Director, Data Engineering

About the role

Manulife is looking for an IT Service Delivery Director (Data) to join its Global Technology team in Quezon City. You will lead the full data organization, including Data Engineering, Quality Engineering, Data Platform, Data Governance and Data Management, so that teams can deliver business outcomes, strengthen operational capability, provide trusted and well-governed data services and meet service level commitments across Manulife segments.

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the Data organization, aligning it with Global Technology and business objectives.
• Partner with onshore leaders to shape the Data Platform strategy and service model, turn the agreed roadmap into executable plans and oversee delivery across data teams.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, cloud adoption, platform modernization, engineering excellence and disciplined operating practices.
• Build and develop a high-performing, multidisciplinary organization through workforce planning, talent development, succession planning, communities of practice and knowledge management.
• Lead governance, resource and capacity planning, budget management and operational performance.

Required profile

• Extensive experience leading multidisciplinary data teams with direct accountability for Data Engineering, Quality Engineering, Data Platform, Data Governance or Data Management.
• Experience turning global strategies and roadmaps into executable plans, and overseeing delivery, governance, workforce planning, budget, risk, controls and performance across multiple teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation and executive communication skills, able to influence across business, technology and governance functions.
• Experience supporting global teams and collaborating with geographically distributed stakeholders.
• Amenable to a hybrid setup (3 days onsite per week) and to any assigned shift schedule, preferably mid-shift.

Required skills

• Strong working knowledge of enterprise data platforms, data integration, quality and data engineering, and data governance.
• Preferred: working knowledge of Microsoft Azure data services such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Lake Storage.
• Preferred: experience leading data modernization, cloud migration, governance transformation or large-scale platform programs.
• Preferred: experience in financial services, insurance or other highly regulated industries.