What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Canada Retirement Contact Centre position at manulife?
At the heart of our business is a commitment to delivering a seamless, end-to-end customer experience across business units and markets. Our Global Canadian Division Operations Team plays a critical role in driving business growth through service excellence, customer focus, and the strength of our global capabilities combined with deep local market expertise. As our Contact Centre Director, you will lead our Canadian Retirement Contact Centres, a multi-location operation of approximately 200 employees handling more than 125,000 customer contacts each month. This is a unique opportunity to shape a high-performing, engaged culture where exceptional customer service and employee experience go hand in hand, while making a meaningful impact on our customers, teams, and business results. Position Responsibilities: Lead continuous improvement efforts to enhance service delivery and eliminate inefficiencies. Use data and performance insights to identify call trends, service gaps, and improvement opportunities. Apply strong problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict resolution skills in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. Foster a highly engaged team culture through recognition, collaboration, open communication, and a positive work environment. Partner with business leaders and Workforce Management to ensure effective staffing, forecasting, and contingency planning. Collaborate with global partners to maintain consistent service performance across all contact centre locations. Oversee scheduling, volume management, and service levels to ensure excellent and professional customer experience. Lead strategic initiatives, manage multi-location performance, and strengthen operational effectiveness, efficiency, and risk management. Qualifications: Proven leadership experience overseeing a large-scale, customer-facing contact centre operation, with accountability for service delivery, performance, and employee engagement. Demonstrated success leading organizational change and driving transformation initiatives within complex, high-volume service environments. Strong ability to influence and build credibility with employees, peers, and senior leaders across multiple levels of the organization. Proven people leadership capability, with a strong commitment to developing, coaching, and supporting teams across multiple geographies, including remote and offshore operations. Bilingualism in English and French is a strong asset. For candidates based in Québec, proficiency in both languages is required to support clients in jurisdictions both within and outside Quebec. 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. The role being advertised is an existing vacancy. 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 hr@manulife.com. Referenced Salary Location Halifax, Nova Scotia Working Arrangement Hybrid Salary range is expected to be between $108,000.00 CAD - $158,000.00 CAD Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. 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. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact hr@manulife.com for the salary range for your location. 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 hr@manulife.com for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions. We use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. For more information, please refer to our personal information collection statement. We're Manulife. And we’re on a mission to make decisions easier and lives better. Better is what drives us. It’s what inspires us to find new ways to support customers and colleagues in living longer and healthier lives. It’s the reason we’re dedicated to investing in digital innovation and accelerating a sustainable and economically inclusive future. Joining us means you’ll be empowered to learn and grow your career. We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words. And as part of our global team, you’ll help shape the future you want to see – and discover that better can take you anywhere you want to go. We’re proud of our accomplishments and recognitions. Recent awards include: 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner Manulife Named one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2023 Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2023 We’ve been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2024) Manulife included in Bloomberg’s 2023 Gender-Equality Index To receive our latest job opportunities directly to your inbox, create an account or sign in and navigate to the ‘Job Alerts’ section located in the top right corner of the page. From there, you can sign up to receive job alerts. Our ambition is to be the most digital, customer-centric global company in our industry. Learn more at https://www.manulife.com/.