Job Description

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 Director, Enterprise Architect is responsible for leading the Group Function architecture initiatives for architectural design, issues and solutions consideration regarding data and analytics capabilities within the Azure EDL 2.0 ecosystem; apply industry best practices to create scalable and secure solution that have superior technical performance; design systems to support flow of data through the organization, ensures IT and Data strategy alignment with its business goals. The role will collaborate with other Manulife Segment Architects, Engineers, and Business partners to define solutions for new projects and ongoing architecture modifications that may be required for ongoing optimization of the overall EDL 2.0 ecosystem. The role reports to the AVP, Chief Architect, Global Data Technology.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the architecture roadmap for the Global Data and Group Function EDL 2.0 ecosystem including patterns development, end-to-end data pipelines, data storage and consumption
• Establish and maintain architecture principles, standards, blueprints, lead digital transformation, developing data technology architecture frameworks, decommissioning or transforming legacy applications, data migration, security, privacy, etc.
• Strategize multi-year roadmaps to enable business growth, ensure compliance and reduce the complexity of key business and IT processes. Assess applications by business capability and technical fit
• Produce target state architecture, perform ongoing assessment and gap analysis, collaborate with the Segment Data Office Architecture team to move the organization toward the target architecture
• Drive best practice implementation of data pipeline design (ingestion/curation), data store and consumer facing data structures
• Collaborate with the Segment Data Offices to define and evolve the EDL 2.0 data strategy as required to meet Global Data Technology business strategy and evolving business needs
• Define and lead architecture discussion for new data initiatives, including analyze and understand business need, mapping the need to required data and sources, define how the sources will be integrated with EDL 2.0 ecosystem, and finally how the data, reporting and analytics solution will be built within the EDL 2.0 system to meet the business objective
• Work closely with Business partners, Group Function Data Delivery Leads to ensure solution architecture for new initiatives aligns with Global Data Architecture strategy and practices
• Ensure developed solution meets Global Data Technology standards including adhering to Application Performance Management (APM) standards and meets Risk and Audit controls
• Find opportunities for continuous improvement, advise on enterprise architecture landscape, including data, technology, infrastructure, security, and integration

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

• 15+ years of professional experience in design and development of data solutions including data warehouses, data lakes, lake houses, business intelligence and analytics solutions.
• Experience in hands-on solution delivery on Microsoft Azure Data PaaS stack (Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, ADLS, Synapse SQL Pool, Azure ML, Power BI)
• Expert level understanding of Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL databases, Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse, Databricks and Azure ML.
• Hands-on experience on designing and developing data pipeline/ETL processes and automation in Azure data factory, Azure Databricks and PySpark.
• Experience with delivery of Business Intelligence/Reporting and Analytics solutions (MLOps ecosystem)
• Experience with the Hadoop ecosystem and toolset \xe2\x80\x93 HDFS, MapReduce, Spark, Python, Scala, Hive and Oozie.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD tools such as GitHub and Jenkins
• Deep understanding of business strategy and ability to craft software/platform/infrastructure architecture plans to support business outcomes
• Evaluates and builds a network of third-party suppliers
• Data modelling for large-scale systems and familiarity with electronic data standards (ACORD or equivalent)
• Deep knowledge and experience in design and implementation of Enterprise Data Integration/Semantic/Information models patterns and frameworks
• Awareness of regulatory and compliance directives such as BCBS230, PIPEDA, GDPR, CCPA
• Able to combine knowledge of field and the market, some perspective on customer requirements. Fit for purpose and usually refined quality
• Collaborative attitude, willingness to work with team members; able to coach, participate in code reviews, share skills and methods
• Good organizational and problem-solving abilities that enable you to manage through creative abrasion
• Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes
• Experiments with emerging technologies and understanding how they will affect what comes next
• Understands the overall \'picture\' in most situations
• Understands the political landscape and informal hierarchy within the firm
• Solid understanding of the business practice, foresees problems instead of solving them, recognizes the needs for flexibility and diverse solutions
• Able to achieve all tasks using own judgement

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 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). We trade as \xe2\x80\x98MFC\xe2\x80\x99 on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under \xe2\x80\x98945\xe2\x80\x99 in Hong Kong.

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact .

Salary & Benefits

The annual base salary for this role is listed below.

Primary Location Toronto, Ontario

Salary range is expected to be between $105,070.00 CAD - $195,130.00 CAD

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact for the salary range for your location. 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. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

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.

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