Data Scientist
CAN, Ontario, Toronto, 250 Bloor Street East
Full Time Mid-level / Intermediate USD 74K - 137K
Manulife
Manulife is a leading financial services group. We provide financial advice, insurance, as well as wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions.We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. Discover how you can grow your career, make impact and drive real change with our Winning Team today.
Working Arrangement
HybridJob Description
The Opportunity
We are seeking a motivated Data Scientist to join the Canadian Advanced Analytics team. As a Data Scientist, you will help develop and implement robust analytical solutions for various business segments of Manulife, applying both traditional and emerging machine learning and AI techniques. Your work in these areas will play a crucial role in driving data-driven decision-making and improving our business processes!
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement machine learning models to tackle sophisticated business problems, using a variety of algorithms and techniques.
- Collaborate with multi-functional teams to identify and define business requirements, ensuring alignment with data science objectives.
- Leads, develops, runs, and delivers projects of diverse scope.
- Consults with internal business leaders, finds opportunities/challenges, and brings analytics driven insights/solutions to tackle business problems.
- Helps determine advanced analytics priorities and sequencing of projects to optimize business goals. Works closely with business leaders in change management as an outcome of model delivery.
- Codifies processes/techniques/tools into standard methodologies for other data scientists. Coordinates the work of more junior data scientists. Participates in code and model review of other data scientists.
- Provides thought leadership including researching new analytics methodologies, tools, and data
- Influence business partners to contribute to and adopt insights from analytics work
- Innovates and finds creative ways to source data to support modeling efforts, using structured and unstructured data
What motivates you?
- You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit.
- You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach 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.
What we are looking for
- An advanced degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, or other quantitative field
- Minimum 5 years of experience solving high impact business problems using data science
- Experience leading initiatives across the entire advanced analytics lifecycle from business problem through to deployment
- Practical experience with big data processing frameworks, and platforms such as Azure, Databricks, Spark, Hive, PCF
- Excellent communication skills – able to translate sophisticated data science concepts to technical and non-technical partners. Proficient storyteller able to galvanize others to act.
- Agile problem solver with a bias for action, able to remove roadblocks fast.
- Track record of implementing models into production with business value.
What can we offer you?
- A competitive salary and benefits packages.
- A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
- A focus on growing your career path with us.
- Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
- Professional development and leadership opportunities.
Our commitment to you
- Values-first culture: We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
- Boundless opportunity: We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.
- Continuous innovation: We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.
- Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.
- Championing Corporate Citizenship: We build a business that benefits all partners and has a positive social and environmental impact.
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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 recruitment@manulife.com.
Salary & Benefits
The annual base salary for this role is listed below.
Primary Location
Toronto, OntarioSalary range is expected to be between
$74,270.00 CAD - $137,930.00 CADIf 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.
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