Manager, Digital Strategy & Program Management

Do you thrive on creating clarity in complex digital environments and love connecting teams organizing moving parts and keeping crossfunctional work running smoothly

At Manulife we are committed to becoming a digitalfirst organization and leading our industry in digital customer experiences. As part of our Marketing team and reporting to the Director of the Transformation Program Management Office you will play an important role in supporting the Unified Digital agenda and the work that enables a more connected consistent experience that is centered around the needs of our Canadian customers.

As a Manager Digital Strategy & Program Management you will support the operating rhythms that keep our digital transformation work organized and moving forward. Youll maintain and evolve the Unified Digital roadmap activate governance forums track crossworkstream dependencies and surface insights that support informed decisionmaking. To do this you will work closely with partners across Canadian business units the Data Office Product & Tech and global teams.

A key part of the role is turning digital performance data and crossfunctional updates into clear narratives that show progress highlight risks and outline required actions. Using your digital understanding and datadriven mindset youll help clarify how Unified Digital fits togetherwho is involved how work connects and how success is measuredwhile supporting the daytoday routines that keep initiatives advancing. Youll also refine the measurement frameworks dashboards and routines that track progress and customer impact.

If youre looking to grow your career enjoy bringing order to complex digital work and love fostering alignment and a positive team environmenteven during highstakes transformationwed love to meet you!

Position Responsibilities:

• Program & Portfolio Management

  • Maintain and evolve the Unified Digital roadmap including milestones dependencies and risks.

  • Support governance routines (working forums risk/issue tracking decision logs).

  • Coordinate planning cycles and prepare materials for leadership discussions.

• CrossFunctional Alignment

  • Consolidate updates from multiple workstreams into clear structured summaries.

  • Develop and maintain templates and processes that improve clarity and consistency.

  • Identify opportunities for reusability and alignment across teams to advance Unified experiences for customers.

• Measurement & Reporting

  • Partner with Data & AI team to refine digital measurement frameworks.

  • Build dashboards and scorecards to track progress and customer impact.

  • Surface insights risks and trends to support prioritization and decisionmaking.

• Leadership & Stakeholder Support

  • Prepare executiveready materials and communications to support Digital & CX leadership.

  • Coordinate priorities and deliverables across teams to ensure alignment.

  • Build strong collaborative relationships with Canadian and global partners.

Required Qualifications:

• 57 years in digital transformation and/or program management experience.

• Excellence in portfolio/program management prioritization and building repeatable systems that sacle.

• Strong digital fluency across web and/or mobile experiences with a usercentric mindset.

• Experience building or using measurement frameworks to evaluate impact.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to turn technical or complex inputs into clear concise updates for executives.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and facilitation skills; you recognize that relationship are at the core of how we work.

• Familiarity with Mural and modern program management tools/best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong analytical and data literacy skills; Excel proficiency; Power BI capabilities are an asset.

• PMP Prosci CCMP or PRINCE2.

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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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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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.