As a Technical Product Owner, you will drive the product strategy, planning, and delivery of key capabilities for the product! You will define product goals, owns backlog, and ensure that each product delivers the maximum value to the user. You will represent and act as the voice of the customer/user!

Position Responsibilities:

• Manages the product backlog and work prioritization process.
• Leads agile teams to ensure that value is delivered to users.
• Drives the product strategy, planning, and delivery of key capabilities for the product.
• Assesses value, develops cases, and prioritizes stories, epics, and themes to ensure work aligns with product strategy.
• Represents the customer perspective in crafting the product.
• Coordinates vendor delivery where majority of development activities are outsourced.
• Leads the ideation, develop, and planning of the product by crafting a product roadmap and vision.
• Monitors and generates reports on product important metrics.
• Defines roadmaps and detailed user stories, and partners with developers to enable delivery of prioritized features.
• Collaborates with Engineers and leadership to uncover problems and opportunities to expedite the delivery of new value through software.
• Ensures communication and delivery between Design & Engineer teams.
• Specifies and effectively communicates desired outcomes for current and future products.
• Mitigates roadblocks to achieving sprint/release goals.
• Leads the product-release plans and sets expectations for delivery of new functionalities.
• Learns constantly, from both success and failure, and remains open to change/continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

• Good organizational and problem-solving abilities to manage through creative tension
• Good verbal and written communication with the ability to effectively articulate and communicate product vision, possibilities, and outcomes
• Sufficient knowledge about the current technical stack and architectural constraints

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 distributed team, we’ll assist you in crafting 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

Waterloo, 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.