Manulife Financial Corporation

Manager – AdminAdvantage Operations

Manulife Financial Corporation$65K — $109K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven leadership experience with a focus on team engagement and motivation
  • Comfortable in resource management and scheduling
  • Strong proficiency in Office 365

Responsibilities

  • Lead and motivate the operations team to achieve service and productivity goals
  • Recruit, coach, and mentor team members to build high performance
  • Handle escalated requests from clients and internal stakeholders
  • Identify client needs and develop actionable plans to enhance experience
  • Coordinate service delivery with global teams to exceed expectations
  • Manage operational functions like scheduling and quality control across teams
  • Drive continuous improvement and identify service enhancement opportunities

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • A supportive, flexible work environment that values well-being and inclusion
  • Part of a global team working towards shaping the future of the industry
Full Job Description

GB Operations is looking for a manager to join our AdminAdvantage team. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, influential and passionate professional who is committed to building solid relationships while delivering on initiatives in a fast-paced and changing environment.

The AdminAdvantage Operations team within the Manulife Group Benefits organization links people, technology and expert services to simplify benefits administration and provide a consistent, powerful member and client experience.  Our vision is to be recognized as the partner of choice within the industry for benefits administration services. 

You will be leading a team that supports large corporate clients, coordinating efforts to provide world class benefits administration and customer service. Our clients trust the administration of their group benefits to us and you will be part of a team that delivers outstanding results to those clients and our members. 

If you enjoy working in a fast-paced, changing environment where every day brings something new and innovative ideas are encouraged, you may be the candidate we are looking for!

Position Responsibilities:

  • Providing leadership, motivation and support to a operations team to ensure established objectives in service, quality and productivity are achieved. 

  • Through recruiting, coaching, mentoring, team building and development opportunities, build a highly performing cohesive team that delivers quality service. 

  • Act as the point of contact for escalated requests from both internal and external customers. 

  • Identify client needs, issues and perceptions and develop action plans to ensure a positive client and member experience 

  • Coordinate service in partnership with all global teams and support groups to meet or exceed service expectations 

  • Coordinate operational functions such as scheduling, planning, processes and quality controls, across multiple teams globally

  • Seek out new opportunities and participate directly in continuous improvement projects.  

  • Identify service, cost and employee experience improvement opportunities and create plans of action to address these 

  • Support the financial contribution of AdminAdvantage through effective management of employee productivity and other expense control mechanisms

  • Work closely with the RGO, Service Owners and global team members in order to completely understand and address client concerns and issues the first time, every time

Required Qualifications:

  • You are an experienced, sought-after leader with a proven track record of attracting talent, motivating your team and driving employee engagement

  • You are comfortable creating and managing resource assignments/scheduling

  • Strong Office 365 skills

Preferred Qualifications:

  • You are an approachable leader who acts with integrity and lives our values

  • Successful experience supporting client Service Level Agreements, including intraday, daily, weekly and monthly targets

  • Comprehensive knowledge of Group Benefits and AdminAdvantage is an asset

  • You learn fast.  You pick up new ideas, concepts, technologies, and tools easily

  • You are dedicated to continuous improvement, including digitization, innovation and automation

  • You are accountable – you make it happen, you own it and you find solutions

  • You strive to delight customers, their needs and their experience in doing business with us.  You put the customer at the center of everything you do; and you treat our internal customers just the same

  • You are a master communicator – you can clearly articulate business needs between technical and non-technical resources as well as present strategy and vision to senior management

  • You are resilient, can adapt to change and lead others through change

  • You are a strategic thinker with the ability to think conceptually beyond day-to-day business realities and to effectively consider downstream impacts

  • You have a proven ability to collaborate and negotiate with various stakeholders with competing priorities, and you maintain your composure and best self during challenging times or challenging interactions

  • You take care in balancing risk

  • You’re comfortable driving solution progress forward – even when your team doesn’t have all the answers yet

When you join our team:

  • We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want. 

  • We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words. 

  • As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

Referenced Salary Location

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between

$65,850.00 CAD - $109,750.00 CAD

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.

We use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. For more information, please refer to our .

About Manulife Financial Corporation

John Hancock's core retail products in the U.S. focus on providing financial solutions at every stage of our clients' lives. Our product suite includes life insurance, mutual funds, 401(k) plans, long-term care (LTC) insurance, and annuities. We distribute our products primarily through licensed financial advisors, and through John Hancock Financial Network, a national network of independent firms.

Manulife Financial Corporation Careers

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