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Manager, Portfolio Management and Governance

Manulife Financial · Toronto, Ontario, CA

The Manager, Portfolio Management & Governance plays a pivotal role in shaping how business‑led initiatives are prioritized, governed, and delivered. This ro...

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The Manager, Portfolio Management & Governance plays a pivotal role in shaping how business‑led initiatives are prioritized, governed, and delivered. This role drives consistency, transparency, and disciplined execution across the portfolio to ensure alignment with strategic objectives and optimal use of capital. The selected candidate will partner closely with senior business sponsors, Finance, Risk, and Functions counterparts to enable evidence‑based trade‑offs, stronger delivery oversight, and improved outcomes, while continuously evolving a high‑performing portfolio management and governance practice. Key Responsibilities: Lead portfolio management and governance practices, including prioritization support, delivery health oversight, and decision support aligned to strategic objectives and investment frameworks. Lead the annual planning process, ensuring alignment of capital with segment and global strategic objectives. Partner with Finance to embed data-driven, evidence-based decision-making into business cases, portfolio planning, and initiative sequencing. Enable senior leadership decision‑making by providing clear insights, recommendations, and trade‑off assessments in gove...