VP, US Strategy and Transformation
Boston, NH - USA
Job Summary
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto Canada we provide financial advice and insurance operating as Manulife across Canada Asia and Europe and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. Through Manulife Investment Management the global brand for our global wealth and asset management segment we serve individuals institutions and retirement plan members worldwide. Our principal operations are in Asia and Canada and the United States where we have served customers for more than 155 years. We trade as MFC on the Toronto New York and the Philippine stock exchanges and under 945 in Hong Kong.
The Vice President US Strategy & Transformation is a senior leadership role responsible for driving the US segments most critical strategic initiatives enterprise integration and transformationinitiatives. Reporting to the US CEO this role acts as a trusted advisor strategic integrator and execution leaderensuring clarity alignment and momentum across complex cross-functional priorities.
This role is designed to lead initiatives that are CEO- or enterprise-driven cut across traditional functional boundaries and require strong problem-solving orchestration and execution discipline. The VP will playa central rolein shaping strategy aligning priorities to financial outcomes and ensuring effective delivery across the US business.
Position Responsibilities:
Strategic Initiatives
Lead high-priority internal growth and transformation initiatives that are CEO- or enterprise-sponsored.
Drive initiatives that require cross-segment and cross-functional coordination alignment and execution.
Provide structured problem-solving leadership in ambiguous complex environments.
Ensure momentum clear ownership decision-making and escalation whererequired.
Translate strategic intent into executable plans with measurable outcomes.
Strategic Planning& Vision
Maintain a continuous view of competitive dynamics industry trends and emerging business models across the USlife & annuitieslandscape.
Partner with the US CEO to shape strategic direction based on market signalstoinform pivots areas to explore and strategic trade-offs.
Identifyimplications of competitive moves regulatory shifts and consumer behavior changes to inform planning prioritization and investment decisions.
Own and lead the US segment strategic planning process including overseeing the 5-year strategy annual strategic priorities outcomes and success metrics
Develop and maintain USLT- ELT- and Board-level materials and meeting content.
Translate enterprise strategy into a coherent actionable USplansand initiatives.
Ensure alignment between financial goals strategic priorities and execution plans.
Support leadership alignment and readiness ahead of key decision points.
Enterprise Integrator / Chief-of-Staff Leadership
Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the US CEO.Serve as connective tissue across the US Leadership Team enterprise partners and functional leaders.
Surface emerging risks issues and opportunities earlybeyond formal reporting mechanisms.
Maintain strong informalnetworkthrough trusted internal relationships.
Prepare leadership teams for effective decision-making and execution by ensuring clarity of context trade-offs and implications.
Portfolio Management & Book of Work Governance
Own the US portfolio governance model and enterprise book of work.
Lead ongoing portfolio review processes to:
- Reassess priorities over time
- Determinewhat to start stop scale or deprioritize.
- Manage sequencing dependencies and capacity constraints.
Monitor delivery health execution risk and interdependencies across initiatives.
Drive focus trade-off decisions and resource alignment across the portfolio.
Interface with enterprise and global partners to ensure alignment (e.g. enterprise transformation teamstechnologyand delivery functions).
Examples include annual planning processes monthly portfolio reviews investment committee inputs and cross-functional governance forums.
Required Qualifications:
Senior leadership experience in strategy transformation management consulting or complex operating environments.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
Strong strategic thinking paired with execution discipline.
Experience working closely with C-suite leaders and Boards.
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex topics into clear executive-ready narratives.
High degree of judgment discretion and comfortoperatingin ambiguity.
This posting supports an ongoing hiring initiative for existing and/or future vacancies.
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
Salary & Benefits
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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Required Experience:
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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.