Lead Data Engineer (Director Level)

The Data Engineering Lead is a hands-on technical expert who builds scalable data platforms data pipelines automated tools and reusable data products that expand the organizations Data & AI capabilities.

This role also partners closely with Sales Marketing Product and other business stakeholders to translate opportunities into clear data solutions and to ensure what we build drives measurable business impact and growth.

Position Responsibilities:

Build scalable data platforms products and automation

• Design and build scalable data pipelines automated data tools and reusable data products on modern cloud platforms such as Azure Databricks to accelerate AI and analytics value delivery.
• Automate modernize and improve data pipelines and engineering processes to increase efficiency reliability and scalability.
• Deliver projects across data ingestion engineering visualization and decision-making.

Own the data domain and strengthen engineering quality

• Serve as a data-domain subject matter expert and trusted technical advisor.
• Build a strong understanding of systems and the data environment by researching exploring and testing new data architecture design ideas and technologies.
• Collaborate with internal and external experts to improve data quality platform reliability access and usability.
• Use technical documentation to develop a holistic understanding of the data domain.

Enable analytics through strong data foundations and business context

• Work with data scientists to turn business requests into high-value data products and capabilities.
• Partner with business teams and data scientists to build improve and deliver trusted analysis-ready data.
• Help develop conceptual/logical data models curated data layers or semantic layers with clear business context.

Partner with the business (Sales/Marketing/Product) and communicate clearly

• Work with Sales Marketing Product and other teams to understand needs and identify where data and analytics can support growth.
• Turn business insights into clear technical requirements focused on measurable impact.
• Explain technical ideas in plain language and confidently present solutions to non-technical audiences.
• Act as a connector between technical and business teams to keep goals requirements and delivery aligned.

Grow data and analytics capability across the organization

• Help business partners understand and use data and automation effectively.
• Identify and develop data champions to increase profitable use of data.
• Learn key business concepts from partners and enable creative effective use of data technologies.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree (or higher) in computer science or quantitative field (e.g. Mathematics Physics Engineering).
• Advanced experience with databases data architecture and modern data engineering practices.
• Strong programming skills in Python SQL Spark.
• Experience building automated data pipelines orchestration workflows and data transformation solutions ideally in Azure Databricks or similar cloud data platforms.
• Experience with cloud data technologiesespecially Azure including Azure Databricksand Data as a Service (DaaS).
• Experience delivering analysis that supports management decisions; solid understanding of analytics theory and application.
• Experience with analytics and visualization tools (e.g. PowerBI) is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to collaborate with Sales Marketing and other customer-facing stakeholders.
• Be able to capture business pain points showcase prototypes and iterate on solutions
• Strong communication and storytelling skills; able to simplify complex concepts.
• Comfortable facilitating sessions presenting to groups and engaging partners.
• Consultative mindset with the ability to link technical work to business outcomes.

When you join our team:

• Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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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 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 for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.

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