Manager, AdminAdvantage Client Services
Role Overview
Leads Client and Account Specialists delivering the end-to-end AdminAdvantage experience for Manulife plan sponsors.
Oversees complex implementations, enrolments, and ongoing service, with emphasis on client outcomes, service excellence, and operational consistency.
Acts as a senior escalation point and contributes to AdminAdvantage service standards, best practices, and operating model improvements.
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Role overview
Leads Client and Account Specialists delivering the end-to-end AdminAdvantage experience for Manulife plan sponsors.
Oversees complex implementations, enrolments, and ongoing service, with emphasis on client outcomes, service excellence, and operational consistency.
Acts as a senior escalation point and contributes to AdminAdvantage service standards, best practices, and operating model improvements.
Team leadership and client delivery
- Leads, coaches, and develops a team responsible for client implementations and ongoing service.
- Sets direction, elevates team capability, plans workforce needs, and allocates resources across portfolios.
- Oversees end-to-end client delivery and consistency of client engagement, communications, and deliverables.
- Guides teams on client structures, re-enrolments, and non-standard solutions; monitors portfolio health and intervenes on risks.
Escalations, governance, and improvement
- Leads resolution of complex, high-risk issues through cross-functional coordination, root cause analysis, and preventative solutions.
- Establishes service governance, standards, best practices, and risk and escalation frameworks.
- Coordinates service execution across AdminAdvantage, Distribution, Underwriting, IT, and Operations.
- Drives process, tool, operating model, and service improvements and supports adoption across teams.
- Partners with leaders and stakeholders on organizational priorities, transformation initiatives, and strategic programs.
Required qualifications
- Post-secondary education in business, technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Extensive leadership experience managing teams in complex, high-volume, client-focused environments.
- Deep understanding of Group Benefits, including plan design, enrolment processes, and system capabilities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 tools.
Preferred qualifications
- Bilingual French and English is nice to have; French may be needed to support clients in jurisdictions including Quebec.
- Experience overseeing large-scale, complex client implementations and service delivery across multiple clients or segments.
- Expertise in project management, business analysis, and system implementation in complex environments.
- Ability to influence senior cross-functional stakeholders; strong analytical, strategic, communication, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience developing high-performing teams, leading change, and improving operating models, governance, and delivery frameworks.
Work arrangement
- The role is listed as hybrid.
- The existing vacancy is based in Toronto, Ontario.
Compensation
- The expected salary range is $92,900 to $142,900 CAD; the posting does not state a compensation cadence.
- Eligible employees may participate in incentive programs tied to business and individual performance.
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