Technical Program Manager – Strategic Initiatives

Manulife • Boston, MA

1d • $92,475 - $160,290 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Technical Program Manager (TPM) will lead strategic initiatives that deliver integrated technology solutions across John Hancock Insurance. This role offers the opportunity to shape complex, high-impact programs spanning product enablement, distribution, policy administration, servicing, and operations. The TPM will partner with business initiative owners, product owners, and technology leaders to align capabilities, capacity, and investment with commitments across the insurance value chain. The role will translate business, product, regulatory, and customer needs into coordinated development, testing, implementation, and business-readiness plans while ensuring delivery on schedule, within budget, and with strong risk management. Success requires someone who can connect business outcomes with technology execution, navigate effective-date-driven product changes, and lead across multiple platforms and stakeholder groups.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of technical program management expertise in related field
• 3+ years delivering technology solutions in the life & annuity (L&A) insurance industry (required), with direct exposure to policy administration and supporting policyholder, agent/producer workflows (new business, underwriting, illustration, application submission) and downstream capabilities (preferred).
• 3+ years experience with administration platforms including but limited to Verisk FAST and Hexure FireLight/Foresight.
• Familiarity with L&A insurance-related regulatory and business concepts and the operational cadence of product changes.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities to manage through creative tension
• Influencing and execution the work without direct management of resources
• Strong verbal and communication skills with the ability to effectively articulate and communicate technical vision and the ability to translate the outcomes into possibilities, options and execution
• Comfortable with leading communications including presentations to senior leadership, sponsors and stakeholders for business cases and roadmaps
• Demonstrated experience managing complex releases that include product/rate/assumption updates and effective-date driven changes, coordinating business readiness and producer communications.

Nice To Haves

• Project management skills with proficiency in project/initiative management software tools and methodologies including Agile and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Understanding of Agile metrics, scrum, and similar agile methodology to track progress, measure team performance, and identify areas of improvement
• Working knowledge of the data, integration, and platform capabilities required for AI solutions, including secure access to approved enterprise data.
• Proven track record of delivering complex and large-scale IT solutions, including modernization and integration work (APIs, data pipelines) in regulated environments.
• Working knowledge of insurance regulatory/compliance considerations that impact ability to partner with Compliance/Legal to ensure controls and evidence are in place.
• Experience with test governance (test-driven development (TDD), parallel testing, defect triage with business SMEs, and sign-off processes).
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate with peers and leaders.
• Ability to manage execution plans to a budget and to provide regular updated financial forecasts for labor and non-labor expenses
• Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to balance short-term and long-term objectives and trade-offs.
• Highly adaptable, flexible, and resilient, with the ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for initiatives that support John Hancock Insurance priorities, from initiation and delivery through implementation, stabilization, and post-launch support across policyholder, producer, and operations journeys.
• Responsible and accountable for all aspects of technology delivery, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, closure, and post-initiative evaluation, to meet scope, budget, schedule, regulatory, operational-readiness, and customer commitments.
• Using their background in understanding software engineering and technology to implement technology strategies and ensure effective software delivery.
• Providing cross-functional leadership and building alignment for efforts such as product architecture and synchronizing the ask with the IT organization service areas to deliver services.
• Identifying and mitigating technical risks that could impact project success.
• Works closely with Business Initiative lead to build schedule, milestones, goals, and scope by aligning and incorporating technology aspects from components, solutions, feasibility and delivery.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, while actively driving alignment and productivity for aligned Team.

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/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources.
• up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year
• full range of statutory leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

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