AVP leading Manulife’s global HR service readiness, product enablement, and innovation. Coordinating scalable launches, regional delivery, training, knowledge, automation, and AI.
Responsibilities
Translate GPS strategy into practical readiness, product, knowledge, training, and innovation priorities
Assess operating-model effectiveness and address gaps, duplication, handoffs, and capability needs
Align service scope, ownership, channels, and enabling capabilities
Lead intake, impact assessment, planning, validation, cutover, hypercare, and post-launch review for GPS changes
Confirm ownership, processes, controls, capacity, technology, data, knowledge, training, communications, escalation paths, and success measures before go-live
Manage cross-service dependencies, resource constraints, sequencing, and launch risks
Translate colleague and stakeholder needs into scalable service models, journeys, workflows, requirements, and product roadmaps
Lead GPS product ownership and build an innovation pipeline spanning automation, AI, self-service, workflow, and knowledge
Set standards for operational knowledge, procedures, playbooks, learning content, and readiness evidence
Ensure approved knowledge, role-based training, communications, and adoption support are available before launch
Use quality, search, case, and experience insights to improve effectiveness and reduce avoidable contacts and errors
Lead regional Service Delivery Managers for International, North America, and Asia
Coordinate readiness across COEs, People Partners, Technology, Operations, and delivery teams
Build regional accountability for stakeholder engagement, launch preparation, risk management, adoption, and stabilization
Provide dashboards and readiness reviews covering demand, status, dependencies, decisions, adoption, and benefits
Recommend what to start, stop, sequence, defer, or remediate
Lead the GPS Innovation Leader, GPS Product Owner, Knowledge Readiness and Training Analyst, and three regional GPS Service Delivery Managers
Build an integrated, high-performing team connecting strategy, design, technology, knowledge, training, regional readiness, and adoption
Requirements
Senior leadership experience in global HR operations, shared services, service design, readiness, product management, transformation, or innovation
Proven success establishing operating models, governance, service standards, and launch disciplines across global and regional teams
Experience translating policy, process, technology, data, and organizational change into sustainable operations
Strong knowledge of HR service delivery, employee experience, knowledge and learning, digital products, workflow, automation, and AI-enabled operations
Executive presence and analytical judgment
Stakeholder influence
Experience leading geographically distributed teams
Benefits
Flexible work environment
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Mental health benefits
Vision insurance
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Life and AD&D insurance
Adoption/surrogacy benefits
Wellness benefits
Employee/family assistance plans
Retirement savings plans
Pension
Global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions
Financial education and counseling resources
Paid holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days
Statutory leaves of absence
Learning and career development opportunities
Incentive programs and incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance
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