Lead Data Architect (Director Level)

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Working Arrangement

At Home

The Opporunity

John Hancock US Technology Office within Manulife Financial is seeking an experienced hands-on Director level Data Architect to engage with multiple high-profile initiatives. This position requires an ability to lead the data architecture for the US segment and design highly scalable solutions that leverage existing and emerging capabilities to support our digital, customer-centric transformation. The Lead Data Architect is capable of translating business vision into a technology plan and works as a senior technical team member by providing oversight and expertise across various data domains and technologies to deliver forward looking business solutions.

The candidate will also be working with the other Solution and Enterprise Architects in the team to understand data requirements across the segment and implement industry best practices to refine our architecture.

Location: Preferred Hybrid (2 days in office and 3 days at Home) but open to Fully Remote from Canada or USA within EST or CST time zones.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated thought leadership abilities in a complex environment in driving operational excellence and best practices
• Be able to remain pragmatic to deliver to key objectives while ensuring strategic fit.
• Produce key design documents and incremental data architecture artifacts based on project needs and our architectural target state
• Define and enforce data quality standards across value streams for the segment
• Review artifacts related to the data domain and provide appropriate feedback
• Partner with the segment data office team for the data strategy and roadmap and work with the delivery teams to drive data driven technical solutions to the business.
• Identify complex issues in a timely manner and provide mitigation recommendations to the delivery teams
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and coach others for the data domain
• Contribute to architecture and engineering communities across the company for related data architecture efforts
• Be able to drive data architecture decisions with clear articulation of business benefits.
• Be a thought leader in data architecture space through continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and collaboration to mature the practice.
• Collaborate and incorporate feedback from various stakeholders to drive design decisions
• Ability to whiteboard, present and discuss different solution options with pros & cons.
• Develop related data frameworks, design patterns, proof-of-concepts, and best practices
• Guide initiatives through various approval processes such as architecture review board
• Design and monitor holistic data governance structures, data modelling and information management.

Qualifications

• Experience working with data stewards, scientists, engineers, and product owners.
• Financial services industry experience preferred
• Exposure to the whole data life cycle including classification, categorization, design, role management, etc.,
• Ability to quickly context switch between legacy and modern data approaches.
• Current with modern data engineering principles, frameworks, and design patterns in a cloud environment – Azure preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and recent, relevant work experience
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines with attention to detail
• Experience with IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS from data engineering & architecture perspective.
• Experience with leading and implementing data governance and data quality initiatives
• Experience with most of the following technologies - Informatica (ETL, CDI, TDM, IICS, DQ); DB/Middleware - SQL, Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, DB2, Hadoop, WebSphere, Pega; Analytics/Governance – Synapse, Databricks, MLOps, Purview; MDM – Informatica, InfoSphere, Quality Stage; Reporting – Power BI, Cognos, Tableau, Erwin.
• Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Data development & architecture experience - 7+ years
• Excellent time management skills, including multi-tasking and prioritization
• Familiar with scripting technologies such as Python, Perl, PHP.
• Working knowledge with various python libraries/frameworks such as NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras is a plus.
• Any certifications and proven contributions in the field of data engineering, science and architecture is a plus
• Exposure to containerized and serverless workloads for various data assets, products.
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of various data architecture alternatives
• Understanding and exposure to security and compliance standards and best practices.
• Experience with big/fast data, data lake, warehouse, and streaming approaches.
• Must be comfortable working in an open, highly collaborative team environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation
• Overall information technology experience - 7+ years

What can we offer you?

• 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.
• Professional development and leadership opportunities.
• A competitive salary and benefits packages.
• Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.

Our commitment to you

• Values-first culture We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
• Championing Corporate Citizenship We build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.
• 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.

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

CAN, Ontario - Full Time Remote

Salary range is expected to be between

$105,070.00 CAD - $195,130.00 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.