Project Management Officer - Finance (H/F)

Reporting to the Director Inforce Pricing the Inforce Management Project Manager will support the Inforce Pricing team in the implementation of various projects largely related to the Canadian Inforce Adjustable Products Repricing Program but also in support of reviewing and providing governance on Inforce Management system enhancements work that impact the IIC Life Value Stream.

The Project Manager will add value through collaboration across many business unit and functional unit teams across Canadian Segment to assess issues analyze risks and develop analysis that will help ensure success to all activity impacting our Inforce blocks with a focus on the Canadian Inforce Adjustable Products Repricing Program.

The Project Manager will be key in assembling a project team during the Discovery Phase working with members of the project team and assigning resources to deliver successful projects that will drive more value from our Inforce blocks.

Manage and mentor two Business Analysts that will assist with below responsibilities.
Manage and provide oversight of the execution of all phases (discovery and delivery) of inforce repricing projects from concept to closure while leveraging project management best practice standards and processes.
Manage client relations to ensure that project discovery and delivery expectations are specified and met.
Create project deliverables for discovery that meet/exceed the project sponsors specified expectations and assign project deliverables to the key members and/or experts of the project team to fulfill.
Manage dependencies across the segment teams to ensure that key milestones are met or if needed facilitate discussions to discuss reprioritization with key stakeholders.
Engage project stakeholders and communicate project updates effectively to ensure buy in and project success (examples: meetings status updates issue resolution).
Provide clear direction and motivation to the discovery session teams.
Work with multi-site/virtual project teams.
Develop project plans that effectively align scope time cost quality resources risk communication and procurement in a manner that enables highly coordinated execution and control.
Monitor all projects results for significant deviations and ensure development of contingency plans where necessary.
Successfully identify project risks and manage and escalate as required issues and actions.

5-7 years of relevant Canadian life insurance experience.

• Working knowledge of Canadian life insurance products and the open and closed system assets in insurance.
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies and values.
• Ability to lead the discovery teams and manage and assign project deliverables to cross-functional teams comprised of resources from Operations Finance Legal Compliance Tax Actuarial Communications Marketing and Sales.
• Proven track record of re-thinking financial and project management processes from the ground up.
• Experience building project plans and generating and delivering project status reports
• Strong organizational planning and time management skills.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable handle multiple demands and competing priorities while meeting deadlines.
• Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. 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.

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

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.