Hybrid Director, Technology Strategy & Planning

at Manulife

• Job title: Director, Technology Strategy & Planning
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: CA$132,900 - CA$182,900 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Waterloo, Canada

About the role

• Director of Technology Strategy at Manulife overseeing alignment of tech strategy with business goals. Focused on strategic technology development and workforce management.

Responsibilities

• Partner to define, then deliver, implement, and maintain the Insurance and Affinity technology strategy and portfolio planning to drive Manulife business goals.
• Work to continuously improve and standardize processes to gain efficiency in production and enhance quality of information.
• Support the VP, Individual Insurance Technology as required with any and all employee engagement activities.
• Provide leadership and direction in developing a team of highly engaged, geographically diverse, Technology professionals.
• Partner closely with key risk customers within Insurance and Affinity Markets to coordinate work effort for all finance related matters and strategic outcomes.
• Establishes operating and investment budgets within the respective work area consistent with short and long-term Insurance and Affinity Market financial goals.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 + years of technology leadership and strategy execution experience for large scale organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement a technology strategy and tactics to drive business goals, in collaboration with external and internal partners.
• Exceptional communications judgement and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels with both technical and non-technical customers.
• Confident presentation and facilitation skills (PowerPoint) and strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• A comprehensive knowledge of project accounting and reporting, capitalization, financial, planning & analysis functions and activities.
• Knowledge of IT function, business practices and controls, and accounting/audit principles which apply to financial companies and the area of expense management and initiative management.
• Strong budgeting and financial skills.
• Teammate, collaborative, self-starter, well-organized, innovative, and high level of initiative.

Benefits

• flexible environment
• 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 and global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
• financial education and counseling resources
• generous paid time off program including holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days
• full range of statutory leaves of absence