Job Specifications
Join our Manulife Bank Technology Teams!
This role blends strategic program leadership with hands-on experience across the complete software development lifecycle. You will drive multi-disciplinary programs from conception to completion while contributing directly to software design and delivery. You’ll collaborate across teams to ensure technical direction and results are met.
Position Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end program management, ensuring delivery within scope, budget, and timeline.
Design, develop, test, and integrate new software features using modern full stack technologies.
Apply creative problem-solving to bring software designs to life and mitigate technical risks through investigative spikes.
Promote and apply scaled agile frameworks (SAFe), maintaining team velocity and supervising efficiency metrics.
Collaborate with Product Owners to align product vision with technical capacity and provide accurate estimates.
Maintain user documentation covering deployment, maintenance, support, and compliance.
Manage technical assets, ensuring software currency, health, and alignment with strategic goals and compliance standards.
Lead all aspects of program status to interested parties, incorporating feedback and managing change impacts.
Redesign process flows with partner teams to improve operational efficiency.
Integrate emerging technology and policy trends to set strategy and plans.
Support production releases and provide ongoing technical support.
Required Qualifications
7+ years of expertise in comprehensive application development across multiple layers.
Proficiency in Java (Spring Boot), NodeJS, TypeScript, React.
Experience with Azure/AKS cloud environments.
Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and Spring frameworks.
Skilled in SQL, GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Maven, Snyk, and SonarQube.
Deep understanding of current technical stacks and architectural constraints.
Excellent organizational capabilities and capacity to manage multiple initiatives across teams.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in varying situations.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience mentoring developers and encouraging team growth.
Active participation in ideation and backlog refinement sessions.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate in a globally distributed environment.
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.
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 hr@manulife.com.
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 hr@manulife.com 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 cover
About the Company
Manulife is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We have more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents serving ~34 million customers worldwide, and over $1.3 trillion in assets under management and administration.
Visit www.Manulife.com to find out more.
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