Project Manager, Actuarial Function

Manulife • Waterloo, ON

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role offers the opportunity to lead and coordinate important projects for the global Actuarial community at Manulife, while shaping how our team organizes, receives, and shares information to many stakeholders across the company. The individual will play a key role in ensuring the initiatives stay on track and critical knowledge and resources are accessible, well-structured, and easy for teams to use. By improving project coordination and information management, this position directly supports the team’s ability to execute efficiently and collaborate effectively. The role provides the chance to work across stakeholders, drive meaningful operational improvements, and develop expertise in project leadership and digital collaboration tools. It is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complex work and making systems and teams function better.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in project management, program coordination, or operational roles
• Willingness and ability to learn subject matter quickly
• Attention to detail
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingualism (English and French) is an asset. If the successful candidate is in Quebec, proficiency in both languages will be required to support our clients from various provinces outside of Quebec.
• An actuarial designation, experience working with actuaries, or experience in life insurance is a plus, but not required

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multiple projects from planning through execution, ensuring timelines, milestones, and deliverables are met.
• Track project progress, identify risks or blockers, and escalate issues when needed.
• Facilitate meetings, maintain action items, and ensure follow-through from stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project documentation including plans, status updates, and reports.
• Develop and support written communications and presentation material.
• Maintain and manage the team’s SharePoint site or internal website, ensuring information is organized, accessible, and current.
• Publish and update content including documentation, announcements, and resources.
• Improve site structure, navigation, and usability to support team collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Monitor site usage and identify opportunities to improve adoption and effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain standardized processes for documentation, reporting, and knowledge management.
• Support internal communication through structured content and information management.
• Identify and implement improvements to workflows, collaboration tools, and team processes.

Benefits

• 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.
• various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed