Wealth and Retirement Regional Vice President

Reporting to the National Head of Sales Wealth and Retirement Advice the Regional Vice President (RVP) is accountable for the overall performance growth and strategic direction of the PlanRight Wealth and Retirement Western Regional team. This role will lead a distributed team of regional advisors driving regional sales outcomes advisor productivity and client engagement excellence.

The RVP plays a critical leadership role in shaping sales strategy building advisor capability and aligning cross-functional partners to deliver a best-in-class advice experience to members. This position offers the opportunity to influence enterprise-level outcomes develop high-performing teams and scale a rapidly evolving distribution model supporting long-term growth.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide senior leadership oversight for PlanRight regional sales distribution and the regional advisor team with full accountability for regional sales results and advisor productivity.

• Lead develop and coach an experienced team of both Senior advisors and Associate Advisors to ensure consistent execution of sales strategy and achievement of targets.

• Establish performance management frameworks including sales targets activity metrics and pipeline discipline leveraging CRM tools such as Salesforce.

• Drive continuous improvement in advisor effectiveness through coaching models call quality reviews joint client engagements and capability-building programs.

• Collaborate with executive stakeholders sales support training and business development partners to align strategy optimize processes and deliver integrated client solutions.

• Collaborate with business partners to create and execute annual business planning including setting national sales goals defining strategic initiatives and executing transformation priorities across the channel.

• Champion a high-performance culture focused on customer outcomes accountability and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 4 years of progressive leadership experience in financial services including senior sales leadership and team management responsibilities.

• Demonstrated success leading sales teams geographically dispersed sales organizations and delivering against revenue and growth targets.

• Deep expertise in financial planning investment and insurance products and the Canadian advisor marketplace.

• Strong experience in sales performance management pipeline optimization and CRM-enabled sales operations (e.g. Salesforce).

• Exceptional leadership communication and strategic thinking skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• LLQP MFDA or IIROC licensing; CFP designation (or progress toward designation).

• University degree preferred

• Advanced knowledge of Group Retirement Savings wealth management and retail advisory distribution models.

• Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks and compliance requirements within financial services.

• Experience leading transformation initiatives including scaling teams optimizing client journeys or evolving go-to-market strategies.

• Demonstrated success developing future leaders and building succession pipelines.

When you join our team:

• Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

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

• As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Salary & Benefits

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.

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Required Experience:

Exec

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1