and resolve cross-functional issues to keep delivery aligned with priorities.
• Establish measurable commercial, customer and operational outcomes for initiatives.
• Monitor delivery progress, adoption and benefits realisation against business cases.
• Mobilise stakeholders across Product, Distribution, Digital, Technology, Operations, Underwriting, Marketing, Finance, Risk and Compliance.
• Partner with bank stakeholders to align priorities and coordinate requirements.
• Present portfolio choices, risks, trade-offs and recommendations to senior governance forums.
• Lead and develop the Business & Process Transformation team.
• Establish transformation disciplines across governance, readiness, change management and adoption.
• Connect strategic intent, investment decisions and execution with Digital Platforms teams.

Skills

Transformation leadership

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Commercial judgement

People leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Tools

Agile

PMP

Job description

Manulife Singapore is seeking a senior leader to drive the bancassurance transformation portfolio and deliver complex strategic initiatives across bank partnerships. You will translate priorities into an integrated roadmap, guide investment decisions and coordinate delivery across multiple business functions and partner organisations.

With responsibility for governance, outcome alignment and team development, you will shape the transformation capability, lead cross-functional teams, and