Production Operations Lead

Manulife; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Manulife is seeking a Production Operations Lead in Boston to drive end-to-end production of customer and participant communications across print, direct mail, digital, and fulfillment channels. You will coordinate with internal teams and external vendors to ensure timely, accurate delivery while developing expertise in project management and production workflows.

This role emphasizes vendor management, procurement, and process improvements in a regulated financial services environment, with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in print production, print operations, direct mail, fulfillment, marketing production, or a related field.
• 3+ years of project management or project coordination experience managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Bachelor's degree, diploma, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end production projects across print, direct mail, digital, and fulfillment channels, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business partners, creative teams, fulfillment teams, and external vendors.
• Coordinate print production, procurement, vendor bidding, scheduling, and invoice management to ensure quality and cost-effective execution.
• Manage direct mail initiatives, including coordination of print vendors, mail houses, mailing lists, and distribution activities.
• Monitor fulfillment inventory levels, recommend print quantities, and support operational reporting and process improvements.

Skills

Print production

Direct mail

Project management

Vendor management

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Outlook

Job description

As a Production Operations Lead, you will play a key role in delivering customer and participant communications across print, direct mail, digital, and fulfillment channels. You will partner with internal stakeholders, creative teams, and external vendors to coordinate end-to-end production and distribution activities that support our mission of making decisions easier and lives better.

This role offers the opportunity to influence how customer communications are produced and delivered while developing expertise in project management, vendor management, print production, and fulfillment operations within a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

Position Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end production projects across print, direct mail, digital, and fulfillment channels, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business partners, creative teams, fulfillment teams, and external vendors.
• Coordinate print production, procurement, vendor bidding, scheduling, and invoice management to ensure quality and cost-effective execution.
• Manage direct mail initiatives, including coordination of print vendors, mail houses, mailing lists, and distribution activities.
• Monitor fulfillment inventory levels, recommend print quantities, and support operational reporting and process improvements.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in print production, print operations, direct mail, fulfillment, marketing production, or a related field.
• 3+ years of project management or project coordination experience managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Bachelor's degree, diploma, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing external print, fulfillment, and direct mail vendors.
• Knowledge of print production processes, procurement, and fulfillment operations.
• Experience working in financial services, insurance, or another regulated industry.
• Understanding of creative development, graphic design, and production workflows.
• Experience using workflow, project management, or production management systems.

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.

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

Boston, Massachusetts

Working Arrangement

In Office

Salary range is expected to be between

$61,875.00 USD - $103,125.00 USD

Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. 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. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact [e-mail] for the salary range for your location.

Benefits

• health
• dental
• mental health
• vision
• short- and long-term disability
• life and AD&D insurance coverage
• adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits
• employee/family assistance plans
• retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
• financial education and counseling resources
• up to 11 paid holidays
• 3 personal days
• 150 hours of vacation
• 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year
• the full range of statutory leaves of absence

We use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. For more information, please refer to our personal information collection statement.

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