Lead Data Architect

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

The Opportunity

Manulife’s Canadian Division Data Team is seeking a Data Architect reporting into the Leader of Data Architecture. As Data Architect you will (1) champion and support strategic &/or global data initiatives that strengthens Manulife’s global data and advanced analytic capabilities, (2) foster cross-segment collaboration and communication helping build an agile data insight driven culture, and (3) lead and nurture open data design, patterns and architecture establishing conditions for successful technical and analytic innovation.

Manulife has a clear vision for a Global Data Strategy. By liberating and strengthening Manulife’s data capabilities we will enable deeper insights, better product and service design, and more effective business processes. The result will be outstanding experiences for our customers.
 

Responsibilities

•  Lead different data initiatives from architecture perspective, provide direction to multiple scrum teams on diff data initiatives and align with enterprise data strategy.
• Build short-term tactical solutions to achieve long-term objectives and an overall data management roadmap.
• Assess and determine governance, stewardship, and frameworks for managing data across the enterprise.
• Ensure that data strategies and architectures are in regulatory compliance. Recognize and identify potential areas where existing policies and procedures require change, or where new ones are needed.
• Select and implement the appropriate tools, software, applications, and systems to support data technology goals.
• Collaborate with project leads and consultants and business unit leaders for all projects involving enterprise data and analytics.

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

• Expert in Data Architecture, Data Strategy and Roadmap for large and complex organization and systems and implemented large scale end-to-end Data Management & Analytics solutions
• Expert in Data Quality, Data Profiling, Data Governance, Data Security, Metadata Management, MDM, Martech, Data Lake, Data Mesh strategy, Lakehouse architecture with Delta Lake on ADLS, Data Archival and Data Migration strategies using appropriate tools
• Expert in building and operationalizing BigData platforms in cloud using one of the public clouds, preferably MS Azure technology stack (Azure Synapse, Databricks & Unity Catalog, Azure Data Factory, Azure Purview, Azure OpenAI), Informatica MDM (nice to have), Adobe Experience Platform (nice to have)
• Expert in automating data pipelines in a Big Data ecosystem, DevOps and CICD.
• Hands-on experience with ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) tools (e.g. Azure Data Factory) and BI tools and reporting software (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
• Hands-on experience with analytical tools, languages, or libraries (e.g. Python, Spark etc)

Nice to have

• Knowledge of NoSQL platforms
• Experience in building GenAI usage patterns
• Experience in Canary deployments, 0-downtime, 0-dataloss, active-active DR
• Exposure to and an understanding of Agile scrum methodologies and experience of working in an Agile team
• Exposure to and basic understanding of collaboration tools like Teams, and JIRA

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 partners 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 [email protected].

Salary & Benefits

The annual base salary for this role is listed below.

Primary Location

Toronto, Ontario

Salary range is expected to be between

$107,730.00 CAD – $200,070.00 CAD

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact [email protected] 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 [email protected] for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.