Director, Product Strategy & Delivery

Manulife; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife John Hancock Retirement is redefining our US Retirement business within a SAFe agile delivery model. A Product Management Director will lead a team of Product Managers/Owners, bridging strategy and execution to ensure initiatives are analyzed, prioritized, approved, implemented, and monitored for outcomes.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, portfolio governance, and data-driven decision-making in a hybrid environment based in Boston, MA.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7+ years of experience as a product delivery or product operations leader.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain standardized product management frameworks, workflows, and tools.
• Lead a lean, high-leverage team focused on analytics, portfolio governance, and execution excellence.
• Support rollout of new tools, workflows, or policies across teams.
• Support roadmap planning, prioritizing product portfolio activities, backlog management and data-driven decision-making.
• Coordinate across engineering, marketing, sales and support for product launches.
• Translate goals, manage stakeholder expectations, and align teams with data-driven insights.
• Analyze data to define KPIs, trends, and levers for improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile

Data-driven decisions

KPIs

Portfolio governance

Tools

SAFe

Portfolio Kanban

MVP-driven development

Job description

Manulife John Hancock Retirement is redefining our US Retirement business within a SAFe agile delivery model. A Product Management Director will lead a team of Product Managers/Owners, bridging strategy and execution to ensure initiatives are analyzed, prioritized, approved, implemented, and monitored for outcomes.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, portfolio governance, and data-driven decision-making in a hybrid environment based in Boston, MA.