Manager, AdminAdvantage Client Services in Toronto

Position Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Delivery (30%)
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of Client and Account Specialists responsible for delivering client implementations and ongoing service.
  • Set direction and elevate capability across the team, ensuring strong expertise in managing complexity, risk, and high-impact client relationships.
  • Oversee workforce planning and resource allocation across client portfolios, balancing capacity, capability, and business priorities.
  • Drive a high-performance culture with strong accountability for service quality, client outcomes, and operational excellence.
• Client Service Delivery & Oversight (20%)
  • Provide strategic oversight of end-to-end delivery for AdminAdvantage clients, ensuring alignment to client expectations, contractual obligations, and service standards.
  • Ensure consistency and quality of client engagement, communications, and deliverables across client portfolios.
  • Support and guide team members in managing client structures, re-enrolments, and non-standard solutions.
  • Maintain visibility of portfolio health, proactively identifying risks and intervening where required to ensure successful outcomes.
• Escalation & Issue Resolution Leadership (25%)
  • Act as a senior escalation point for complex, high-risk issues impacting clients, products, or segments.
  • Lead cross-functional resolution efforts, coordinating internal stakeholders to address systemic issues and minimize client and operational impact.
  • Provide strategic direction on issue resolution, balancing client needs, operational constraints, and business priorities.
  • Drive root cause analysis and ensure implementation of scalable, preventative solutions across the broader organization.
• Service Governance & Risk (15%)
  • Establish and enforce governance frameworks, standards, and best practices to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery across client portfolios.
  • Lead cross-functional alignment across AdminAdvantage, Distribution, Underwriting, IT, and Operations to enable seamless end-to-end service execution.
  • Own the identification, escalation, and resolution of systemic issues impacting service performance, coordinating stakeholders to drive timely and effective outcomes.
  • Anticipate and manage risks across portfolios, ensuring proactive mitigation strategies and consistent application of risk and escalation frameworks.
• Continuous Improvement & Strategy (10%)
  • Drive and influence continuous improvement initiatives that enhance performance, scalability, and client experience across AdminAdvantage Operations.
  • Identify opportunities to standardize and simplify complex processes while maintaining flexibility for clients.
  • Contribute to the development of operational strategies, service models, and best practices for the broader organization.
  • Ensure adoption and sustainment of improvements across teams, embedding change at scale.

Shared Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders across AdminAdvantage, Distribution partners, Underwriting, and other key stakeholders to address challenges and improve end-to-end service delivery.
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and client-centricity across teams and stakeholder groups.
• Contribute to organizational priorities, transformation initiatives, and strategic programs by influencing direction and ensuring alignment to business objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in business, technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive leadership experience managing teams in complex, high-volume, and client-focused environments.
• Deep understanding of Group Benefits, including plan design, enrolment processes, and system capabilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Nice to have: Bilingual (French & English) - The successful candidate could have to also communicate in French to support clients from various jurisdictions including Quebec.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing large-scale, complex client implementations and service delivery across multiple clients or segments.
• Strong expertise in project management, business analysis, and system implementation in complex environments.
• Proven ability to influence and lead cross-functional stakeholders at senior levels.
• Strong analytical and strategic capability, including use of data and insights to drive decisions and improvements.

Leadership & Organizational Development: Builds and leads high-performing teams; develops capability and leadership depth across the function.

Client Focus & Strategic Relationship Management: Drives exceptional client outcomes and leads resolution of complex escalations impacting AdminAdvantage clients.

Strategic Thinking & Enterprise Decision-Making: Applies broad business perspective to influence decisions and outcomes at a portfolio and organizational level.

Communication & Stakeholder Management: Influences and aligns stakeholders across functions and levels.

Problem Solving & Systems Thinking: Leads resolution of complex, systemic issues through data-driven insights and cross-functional collaboration.

Change Leadership & Transformation: Leads and enables change across teams, driving adoption of new ways of working at scale.

Collaboration & Enterprise Influence: Builds strong networks and influences across teams to achieve organizational objectives.

Operational Strategy & Excellence: Shapes and drives improvements to operating models, governance, and delivery frameworks.

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.

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 our website.

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.