Senior IT Project Manager

The Opportunity

The Sr. IT Project Manager manages and coordinates business/ technical projects through all phases of initiation, development, and implementation!

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading and completing sophisticated technical, time sensitive projects with critical interdependencies across multiple partners through development and implementation.
• Ensures projects are completed within budget, schedule, and quality targets while meeting business objectives
• Ensures progress against important achievements where consistent and coordinated implementation is required
• Leads coordination efforts with some leadership support of Product Owners, Architects and Engineers to meet business and technical requirements.
• Identifies resource needs for the project and establishes roles, expectations, and goals with team members
• Calls out Risks on project meeting timeline / budget/ scope
• Establish a governance cadence with partners and report on the project’s performance against critical metrics
• Advise and manage internal and external resources from multiple locations
• Works with partners to define and manage the scope, strategy, requirements, and implementation of projects
• Provides effective and regular communication within the project team, partners, sponsors, and management
• Identifies, analyzes, mitigates, documents, and controls project issues and risks that impact project delivery and raise to management
• Reports on and manages project resource tracking and budgets for project area
• Creates and reviews communication to partners for leadership
• Positive impact to project outcomes
• Understands nature of impact and creates lessons learned for future delivery
• Strong contributor able to enable others within immediate team

What motivates you?

• You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit.
• You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
• You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
• You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
• You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up.
• You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.

What we are looking for

• 10 year of work experience and minimum 5 years solid experience as a Project Manager
• Good problem-solving skills, copes with sophisticated situations through deliberate analysis and planning
• Demonstrates understanding of how technology supports Manulife's strategy
• Strong detail orientation
• Prior experience with Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects
• Experience in the development of a broadly implemented technology stack
• Experience in delivering projects from inception through to post-implementation warranty using waterfall and agile project management methodologies.
• Experience in handling and delivering projects involving partners from multiple locations
• Constantly learns from both success and failure
• Good organizational and problem-solving abilities that enable you to handle through creative abrasion
• Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes

What can we offer you?

• A competitive salary and benefits packages.
• A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
• A focus on growing your career path with us.
• Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
• Professional development and leadership opportunities.

Our commitment to you

• Values-first culture: We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
• Boundless opportunity: We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.
• Continuous innovation: We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.
• Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.
• Championing Corporate Citizenship: We build a business that benefits all partners and has a positive social and environmental impact.

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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 recruitment@manulife.com.

Salary range is expected to be between

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact recruitment@manulife.com 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. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact recruitment@manulife.com for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.