The AI Product Manager , Innovation will shape and scale AI-powered products that deliver measurable business value for Manulife. This role connects business opportunities with enterprise-approved AI capabilities, ensuring solutions are customer-focused, reusable, governed, and ready to scale. Working across business, data science, engineering, architecture, risk, privacy, security, and delivery teams, the successful candidate will define product vision, validate use cases, guide investment decisions, and move AI solutions from experimentation to enterprise adoption.

Define and communicate the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and success measures for AI-enabled products and services. Identify and validate high-value AI opportunities that improve customer, employee, or operational outcomes. Build business cases, value hypotheses, and prioritization recommendations based on impact, feasibility, risk, data readiness, and platform fit.

Partner with Data Scientists, Agentic Engineers, UX, platform engineering, architecture, security, risk, privacy, compliance, and delivery teams throughout the product lifecycle. Progress solutions from proof of concept to MVP and enterprise-scale deployment using approved global AI platform capabilities, reuse patterns, and architectural guardrails. Ensure AI products comply with Responsible AI principles, model governance expectations, privacy and regulatory requirements, security controls, and enterprise standards.

Define and monitor KPIs, adoption, usage, performance, customer satisfaction, and value realization; Act as the product owner and champion for AI innovation initiatives, communicating vision, progress, risks, trade-offs, and outcomes to senior stakeholders. Support adoption, change management, stakeholder readiness, and enterprise-wide AI literacy across business units. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field. ~5+ years of experience in product management, strategy, innovation, consulting,



digital transformation, or AI-related roles. ~ Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through implementation. ~ Robust understanding of AI, machine learning, generative AI, agentic AI, enterprise AI platforms, data integration, API-driven architectures, and model governance concepts. ~ Experience developing business cases, using data and research to inform product decisions, and measuring value realization. ~ Bilingualism in English and French is an asset.

For candidates based in Québec, proficiency in both languages is required to support clients across Canada.

Experience launching or scaling AI-enabled products in enterprise environments. Familiarity with agile product development practices. Knowledge of LLMs, copilots, agentic systems, RAG, automation platforms, AI product architectures, reusable AI services, API integration patterns, and production monitoring.

Experience working closely with Data Science, Engineering, Design, and platform teams. We’ll 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. 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. 86,100.00 CAD - $136,100.00 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. com for the salary range for your location.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable perks, 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.

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