Bilingual Relationship Consultant

Join Manulifes Relationship Management team as a Bilingual Relationship Consultant where youll play a key role in strengthening relationships with our distribution partners across Canada for our segregated fund business.

In this role youll serve as a trusted relationship manager and escalation resource for Managing General Agencies (MGAs) and National Accounts (NAs). While day-to-day inquiries are supported through established service teams youll become involved when complex operational issues require additional coordination investigation or advocacy to reach resolution.

Working closely with distributors advisors support teams Sales Product and Operations youll help navigate challenging situations remove barriers and ensure our partners receive a high-quality service experience.

In addition to relationship management and escalation support youll deliver training and education on Manulife tools processes and programs while providing valuable distributor insights to support projects process improvements and business initiatives.

Success in this role comes from building trusted relationships collaborating across teams solving problems and championing the distributor experience.

This role includes occasional travel and offers opportunities for growth learning and meaningful impact while helping make decisions easier and lives better.

Position Responsibilities:

Distributor Partnership Management

• Manage relationships with assigned Key Accounts and Tier 1-3 MGAs/NAs acting as a trusted operational partner.

• Serve as an escalation resource for distributors when issues cannot be resolved through established support channels.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams to investigate communicate and resolve complex operational issues.

• Advocate on behalf of distributors and advisors while balancing business requirements and operational standards.

• Demonstrate a deep understanding of distributor needs and proactively communicate changes to programs tools and processes.

• Identify recurring issues trends and opportunities to improve the distributor experience.

• Deliver training and enablement sessions to support awareness and adoption of Manulife tools and processes.

• Participate in tier-based meetings conferences and relationship-building activities.

• Leverage strong knowledge of segregated fund products and related operational processes to support distributors in resolving complex issues.

Relationship Building:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with distributors and internal stakeholders

• Establish trust through responsiveness active listening and a commitment to finding solutions.

• Work collaboratively across Operations Sales Product Compliance and Technology teams to support distributor needs.

• Manage escalated concerns professionally and constructively ensuring partners remain informed throughout the resolution process.

• Influence positive change through feedback relationship management and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Identify and escalate potential business or compliance risks where appropriate.

Project Engagement:

• Represent the distributor/advisor perspective in small to medium-sized projects to ensure their needs and experiences are considered throughout planning and execution.

• Represent the distributor and advisor perspective in small to mid-sized projects ensuring their needs are reflected in planning and execution.

• Contribute to key communication deliverables (e.g. eNewsletters Dealer Bulletins) ensuring messaging resonates with partners.

• Provide frontline insights to inform project decisions and improve outcomes.

• Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to support successful implementation of tools and processes.

• Build strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders including Product Operations and Compliance.

• Support pilot programs and partner with Learning & Development to enhance training materials.

• Contribute to the planning and execution of the annual EDGE conference supporting a high-impact partner experience.

Leadership:

• Provide informal leadership and mentorship by sharing expertise coaching peers and supporting team development.

• Contribute to the evolution of the teams value proposition through insights feedback and continuous improvement.

• Actively participate in team meetings and initiatives fostering a collaborative high-performing team environment.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in the Canadian Insurance industry

• 3 to 5 years experience within the Financial Services industry in a relationship focused capacity

• Direct experience supporting the segregated fund business

• Post-secondary education or related business experience

• Technical knowledge and capabilities

• Fully bilingual (French/English): The successful candidate will be required to communicate in English and French in order to support clients from various jurisdictions outside of Quebec.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Proven problem-solving and escalation management capabilities.

• Ability to influence and collaborate across multiple business areas.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.

• Strong knowledge of the Canadian Insurance and wealth industry

• Experience delivering training education or enablement programs.

• Ability to identify opportunities for process improvement and enhance the Distributor experience.

• Comfort discussing segregated fund products compensation and operational processes.

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

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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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