The Associate Data Product Owner drives the business value of data assets by shaping and executing the road map for a specific data domain (e.g., Customer, Financial, Operational). Acting as the bridge between business stakeholders and data delivery teams, the Data Product Owner ensures that data products align with strategic priorities and deliver measurable outcomes. 

Position Responsibilities:

Partner with Data Owners, Stewards and Consumers to create data products that are easy to discover, consume and use for multiple stakeholders’ use cases.  

Serve as Business Liaison 

• Act as the primary point of contact for business and analytics teams. Translate business requirements into actionable data use cases outlined in the Data Catalog 

• Facilitate and participate in requirements sessions to capture requirements as per the stakeholders' needs 

• Guide creation of mapping documents that covers business rules, data lineage, ensures data quality and accuracy. 

Data Product Ownership 

• Be the primary contact point for the data delivery team on assigned data products by providing requirements to the development team.  

• Assure data product quality, partnering with data owners & stewards 

• Facilitate/Coordinate or execute UAT testing. 

• Promote good data governance practices (e.g. document metadata, capture product data lineage) 

• Approve data product access requests, establish data access policies 

• Continuously improve the data product based on feedback.  

• Establish and monitor KPIs such as adoption rates, time-to-insight, and decision enablement. 

Participant in Data Practice 

• Collaborate with fellow DPOs, Stewards, Technical Product owners to improve the tools, process and technology for Retirement Data products.  

• Recommend and implement new requirements to embed quality, metadata, and governance standards in the ways of working. 

• Ensure compliance with privacy, security, and regulatory frameworks. 

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5 years in data product management, analytics, or product leadership. 

• Knowledge of BI analytics/concepts and data warehouse platforms. 

• Problem solver who thinks strategically, results oriented and attentive to details. 

• Knowledge of the financial services industry with a preference to US Retirement industry experience.  

• High adaptability and strong critical thinking skills. 

• Familiar with data and analytics analysis tools and delivery technologies: 

• SQL (mandatory) 

• Jira/Confluence (an asset) 

• Databricks (optional) 

• Best practices in user acceptance testing (UAT). 

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills. 

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

This posting supports an ongoing hiring initiative for existing and/or future vacancies.

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 hr@manulife.com.

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Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. 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. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact hr@manulife.com for the salary range for your location.

Manulife/John Hancock 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/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in the U.S. includes 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, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence.

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