Senior Solution Architect

Our Canadian Enterprise Architecture team is looking to expand our practice! We are looking for flexible, resilient, energetic IT professionals with an engineering mentality, who understands how to deliver what the customer wants and needs, through great collaboration with our business and IT partners. We encourage you to apply if you are passionate and experienced with the different pillars we are building on the team.

Position Responsibilities :

• Partner with dedicated IT professionals to craft and implement cross-platform solutions to support our customers as they engage with the business processes.
• Are you motivated to tackling complex cases while being at the forefront of the technology journey; helping with the transformation of our Canadian business? Join our team!
• Take ownership of the broader technical ecosystem and the solutions you manage. Participate as a team member and use standards and patterns to speed progress.
• Be data driven in both decision making and in governance practices.
• Hold on demand reviews in public for greater transparency, ensuring that governance is collaborative and not punitive.
• Learn how to measure critical metrics, understand their value, and then use the results to continuously improve both the ecosystem and your solutions.
• Develop useful architecture models that can be brought to bear by both system architects and engineers, and demoing these models.
• Partner with product partners by influencing priorities while being responsible for the technical solutions.
• Be proactive, working with collaborators to create architecture concepts prior to initiating an effort, demoing changes to these concepts.
• Develop and maintain future models to align business and technology strategy, and any product purchases or vendor assessments.
• Keep models updated frequently and available for others to access.

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

When you join our team :

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit .

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 .

Referenced Salary Location

Toronto, Ontario

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between

$113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 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.