Associate Project Manager

This role offers the opportunity to be at the forefront of driving seamless project delivery across business and technology teams playing a critical part in ensuring initiatives are executed efficiently and on schedule. By coordinating activities managing milestones and maintaining governance artefacts the role directly contributes to the organizations mission of delivering high-quality customer-centric solutions with speed and accountability. The incumbent enables stronger collaboration across cross-functional and regional teams ensuring alignment and transparency in project outcomes. From this opportunity the individual will gain exposure to complex large-scale digital and technology projects deepen their expertise in Agile delivery and build strong stakeholder management skills within a dynamic financial services environment.

Position Responsibilities:

• Coordinate day-to-day project activities ensuring alignment of tasks timelines and deliverables across business and technology teams

• Track project milestones dependencies and action items proactively following up to ensure timely completion

• Maintain project artefacts including plans RAID logs and status reports to support delivery governance

• Support Agile ceremonies (e.g. sprint planning stand-ups retrospectives) and ensure accurate tracking in tools such as Jira

• Consolidate project updates and prepare regular status reporting highlighting risks issues and delays

• Facilitate stakeholder meetings document minutes and drive closure of action items across teams and vendors

• Coordinate resources onboarding and communication across cross-functional and distributed teams

Required Qualifications:

• 36 years of experience in IT project coordination or project management roles preferably in financial services or insurance

• Strong hands-on experience in project tracking coordination reporting and stakeholder communication

• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira and Confluence

• Strong organisational communication and follow-through skills with attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP and/or Agile Certifications preferred

• Experience supporting projects involving digital platforms customer journeys or system integrations in financial services or insurance

• Exposure to regional or multi-market delivery environments with cross-functional and distributed teams

• Basic familiarity with emerging technologies (e.g. cloud automation GenAI) and their application in improving delivery efficiency

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

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