US Insurance Lead Product Owner Underwriting

Manulife
Massachusetts

We are seeking a strategic and innovative Lead Product Owner to support our Underwriting team in transforming the life insurance purchase journey-from application through to policy issuance. This role serves as the voice of both the business and the customer, championing the development and delivery of advanced underwriting capabilities. The preferred candidate should excel in risk assessment for underwriting, handling medical and non-medical details with a tech emphasis. Outstanding leadership and collaboration skills are crucial to lead agile, cross-functional teams consisting of underwriters, actuaries, operations specialists, data scientists, and developers.

This role requires a strategic and innovative perspective, supported by a strong background in research and development, project delivery, and creative problem-solving. The ideal candidate will be instrumental in driving impactful results aligned with key business priorities, while offering deep subject matter expertise and thought leadership across underwriting initiatives.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Drives the planning and delivery of key capabilities for the underwriting journey

  • Brings a senior-level strategic view and tactical delivery of products or product components, aligned to segment priorities

  • Acts as a thought partner to business team members on multi-million-dollar business priorities & initiatives

  • Work with subject matter experts across the business unit to lead the development of new insurance underwriting capabilities that range from instant and non-invasive to high-touch, fully underwritten

  • Prioritize work, focusing on initiatives generating the most value for the business and driving key outcomes and capturing work in US segment Jira and other tools with all applicable details

  • Estimate financial and business benefits and track progress towards key results and financial values

  • Collaborate with teams to develop innovative, data-driven underwriting solutions and capabilities that ensure a seamless experience for a broad customer base.

  • Lead in ensuring value creation for the business, customers, and end-users by owning the squad backlog and ensuring that the highest value work is always being executed

  • Ensures the roadmap and backlog is visible, clear and understood by stakeholders and team members.

  • Shared accountability with the Delivery Lead for alignment on release strategy and release content with pertinent stakeholders

  • Keep abreast of competitor actions and industry trends and new vendors that may add value.

  • Keep abreast of external factors that may affect underwriting (e.g. medical and technical advancements, industry rules, compliance and regulations)

  • Manage relationships with external vendors, partners and technologies that support the delivery and implementation of business capabilities

  • Ensure risk and governance requirements are met, including post-implementation monitoring plans

  • Responsible for leading discussions to communicate recommendations, results and progress to senior leadership

Required Qualifications:

  • Experience with projects and large-scale technology implementations and owning the translation of business requirements to technology capabilities

  • Experience with communicating requirements and developing test plans

  • Advanced knowledge and experience of underwriting risk assessment - medical, non-medical, financial

  • Highly engaged: able to self-manage, create solutions, prioritize deliverables and execute projects under deadline pressure

  • Excellent interpersonal, oral and written (technical) communication skills

  • Exceptional collaboration and presentation skills, demonstrated through experience working with various technical audiences and across multiple functions such as actuaries, medical, data scientists, operations, legal and compliance teams

  • Coaching mindset and abilities, enabling team members to define solutions, and delivering to outcomes and maintain a continuous improvement mindset

  • Excellent MS Office Skills, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, knowledge of JIRA/project management tools and web tools

  • Ability to work across virtual teams and sites and in open and collaborative workspaces

  • Occasional travel may be required

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Undergraduate and/or postgraduate degree in science, medical or related field or a minimum of 5 years experience in underwriting-related and/or research experience preferred

  • FALU/FLMI an asset

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.

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Manulife Financial Corporation es un importante proveedor internacional de servicios financieros que ayuda a las personas a tomar decisiones de una manera más fácil y a vivir mejor. Para obtener más información acerca de nosotros, visite .

Manulife es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades

En Manulife/John Hancock, valoramos nuestra diversidad. Nos esforzamos por atraer, formar y retener una fuerza laboral tan diversa como los clientes a los que prestamos servicios, y para fomentar un entorno laboral inclusivo en el que se aprovechen las fortalezas de las culturas y las personas. Estamos comprometidos con la equidad en las contrataciones, la retención de talento, el ascenso y la remuneración, y administramos todas nuestras prácticas y programas sin discriminación por motivos de raza, ascendencia, lugar de origen, color, origen étnico, ciudadanía, religión o creencias religiosas, credo, sexo (incluyendo el embarazo y las afecciones relacionadas con este), orientación sexual, características genéticas, condición de veterano, identidad de género, expresión de género, edad, estado civil, estatus familiar, discapacidad, o cualquier otro aspecto protegido por la ley vigente.

Nuestra prioridad es eliminar las barreras para garantizar la igualdad de acceso al empleo. Un representante de Recursos Humanos trabajará con los solicitantes que requieran una adaptación razonable durante el proceso de solicitud. Toda la información que se haya compartido durante el proceso de solicitud de adaptación se almacenará y utilizará de manera congruente con las leyes y las políticas de Manulife/John Hancock correspondientes. Para solicitar una adaptación razonable en el proceso de solicitud, envíenos un mensaje a [email protected] .

Ubicación principal

Estados Unidos,- Massachusetts Remoto a tiempo completo

Modalidades de Trabajo

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Se prevé que el rango salarial esté entre

$128,550.00 USD - $222,820.00 USD

Los empleados también tienen la oportunidad de participar en programas de incentivos y recibir una compensación vinculada al rendimiento empresarial e individual. El salario real variará según las condiciones del mercado local, la geografía y factores relacionados con el puesto como conocimientos, habilidades, requerimientos, experiencia y educación/formación. Si solicitas este puesto fuera de tu ubicación principal, por favor escríbenos a [email protected] para conocer el rango salarial correspondiente a tu ubicación.

Manulife/John Hancock ofrece a los empleados aptos una amplia variedad de beneficios personalizables, entre ellos, beneficios de salud, odontológicos, de salud mental, oftalmológicos, por discapacidad a corto y a largo plazo, cobertura de seguro de vida y por muerte accidental y desmembramiento, adopción/subrogación y bienestar, y planes de asistencia al empleado/familiar. También ofrecemos a los empleados admisibles varios planes de ahorro para la jubilación (incluidos planes de ahorro 401(k) o de pensiones y un plan mundial de propiedad de acciones con contribuciones equivalentes del empleador) y recursos de asesoramiento y educación financiera. Nuestro generoso programa de días libres pagos en EE. UU. contempla hasta 11 días festivos, 3 días personales, 150 horas de vacaciones y 40 horas de licencia por enfermedad (o más cuando lo exija la ley) por año, y ofrecemos todos los tipos de licencias contempladas por la ley.

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Company: John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.)

Posted 2026-03-12

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