Strategy Lead, Asia Technology

We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. Discover how you can grow your career, make impact and drive real change with our Winning Team today.

**Working Arrangement**

Hybrid

**The opportunity**
The Asia Technology team has the mandate to ensure we deliver business and IT initiatives that deliver on Manulife’s strategic vision. We work across the different countries within the Asia region, partnering with local countries to deliver processes and solutions that deliver value for our distributors, customers, employees and shareholders. The Strategy Lead, Asia Technology will ensure that we are closely monitoring our progress in-line with the Tech Strategy for the Asia Segment. This would entail tightly managing our finances and performance against our KPI targets across all markets in the Asia Segment.

**Responsibilities and Accountabilities**:

- Lead the Asia Technology Strategic Planning exercise, ensure alignment of the plan with business objectives and monitor plan execution
- Proactively manage and report Asia Technology KPIs for the mkts.
- Lead IT budgeting and planning updates by coordinating closely with regional PMO and Finance, collecting timely inputs from markets, consolidating and sense-checking and reconciling gaps.
- Own the Technology Reporting process including weekly Release Note and Highlights, Monthly Technology Review report and Quarterly Technology KPI report
- Collect and prepare data points or recommendations on specific initiatives, usually to facilitate executive discussions on a strategic topic.
- Stakeholder Management - interact with a diverse group of key decision-makers and senior stakeholders (C-level)
- Build and maintain strong relationships with business partners and act as a liaison between IT and other functions Conduct periodic tech reviews with reginal and global leadership team

**What motivates you?**
- You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit.
- You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
- You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
- You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
- You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up. You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.

**What we are looking for**
- **10+ years of IT experience in the insurance industry**:

- Previous experience in a strategic planning role in the Insurance industry is preferred, specifically in a regional role
- Good knowledge and understanding of technology and business trends.
- Strong presentation and stakeholder engagement skills
- Good project and time management skills to see through implementation of projects and plans
- Excellent communication, presentation, and sr. stakeholder management skills Ability to communicate complex technical concepts. Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills

**What can we offer you?**
- A competitive salary and benefits packages.
- A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
- A focus on growing your career path with us.
- Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance. Professional development and leadership opportunities.

**Our commitment to you**
- Values-first culture
We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
- Boundless opportunity
We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.
- Continuous innovation
We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.
- Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.
- Championing Corporate Citizenship
We build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.

**About Manulife and John Hancock**

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillio