Project Manager, Transformation

Were looking for a highly motivated Project Manager Transformation to help drive strategic initiatives across Canada this role you will lead complex cross-functional transformation programs from ideation through implementation and benefits realization ensuring alignment with business strategy and operational objectives. You will partner with senior leaders business stakeholders and project teams to deliver measurable outcomes while strengthening governance change adoption and organizational effectiveness. This is an excellent opportunity to influence large-scale business and digital transformation initiatives while building strong executive partnerships.

Position Responsibilities

• Transformation Delivery & Execution: Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic transformation initiatives ensuring projects are delivered on time within scope budget and quality expectations. Develop and manage integrated project plans milestones dependencies resource requirements and delivery roadmaps.

• Governance Planning & Reporting: Establish and maintain strong project governance including risk issue dependency and decision management. Prepare executive presentations steering committee materials status reports and leadership updates that translate complex information into actionable insights.

• Stakeholder Risk & Financial Management: Build strong relationships across business and technology teams to drive stakeholder alignment facilitate decision-making and support change adoption. Manage project budgets forecasts and benefit realization activities while proactively identifying and mitigating delivery risks.

Required Qualifications

• 5-8 years of project or program management experience leading large-scale business transformation initiatives.

• Demonstrated experience delivering complex cross-functional programs within insurance financial services or other highly regulated industries.

• Proven success managing project scope schedule budget resources risks dependencies and stakeholder communications.

• Strong governance reporting and executive communication skills including development of steering committee and leadership materials.

• Bachelors degree in Business Finance Operations Technology or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP PgMP Agile Scrum Prosci Lean Six Sigma or other project/change management certification.

• Experience leading enterprise-wide digital transformation operational excellence or organizational change initiatives.

• Strong financial acumen including budget management forecasting and business case development.

• Excellent executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across competing priorities.

• Experience managing multiple concurrent initiatives with significant organizational impact.

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

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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Salary range is expected to be between

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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