Senior Manager, Strategy & Growth

The Senior Manager Strategy & Growth will help shape and advance Manulife Singapores bancassurance growth agenda by identifying assessing and progressing strategic opportunities across key bank partnerships. You will build the Horizon 2 and Horizon 3 opportunity pipeline drawing on product market customer and commercial insights to identify new sources of growth. Working across multiple functions you will translate opportunities into clear strategic recommendations and investment-ready business cases. This role offers the opportunity to influence partnership strategies support executive decision-making and help mobilise initiatives that contribute to the future growth of the bancassurance business.

Key Responsibilities

1. Growth and Opportunity Development

• Build and manage the Horizon 2 and 3 bancassurance growth pipeline.
• Identify opportunities across customer segments channels products journeys and partnership capabilities.
• Develop opportunity concepts and progress them from initial hypothesis through strategic assessment and investment consideration.

2. Market Customer and Competitive Intelligence

• Conduct market customer product and competitor analysis to identify emerging opportunities and threats.
• Monitor relevant industry technology and regulatory developments.
• Translate external intelligence into clear implications for Manulifes bancassurance strategy.

3. Strategic Assessments and Business Cases

• Develop strategic options opportunity assessments and investment-ready business cases.
• Quantify commercial potential customer value strategic fit feasibility dependencies and key risks.
• Work with Finance Actuarial Product Distribution and Analytics teams to validate assumptions and expected outcomes.

4. Strategy Development and Executive Support

• Support the Director in developing partnership strategies segment priorities and strategic roadmaps.
• Prepare concise evidence-based recommendations and materials for senior Manulife and bank-partner stakeholders.
• Support strategic planning workshops and decision-making forums.

5. Strategy Mobilisation and Progress Tracking

• Translate approved strategic priorities into clearly defined initiatives accountabilities and outcomes.
• Partner with Transformation and business teams to support effective mobilisation.
• Track the progression of growth opportunities and ensure that key assumptions decisions and expected benefits remain visible.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in strategy consulting corporate strategy business development commercial strategy or strategic partnerships preferably within banking insurance wealth management or broader financial services.
• Demonstrated experience conducting market analysis evaluating growth opportunities and developing business or investment cases.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and financial-modelling capability.
• Ability to convert complex information into clear insights recommendations and executive-level materials.
• Proven ability to work across multiple functions and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Bachelors degree required; an MBA or other relevant postgraduate qualification is advantageous

Preferred Experience

• Experience in bancassurance banking insurance or wealth management.
• Understanding of Singapores financial-services and distribution landscape.

• Previous experience in a strategy-consulting engagement team corporate-strategy function or internal consulting role at senior associate or equivalent level is advantageous.

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. Job Posting Template PDF

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