Development Assistant Manager or Manager

The customer is the focus of everything we do, and millions of end users rely on our products daily. We believe in the value of empowering Development Assistant Manager or Manager with the resources to solve critical problems for the future of our business, which is why we need you. 

• Leading business application development
• Setup and Formalize Development repeatable model for project deliveries
• Engage with regional teams to understand definition of done from development delivery perspective and channelize its adoption and deliveries within project
• Engage with various project teams, communicate and establish execution plan

• Work with various teams across projects to define and drive the development end to end
• Build solutions to define system specification
• Design and develop solutions that protect and manage policy administration system
• Share and review your innovation technical ideas with peers, high level technical contributors, and managers

• Minimum 5 years of extensive hands-on experience in system specification development
• Experience working in Life Insurance is needed
• Experience of working for policy administration system
• Bilingual capabilities in business environment in Japanese and English (High business level needed)
• Experience of supporting technical teams size of 4-6
• Experience of interacting with business users and counterpart across markets/region/global

• Knowledge of single premium, life / annuity insurance is a plus
• Knowledge of Policy Admin System

Hybrid Model, following Manulife’s Working Better guidelines.

0-40 hours/month.

Based on our Work Rules, we will consider your experience, skills and knowledge when we decide the salary.

Standard Working Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm  (Include 1 hour break. Flex-time system available)

Saturdays and Sundays

National Holidays

Year-end and new year holidays (December 30, December 31, January 2 and January 3)

Annual Paid Holiday

For Regular employee, other special holidays are available (e.g. Anniversary Leave, etc.)

Hatsudai Head Office, Tokyo Opera City, 3-20-2 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan

• You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit 
• You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile mindset and enable business outcomes 
• You thrive in teams, and enjoy getting things done together
• You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters 
• You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up
• You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone 

• Our mission; to be a part of making Decisions Easier and Lives Better
• A leadership team dedicated to your growth and success 
• A bold ambition and set of goals to be a leader in driving transformation in our industry 
• Our best. Every day. 

Learn more about opportunities with us at jobs.manulife.com    

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.

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.