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Manulife Manager – AdminAdvantage Administration in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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
Job Description
Plan Sponsor Administration is looking for a Manager to join our AdminAdvantage Service Owner 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 Service Owner 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 solutions and benefits administration services.
Responsibilities
Delivering high-quality Service to our Plan Sponsors with the AdminAdvantage product offering.
Providing leadership, motivation, and support to a team of Service Owners and to ensure established objectives in service, quality and productivity are achieved.
Through recruiting, coaching, mentoring, team building and development opportunities, build a high 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 our Global teams, and support groups in order to meet or exceed service expectations
Coordinate operational functions such as scheduling, planning, processes and quality controls, across multiple teams globally, including our Global team members
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, including E&E
Work closely with the RGO, Consultants and other partners in order to completely understand and address client concerns and issues the first time, every time.
How will you create impact?
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!
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
You are an experienced, sought-after leader with a proven track record of delivering Service, attracting talent, motivating your team and driving employee engagement
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 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
You are comfortable creating and managing resource assignments/scheduling
Strong Office 365 skills
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.
Boundless opportunity: 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.
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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 ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ 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
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Salary range is expected to be between
$68,250.00 CAD - $113,750.00 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.