The Opportunity: We're looking for someone who wants to move beyond transactional recruiting and become a true talent partner to the business, leveraging technology, market intelligence, and strategic sourcing to influence workforce decisions and build diverse, high-performing teams for the future. This is more than a recruiting role, it's an opportunity to serve as a trusted talent advisor to business leaders. As a Talent Acquisition Consultant, you will partner closely with hiring leaders and HR teams to shape talent strategies, influence hiring decisions, and deliver exceptional talent outcomes. Success in this role requires strong business acumen, a consultative mindset, and the ability to proactively identify and engage talent using market intelligence, strategic sourcing, and emerging technologies. You will leverage tools such as AI-enabled recruiting solutions, LinkedIn Recruiter and Phenom, to build pipelines, solve complex hiring challenges, and create long-term talent strategies that support business growth. Responsibilities: Act as a strategic talent partner, providing consultative guidance to leaders on hiring strategies, workforce planning, market trends, and talent availability. Lead full-cycle recruitment for priority, complex, and hard-to-fill roles while delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience. Build proactive talent pipelines through talent mapping, networking, referrals, social sourcing, and technology-enabled search strategies. Leverage AI, LinkedIn Recruiter, Phenom, and talent intelligence tools to identify, engage, and attract top talent before hiring needs arise. Use recruiting metrics, market insights, and talent analytics to influence hiring decisions, mitigate risk, and improve hiring outcomes. Partner with business leaders to challenge assumptions, define role requirements, and develop innovative solutions to talent challenges. Champion continuous improvement and embrace new technologies and recruiting practices that enhance speed, quality, and effectiveness. Qualifications: Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment across complex and/or high-volume portfolios. Strong consulting and relationship-management skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and build credibility with business leaders. Expertise in sourcing, talent mapping, and engaging passive candidates in competitive talent markets. Experience using data, market intelligence, and recruiting technologies to drive hiring decisions and talent strategy. Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Experience within financial services, or other highly regulated industries, is an asset. Experience with Workday, Phenom, LinkedIn Recruiter, and AI-enabled recruiting tools is preferred. 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. 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 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 hr@manulife.com. Referenced Salary Location Waterloo, Ontario Working Arrangement Hybrid Salary range is expected to be between $62,850.00 CAD - $104,750.00 CAD 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 hr@manulife.com 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 hr@manulife.com for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions. We use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. For more information, please refer to our personal information collection statement. We're Manulife. And we’re on a mission to make decisions easier and lives better. Better is what drives us. It’s what inspires us to find new ways to support customers and colleagues in living longer and healthier lives. It’s the reason we’re dedicated to investing in digital innovation and accelerating a sustainable and economically inclusive future. Joining us means you’ll be empowered to learn and grow your career. We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words. And as part of our global team, you’ll help shape the future you want to see – and discover that better can take you anywhere you want to go. We’re proud of our accomplishments and recognitions. Recent awards include: 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner Manulife Named one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2023 Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2023 We’ve been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2024) Manulife included in Bloomberg’s 2023 Gender-Equality Index To receive our latest job opportunities directly to your inbox, create an account or sign in and navigate to the ‘Job Alerts’ section located in the top right corner of the page. From there, you can sign up to receive job alerts. Our ambition is to be the most digital, customer-centric global company in our industry. Learn more at https://www.manulife.com/.