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This role is critical in enabling business units to innovate faster, optimize operations, and deliver localized analytics and AI capabilities. The successful candidate will participate in regional health strategic initiatives such as Provider Management Solutions, Health KPIs and Claim Driver analyses/automation, and other Regional/Local Health Analytics/AI use cases that require a common health data model.\nAs part of ADO, you will have the opportunity to:\nLead regional health data initiatives impacting regional and local health businesses\nCollaborate with data scientists, AI teams, and business leaders in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment.\nDrive innovation and shape the future of health data products within the organization, to enable cutting-edge analytics/AI use cases including Generative AI (GenAI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI, and advanced solutions leveraging OpenAI GPT models and AliCloud Qwen models.\n1.1.2 Key Responsibilities:\n1.1.3.1 Scrum Delivery & CoachingProvide senior Agile leadership and coaching to cross-functional teams delivering the common Health Data Model and Health Data Products.\nEnsure Scrum events, backlog refinement, sprint goals, and delivery commitments are focused, outcome-driven, and aligned to product priorities.\nCoach team members on effective Scrum practices, self-management, accountability, and value-based decision-making.\n1.1.3.2 Delivery EnablementDrive the resolution of complex impediments and dependencies across data, AI, architecture, governance, security, and market teams.\nPartner with Product Owners and senior leaders to align priorities, capacity, delivery roadmaps, and sprint outcomes with strategic objectives.\nStrengthen delivery predictability by identifying risks early, facilitating timely decisions, and coordinating cross-team planning and execution.\n1.1.3.3 Governance & Stakeholder AlignmentEmbed architecture, data governance, SDLC, risk, privacy, security, compliance, and quality requirements into Agile delivery.\nMaintain executive-level transparency on delivery confidence, strategic risks, dependencies, decisions, and business outcomes.\nBuild alignment across regional and local stakeholders, balancing enterprise standards with market priorities and delivery constraints.\n1.1.3.4 Continuous ImprovementUse Agile metrics, delivery insights, and stakeholder feedback to improve predictability, quality, team effectiveness, and value realization.\nLead retrospectives and improvement initiatives that address systemic issues and strengthen ways of working across teams.\nPromote empowered decision-making, shared accountability, cross-market collaboration, and a sustainable culture of continuous learning.\n1.1.3 Qualifications & Skills:\nBachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Science, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field.\n8+ years of experience in technology, data, digital, or change delivery, including 3+ years as a Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead.\nStrong Scrum and Agile expertise, with proven facilitation, coaching, impediment removal, and stakeholder-management skills.\nExperience delivering data, analytics, AI, or data governance initiatives in cloud environments.\nFamiliarity with enterprise SDLC, architecture, risk, privacy, security, and compliance requirements.\nProficiency in Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or similar tools; CSM, PSM, or equivalent certification preferred.\nInsurance, healthcare, or financial services experience is an advantage.\nWhen you join our team:\nWe’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.\nWe’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.\nAs part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.\nAbout Manulife and John Hancock\nManulife 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.\nManulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer\nAt 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.\nIt 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. 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