
Project Director
Manulife
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $128,550 - $222,820 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead end-to-end delivery of initiatives through close cross functional collaboration
- Ability to manage multistakeholder teams with interlinked needs, identify and oversee dependencies
- Work with teams to drive readiness of processes, reporting, controls, and training for impacted teams to ensure smooth adoption of new tools and capabilities
- Ability to manage projects with net-new build, processes and infrastructure
- Be responsible for the backlog of post-launch actions to ensure market acceptance
- Report regularly on project status, including key achievements, risks, and challenges
- Support in business case development for projects and track to benefit targets and budget
- Identify resource needs for the project and establish roles, expectations, and goals with team members
- Participate in negotiation of contract terms and conditions and ensure compliance with contract terms for project consultants and vendors
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in project/program management in delivering major cross-functional Insurance solutions
- Experience in Life insurance finance, including actuarial, accounting and reporting processes is an asset
- Deep understanding and experience with project management tools and methodologies, along with Agile experience
- Extensive experience working with senior management stakeholders, building trust, and driving impact
- Strong collaboration, presentation, communication, and influence skills
- Ability to think strategically, assess alternatives for short and long-term impacts and act conclusively
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Prior business analyst experience, particularly with Finance projects is an asset
- Experience with Jira and Smartsheet is a plus
Benefits
- health, dental, mental health, vision insurance
- short- and long-term disability insurance
- life and AD&D insurance coverage
- adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits
- employee/family assistance plans
- retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
- financial education and counseling resources
- paid time off including up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, and 150 hours of vacation
- full range of statutory leaves of absence
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementAgilebusiness analysisfinanceactuarial processesaccounting processesreporting processesanalytical skillsproblem-solving skills
Soft Skills
collaborationpresentation skillscommunication skillsinfluence skillsstrategic thinkingtrust building