The Opportunity
As Director, Front-End Development, Global Design System at Manulife, you will play a key leadership role in a Global Design System team responsible for shaping, scaling, and driving adoption of an enterprise-wide design system that serves multiple business units across Canada, Asia, and the US. This system will enable consistency, efficiency, accessibility, and innovation across Manulife’s public, secure, and mobile digital experiences. You will partner closely with engineering, design, and product teams across regions to establish governance, ensure adoption, and evolve the system to meet diverse business and customer needs.
As part of Manulife’s Technology organization, this is a pivotal leadership role within a multi-functional team supporting enterprise digital transformation. You will lead a software development team supporting and evolving a React.js based component library that supports all of Manulife’s digital experiences on multiple platforms and systems, with an immediate focus on Adobe Experience Manager Cloud implementation. The ideal candidate has successfully led software development of enterprise-wide design systems and understands the organizational, technical and cultural complexities of embedding a design system into the fabric of a global enterprise.
Responsibilities:
Global Design System Strategy & Leadership
Governance, Adoption & Enablement
Provide oversight and management of technical architecture and delivery by supporting, coaching, and mentoring cross-discipline teams.
Build and cultivate a global design system community, fostering a culture of design system ownership.
Establish and be responsible for training, onboarding, and community engagement initiatives to drive system adoption across teams.
Develop and supervise KPIs that measure adoption, efficiency gains, and business impact.
Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Influence
Technical & Operational Execution
What motivates you?
What we are looking for
What can we offer you?
Our commitment to you
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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 https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.
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. 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.
It 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. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact recruitment@manulife.com.
Primary Location
Working Arrangement
Salary range is expected to be between
$105,750.00 CAD - $190,350.00 CADIf you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact recruitment@manulife.com for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.
Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including 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. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our 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. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact recruitment@manulife.com for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.
Jen Warrington at jen_warrington@manulife.com
Manulife is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. We provide financial advice, insurance as well as wealth and asset management solutions for individual, groups and institutions.
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