Transformation Director
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Job Location:
Manila - Philippines
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
1) Governance & Oversight (Program-Level)
- Organize and run functional governance forums for Finance Elevate (e.g. Steering Committees working groups).
- Establish and maintain guidelines standards and templates for initiative updates and governance requests (e.g. intake gating status RAID change control benefits).
- Ensure adherence to companywide project reporting standards and systems (e.g. GIA) partnering with delivery leads to sustain reporting discipline and auditability.
- Integrate ODF and Delegation of Authority (DoA) expectations into portfolio ways of working; continuously improve playbooks and controls.
- Oversee (and qualityassure) programlevel RAID and change governanceescalating systemic risks and options for executive decision.
2) Reporting & Analytics (Executive Narrative & Insights)
- Own the executive narrative for monthly quarterly and adhoc executive reportingsynthesizing status risks financials KPIs benefits realization and decisions required.
- Define and maintain the integrated roadmap of project and change timelines; communicate downstream and crossprogram impacts to stakeholders to manage dependencies.
- Set portfolio KPIs and success measures (adoption readiness value delivery) and oversee cadence quality and consistency of submissions; approve final reporting packs.
- Conduct trend and variance analysis to surface insights recommend rebalancing/sequencing and prompt corrective actions.
3) Communication & Change Enablement (Strategy to Adoption)
- Lead Finance Elevate communications strategyhighlighting transformation value milestones and impacts; tailor messages by audience (e.g. sponsors leaders practitioners impacted teams).
- Drive change enablement across workstreams and programwide: impact and readiness assessments sponsor activation change network mobilization communications learning and resistance management.
- Align change/adoption planning with delivery milestones (cutovers releases transition to BAU) and ensure sustainment plans and ownership are in place.
4) Strategic & ValueAdded Activities (Enterprise Focus)
- Develop the consolidated business case for the program and lead funding allocation and benefits realization discussions with sponsors and Finance leadership.
- Recommend portfolio rebalancing based on readiness value risk posture and capacity; prepare decision options consistent with DoA thresholds.
- Continuously improve transformation approachesidentify synergies eliminate lowvalue activity and codify lessons learned to scale what works.
- Keep Finance leadership informed and secure approvals for key decisions; represent Finance Elevate in enterprise change forums.
- Coordinate with workstreams and IT/HR partners to proactively address crossfunctional issues and enable timely resolution.
5) Leadership and Coverage
- Manage and develop the Program Manager: set objectives coach review deliverables and ensure standards and service levels are met.
- Cover program manager scope as needed to protect critical cycles (e.g. portfolio reporting change control business case support) and ensure continuity of governance and controls.
- Build capability and consistency across PMs BAs and change practitioners through standards clinics and communities of practice.
6) Controls Compliance & Data Quality
- Ensure auditreadiness and traceability of portfolio decisions and change artifacts; uphold data quality standards across PPM and reporting tools (including GIA).
- Partner with Audit Risk and Finance to maintain control effectiveness and evidence requirements tied to ODF and DoA.
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 .
Working Arrangement
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Fundraising
- Management Experience
- Coaching
- Analysis Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Team Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Public Speaking
- negotiation
- Supervising Experience
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.
