We are evolving our Insurance Technology team, with the mandate to power world-class customer and employee experiences through software and engineering skills. The customer is at the focus of everything we do, and millions of end users rely on our products daily. We believe in the value of empowering engineers with the resources to solve critical problems for the future of the business, which is why we need you.

We are seeking a self-motivated Director, obsessed with delivering value, is forward-thinking, and excited to see the successful implementation of the products, frameworks, and patterns delivered.

Position Responsibilities

Lead multi-functional engineering teams, dedicated to building and supporting Insurance Technology systems

Lead your teams to redesign and build client facing technology systems in support of our Insurance and Affinity business in Canada

Assist squads to provide Tier 2 and 3 support under the application criticality framework

Employ re-usable and extensible frameworks, reference implementations and patterns and build new functionality to deliver on key product objectives

Deliver an exceptional user experience, through the delivery of products and services with strong and extendable architectural design

Guide and motivate the development of engineering staff within your team as well as focus on overall team engagement

Maintain and support these services, with accountability for production reliability and usage, and the delivery of new functionality

Required Qualifications

3+ years shown experience leading teams or large scale programs

Preferred Insurance or Banking industry experience A deep, hands-on, background in modern software development and practices An entrepreneurial spirit and comfort working within a rapidly changing startup environment; you love the challenge of working on a small team and being part of a larger movement to change the engineering culture of an enterprise





Strong project management experience (planning, estimation, building roadmaps, hiring and building your teams for required deliverables, etc.)

Familiarity with agile and DevOps principles, test-driven development, continuous integration, and other approaches to accelerate the delivery of recent features

Developing engineers and a passion for growing staff within the organization

Experimenting with emerging technologies and understanding how they will impact what comes next A capacity for constant learning from both success and failure, remaining open to change and continuous improvement

Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities that enable you to manage through creative abrasion

Strong verbal and written communication with the ability to effectively articulate and communicate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes across all levels in the organization

Understanding of the fundamentals of capital markets or financial services in support of our service or product offerings (or are ready to learn by doing!)

Preferred Qualifications

The team works with the following technology

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Languages such as React, NodeJS, AKS and Azure platform

As we accelerate our delivery of world-class experiences, we know embracing open-source technologies will help us get there.

Any experience with open source would be an asset to us.

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 distributed team, we’ll 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 https://www.manulife.com/en/about/

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