We are looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer who can bridge deep technical expertise with business-focused analytics. You will play a pivotal role in building, optimizing and automating our people data infrastructure, ensuring the team can deliver accurate, timely and actionable insights to HR, leadership and business stakeholders. You will combine advanced Power BI modeling expertise with strong SQL skills and the ability to work across modern data platforms, including our Databricks environment. You will design and optimize datasets, integrate data sources via APIs, and automate workflows that power our people insights. This role is highly visible and your work will directly enable HR and business leaders to make data-driven decisions.

Position Responsibilities :

• Analytics & Visualization: Design, develop, and optimize Power BI datasets, models, and measures for people analytics dashboards; build reusable semantic layers and data models to ensure consistency across reporting.
• Data Access & Transformation : Integrate data from APIs and Report-as-a-Service (RaaS) endpoints; optimize SQL queries for performance and reliability; use Databricks for data exploration advanced transformations and applications.
• Automation & Integration : Develop Power Automate flows to streamline reporting processes and reduce manual work; maintain secure, reliable connections between BI tools and enterprise data sources.
• Governance & Quality : implement validation and reconciliation steps to ensure data accuracy; maintain clear documentation for datasets, measures, and data source connections; partner with IT and Data Privacy teams to align on data access, security and governance.
• Collaboration & Leadership: Serve as a technical expert for Power BI, Databricks, SQL; mentor junior team members and share best practices; lead proof-of-concept projects for new tools or analytical approaches.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years in analytics, BI engineering, or related data roles.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Expert in Power BI: advanced DAX and data modeling.
• Strong SQL skills for querying and transformation.
• Experience using Databricks for preparing datasets for analysis.
• Familiarity with API integrations and RaaS connections.
• Experience with Power Automate or other workflow automation tools.
• Strong understanding of data governance and security.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with HRIS or people data (e.g. Workday).
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms and BI security models.
• Exposure to Python or R .

When you join our team :

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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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 https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html .

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 recruitment@manulife.com .

Referenced Salary Location

Toronto, Ontario

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between

$75,880.00 CAD - $140,920.00 CAD

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact recruitment@manulife.com 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 recruitment@manulife.com for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.