Product Owner, Fraud, Waste & Abuse

We are seeking a strategic and customer-focused Product Owner to lead high-impact fraud initiatives and shape the vision roadmap and delivery of key Fraud Waste & Abuse this role you will own the product backlog translate business needs into clear priorities and partner with agile technical and cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful outcomes. The ideal candidate brings strong Long-Term Care experience a data-driven mindset and the ability to balance customer insight technical constraints and business value to continuously improve product performance and innovation.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead and prioritize critical fraud initiatives to deliver business value.

• Drive product strategy roadmap and delivery for Fraud Waste & Abuse capabilities.

• Own and prioritize the backlog including epics stories and themes aligned to strategy.

• Represent the voice of the customer by incorporating user research and feedback into product decisions.

• Partner with agile teams Scrum Leads and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver prioritized features.

• Use KPIs experiments and data analysis to measure performance and guide product direction.

• Collaborate with Engineering Design and leadership to identify pain points and accelerate value delivery.

• Oversee release planning remove roadblocks and continuously improve through learning and adaptation.

Qualifications:

• Required experience in Long-Term Care (LTC) preferably within Fraud Waste & Abuse claims or related product environments.

• Strong organizational analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and manage competing priorities.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate product vision opportunities and outcomes to diverse stakeholders.

• Solid understanding of technical architecture current technology stacks and platform constraints to support effective product decisions.

• Proven experience facilitating journey mapping story mapping and roadmap planning sessions to align teams and define priorities.

• Demonstrated ability to lead projects or workstreams independently provide subject matter guidance and coordinate small cross-functional teams.

• Experience in product development project and change management with a strong focus on delivery stakeholder alignment and continuous improvement.

• Ability to use KPIs data interpretation and performance tracking to validate decisions measure outcomes and drive ongoing optimization.

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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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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