Business Systems Analyst

Join our Insurance Technology Team!

Were modernizing advisor- and client-facing platforms to deliver secure scalable and efficient digital experiences for our customers and business this role youll help translate business needs into clear technical deliverypartnering closely with product engineering and architecture teams to support microservices that enable Insurance and Investment capabilities.

Youll thrive here if you enjoy working across both modern cloud-native services and established systems and youre energized by solving problems collaboratively in an agile environment. Youll have the support of a dynamic team that values shared ownership practical delivery and continuous improvement.

Position Responsibilities:

• Participate in agile ceremonies and partner with stakeholders across the organization to understand objectives clarify needs and assess impacts to systems and users

• Interpret high-level solution designs and help translate them into delivery-ready plans and timelines

• Break down designs into clear technical user stories acceptance criteria and supporting documentation that guide engineering and testing

• Coordinate and organize the delivery of stories and engineering tasks to support incremental reliable releases

• Collaborate with product managers analysts engineers architects and other team members to create and maintain delivery artifacts (e.g. user stories approvals test evidence outcomes)

• Support prioritization across multiple initiatives by helping teams align on what matters most and why

• Perform functional testing identify defects and support re-testing to ensure quality outcomes

• Partner with team members to analyze issues identify root causes and prevent recurrence

• Identify opportunities to improve system effectiveness and streamline agile delivery practices

• Build and maintain a clear organized repository of system and delivery documentation

Required Qualifications:

• Experience as a Business Systems Analyst Technical Analyst Quality Analyst Software Engineer or similar role supporting technology delivery.

• Strong analytical conceptual diagnostic and problem-solving skills

• Clear written and verbal communication skills including the ability to facilitate discussions across technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Ability to balance business priorities with delivery complexity risk and implementation effort

• Strong planning and organizational skills including comfort supporting multiple initiatives in parallel

• Experience working in an agile delivery environment

• Demonstrated ability to learn new business processes technologies and tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education or equivalent practical experience

• Experience with tools such as JIRA and Confluence

• Exposure to insurance investment or financial services platforms

• Interest in mentoring sharing knowledge or helping improve team practices

Even if you dont meet every qualification we encourage you to apply. Many great candidates grow into a role through transferable skills and learning on the job.

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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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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