Role Summary

The Manager, Agile Delivery & Portfolio Enablement serves as the delivery and operational lead for the People Technology portfolio. Reporting to the AVP, People Technology, this role partners with Product Leaders, Technology teams, HR stakeholders, and operational partners to drive Agile delivery execution, portfolio planning, governance, roadmap management, executive reporting, capacity visibility, and operational triage activities across the portfolio. The role enables effective delivery practices through facilitation of Agile ceremonies, dependency management, risk identification, prioritization support, and portfolio reporting. Working across multiple squads and initiatives, the incumbent helps ensure delivery commitments remain aligned to business priorities while providing leadership with transparency into delivery health, resource capacity, risks, dependencies, and progress against commitments. Success in this role requires strong Agile delivery expertise, portfolio management discipline, analytical thinking, stakeholder management, and the ability to influence teams across a highly matrixed environment.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Delivery Leadership





- Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

- Support Agile teams in delivering commitments and achieving sprint objectives.

- Track delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and impediments.

- Partner with Product Leaders to ensure priorities are clearly defined and appropriately sequenced.

- Coordinate and manage cross-team dependencies.

- Support Agile maturity and continuous improvement initiatives.

- Maintain delivery metrics, dashboards, and reporting within Jira and related tools.

- Provide visibility into delivery health and proactively elevate risks requiring leadership attention.

- Support quarterly planning activities and dependency management across teams operating within Agile and Secure delivery models.

Portfolio Planning & Governance

- Coordinate portfolio-level Quarterly Planning activities across the People Technology function.

- Support Quarterly Operations Planning to align delivery commitments, business priorities, and resource capacity.

📌 Manager, Agile Delivery & Portfolio Enablement (Toronto)
🏢 Manulife
📍 Toronto