Senior IT Project Manager
Key Skills for This Role
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Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of project or program management experience leading large-scale technology, transformation, or regulatory initiatives in complex enterprise environments.
- 5-7+ years of experience in financial services, insurance, or another highly regulated industry.
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise-scale technology initiatives involving distributed teams, multiple stakeholder groups, and significant organizational complexity with executive visibility.
- Strong financial management skills, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, variance analysis, and business case development.
- Strong understanding of project governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, controls, and enterprise technology delivery.
- Highly organized, with strong prioritization skills and the ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and changing demands.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and drive consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities with attention to detail and the ability to perform effectively under pressure.
- Strong command of PMBOK, Agile, Scrum, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Planner, Power BI, and related project management and reporting tools.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) programs or Global Risk functions, including Operational Risk, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Financial Reporting Risk, Insurance Risk, or regulatory initiatives.
- Experience with AI use-cases, delivering AI-enabled, data-driven, automation, analytics, or enterprise transformation initiatives.
- PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or equivalent project management certification.
- Experience working with global teams and distributed delivery models.
- 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.
- #LI-Hybrid
- 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 [email protected].
Referenced Salary Location
Toronto, Ontario
Working Arrangement
Hybrid
Salary range is expected to be between
$113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 CAD
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 [email protected] for the salary range for your location.
Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact [email protected] for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.
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.
About Manulife
International financial services and insurance provider.
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