Product Management Director

Manulife is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. The Product Management Director will manage a team of Product Director/EPIC Owners, ensuring initiatives are properly analyzed, prioritized, approved, implemented, and monitored for outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining standardized product management frameworks, workflows, and tools
• Expertly translating goals, managing stakeholder expectations, and aligning diverse teams through compelling narratives and data-driven insights
• Comfort with data to define KPIs analyze trends, and identify levers for operational improvement, turning insights into actionable strategies
• Supporting Road mapping, prioritizing product portfolio activities, and facilitating data-driven decision-making
• Ensuring smooth coordination between engineering, marketing, sales, and support for product launches
• Managing product analytics to track performance, user engagement, and feature success
• Build a lean, high-leverage team focused on analytics, portfolio governance, and execution excellence. Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and results-driven execution
• Supporting the rollout of new tools, workflows, or policies, ensuring smooth adoption across teams

Requirements:

• Minimum of 7+ years of experience as a product or program delivery leader
• Strong leadership and communication skills; ability to take ownership of deliverables and drive collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with detailed execution
• Exceptional organization, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to cultivate relationships with key stakeholders across functions and levels
• Good understanding of project management methodologies and agile processes
• Transformational, Strategic Thinking & Portfolio Mindset: Ability to translate business strategy into executable plans and measurable outcomes
• Operational Efficiencies: Ability to design and institutionalize operating mechanisms that scale predictability and performance
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Skilled at working across architecture, product, finance, operations and agile teams
• Analytical & Data‑Driven Decision-Making: Proficient in cost-benefit analysis, prioritization, and hypothesis validation
• Lean-Agile Practices: Understanding of SAFe, Portfolio Kanban, and MVP-driven development
• Communication & Influence: Ability to present business cases and influence approvals and alignment