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Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Job Description

Why you’ll love working here

Ready to be a future leader of tomorrow? We have just the opportunity for you! Step into your potential with our exciting Intern opportunities where you’ll be empowered to make progress for yourself, our colleagues and our customers around the globe! Join a supportive team and experience a values-first culture where your career development and wellbeing are just as important as the impact you’ll make on the job.

Program Overview

• Based in Toronto, ON

• 2-year program, two 12-month rotations

• Potential Rotations include Enterprise, GWAM, Operations

Key Ac co untabilities

• Responsible for research and analysis in support of the delivery of strategic projects.

• Analyze key business priorities and bring insights to generate actions that create value for the company.

• Support strategic decisioning via the thoughtful analysis and presentation of current state, firm strengths/challenges, industry/market trends and competitive research.

• Partner with staff across business lines, geographies, and value streams to ensure strategic objectives achieve intended outcomes, through thoughtful analysis and clear presentation of results and recommendations.

• Support the team in achieving the overall mandate for their respective Strategy & Transformation area, partnering with leaders to mobilize resources to deliver special corporate projects and track and report implementation progress.

• Deliver comprehensive, forward-looking advisory services to senior management in a timely manner, while maintaining an effective monitoring framework and process that will help ensure successful execution of our strategy to achieve our objectives.

• Collaborate and help to communicate our strategic priorities, both to internal and external stakeholders, in an impactful way, providing context, focus and inspiration.        

How you’ll make an impact

• Partner with team members to drive Manulife/John Hancock's transformation and strategic priorities, represent the team on cross-functional work, identify issues, escalate as required, and recommend solutions to keep priorities on track.

• Perform research and analysis of industry trends, market positioning or competitive activity related to a component of an overall segment or function strategy.

• Support the implementation of a strategic planning framework and process that engages leaders in effective strategic dialogues, decision-making and planning.

• Support in providing market and competitive intelligence profiles to share insights and help the team keep abreast of external developments.

• Based on the research completed, support team members in recommending a course of action, or set of alternatives, to the overall Strategy Lead and/or relevant business partner for further discussion and ultimate decisioning.

• Act as a resource for insights for annual, quarterly, and monthly management reporting deliverables.

What you’ll bring to the team

• Graduating in 2025 with a degree in business, STEM, or equivalent.

• Good business acumen with understanding of and interest in the development and execution of corporate and/or strategic partnerships.

• Excellent analytical capabilities; comfortable with quantitative and financial analyses.

• Ability to effectively execute both independently and as part of a broader team, while managing a diverse set of priorities.

• Demonstrated ability to influence diverse stakeholders and drive adoption and delivery of results/recommendations.

• Demonstrated ability to solve problems in a structured and logical way.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively in diverse environments and cultures.

• Willingness to work with tight deadlines and varying demands.

Application Instructions:

• Please submit a resume, cover letter and an unofficial transcript in onepdf document.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.

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 .

Salary & Benefits

The annual base salary for this role is listed below.

Primary Location

Toronto, Ontario

Salary range is expected to be between

$60,000.00 CAD - $100,000.00 CAD

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact 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 for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.