Senior Data Architect

Manulife / John Hancock is seeking a Senior Data Architect to lead and shape the data architecture strategy within the U.S. Segment.

In this role, the Senior Data Architect will be responsible for defining enterprise-wide standards, frameworks, and governance models that promote consistency, scalability, and regulatory compliance across data platforms and initiatives.

Office location: Toronto - Canada (primary) or Waterloo - Canada or Boston - USA (alternative)

Work arrangement: Hybrid - 3 days in office, 2 days from Home; Remote working option is not available.

Position Responsibilities:

• Leads the development and implementation of data integration and migration strategies for large datasets.

• Designs and architects highly scalable data pipelines to load data from various source systems.

• Designs, architects, and maintains data models, data warehouses, and data lakes optimized for scalability and performance.

• Designs data architecture and IT solutions to ensure data is stored properly, usable by business units, and protected from attacks.

• Optimizes data solutions for performance and scalability, utilizing techniques such as data partitioning, distributed processing, and data compression.

• Identifies the needs of the data lakes and data warehouses, the data that is available, and creates a blueprint for creating, testing and maintaining them.

• Works with database administrators and data analysts to ensure they can easily use and access data.

• Works with management to create databases that will be usable and store the required information.

• Addresses issues with data migration (e.g., validation, clean-up and mapping) and understands the importance of Data Dictionaries.

• Documents data architectures, technical processes, and performance optimization strategies.

• Documents data interfaces and movement which includes frequency of movement, data transformations, and any aggregation or calculations.

• Integrates views of data by working with business team members and application designers to determine data requirements (e.g., availability, volumes).

• Defines data architecture standards and guidelines, and how to use the architected databases.

• Helps ensure a focus on data quality, working closely with business team members to determine its importance.

• Software/platform/infrastructure architecture plans to support business strategy and outcomes.

• Defines the overall integration of Data and ML pipelines across the data supply chain and defines the technical and operational design of these pipelines.

• Implements mechanisms to monitor and prevent unethical use of data, such as bias in algorithms or discriminatory practices.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience architecting, designing and developing large-scale data solutions and enterprise-wide systems

• Strong knowledge of data management skills (e.g., Hadoop, NoSQL, Spark), metadata management, big data management

• Expert knowledge of structured analysis and design techniques

• Knowledge across data technology stack (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Spark, Python, Synapse)

• Strong understanding of data management, from RDBMS to NoSQL data models

• Knowledge of ETL and data integration tools and technologies

• Software development experience using multiple languages (e.g., Python, Java, C, C++, C#)

• Understanding of logical designs of how databases will link to each other and the flow of data between stages

• Ability to use AI to support data management strategies.

• Provides professional advice – takes a lead role of process or program execution

• Is accountable for own work and contributes to setting standards through expertise in own job discipline that impact others’ deliverables

• Work is guided by cascaded policies or business plans

• May lead medium to large size projects or work streams with moderate resource requirements, risk and/or complexity with multiple teams representing different interests

Skills:

• Data Governance

• Data Warehousing

• Data Modeling

• Data Visualization

• Cloud Computing

• Programming Languages

• Performance Optimization

• Data Security

• Data Integration

Preferred Qualifications:

• Industry experience from large complex financial Org is highly desired

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.

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.

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If 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.