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2 days ago
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Job Summary
Position Responsibilities:
- Deliver machine learning and AI solutions across the insurance value chain enabling scalable and impactful analytics capabilities.
- Oversee campaign effectiveness and model performance across multiple markets ensuring continuous improvement and sharing of best practices regionally.
- Track and report AI project benefits identifying opportunities to optimize outcomes and drive new business initiatives.
- Support analytics data strategy including data optimization and monetization using internal data identifying external data sources to enrich the enterprise data ecosystem and contributing to data governance efforts.
- Lead the development of advanced predictive and prescriptive models and other analytical solutions for Asia markets to support profitable business growth.
- Collaborate with global and regional teams to establish standardized modeling frameworks governance processes and shared modeling solutions; ensure compliance with AI Center of Excellence standards.
- Maintain a regional/global model repository to document monitor and conduct dynamic diagnostics on models in production.
- Provide expert guidance to in-country analytics teams on advanced quantitative analysis and modeling techniques ensuring strong technical execution aligned with business context.
- Drive data strategy initiatives enhancing data readiness and value creation across markets.
- Enable effective customer and prospect engagement using data-driven insights and advanced analytics across all channelsincluding Agency Bancassurance and Digitalto increase new sales repeat sales and customer lifetime value.
- Guide in-country AI teams to apply advanced analytics for targeting segmentation cross-sell/up-sell opportunities and marketing program optimization.
- Support channel expansion (Banca and Digital) and enhance sales efficiency through analytics-driven targeting and personalized offerings.
- Identify market product and channel-specific challenges proposing innovative analytics-backed solutions that balance speed-to-market with analytical rigor.
- Partner with regional and business unit leaders to prioritize and optimize analytics-driven decisions in a customer-centric needs-based context.
- Coach and support in-country AI teams in designing developing and analyzing campaigns ensuring adherence to modeling best practices.
- Establish regional/business-unit-level analytics tracking and reporting and maintain regional best practices for campaign management.
- Diagnose root causes of underperformance recommending improvement opportunities and corrective actions.
- Flag emerging risks early and outline mitigation strategies for respective markets.
- Collaborate with markets to develop annual business plans and performance targets informed by analytics insights.
Required Qualifications:
- 3 years of experience in Data Science and Machine Learning preferably within the retail financial services industry prior experience in insurance/reinsurance domain is a huge plus
- Hands-on experience of multivariate analysis modeling segmentation and UW/claims/contact center/distribution analytics using statistical techniques
- Expert in both concept and building AI/ML models also in using data mining languages /tools eg some or all of Python SAS R SQL or equivalents
- Experience in any big data/ cloud solution of Azure Hadoop Hive Spark etc. is a plus
- Strong experience in deploying analytics solutions including targeting test and control development response tracking and analysis
- Experience translating complex business problems into analytical requirements and propose actionable solutions based on internal and external best practice.
- Strong communication and presentation skills. Ability to persuade a wide range of colleagues
- Ability to lead and build an initiative from scratch and to handle high level of ambiguity
- Able to maintain strong productive relationships with stakeholders and external partners
- Able to work independently as well as a good team player
- Highly regulated business environment by nature
- Some analytical solution is difficult to measure the exact financial impact or right on the path but no immediate big financial impact and how to align stakeholders
- Data availability and data quality issues in certain markets can always be challenges to build sound analytical solutions
- Deploying analytical findings require multiple efforts from multiple stakeholders from both regional and local
- Managing stakeholders with conflicting objectives/priorities
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
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
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.
It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. 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. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process contact .
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Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Immunoassays
- Machine Learning
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Research Experience
- Spectroscopy
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Data Analysis Skills
About Company
Manulife is a leading financial services group. We provide financial advice, insurance, as well as wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions.
