AVP, GWAM Strategy Asia

Job title: AVP, GWAM Strategy Asia

Company: Manulife


Job description: We are committed to creating a workplace that offers unlimited opportunities for employees to realize their career goals. Whether it’s working abroad, exploring a new career direction or simply progressing in their chosen field, we help our employees reach their full potential.We’re here to make your job hunt easy. Get our newest jobs sent straight to your inbox! Click on the cloud in the top right corner of the page and sign up for job alerts.Global Wealth & Asset Management (GWAM) operates globally under the Manulife Wealth & Asset Management brand with a core mission of making decisions easier and lives better for investors by empowering them for a better tomorrow. We are a key growth segment for Manulife, operating a successful Public and Private Markets franchise, with capabilities distributed through three different channels (Retail, Retirement and Institutional) across North America, Asia and Europe. Our Asia Retail business manages approximately $28b in assets across 10 markets, making it one of the largest pan-Asia investment firms.Reporting jointly to the Global Head of Strategy and the [Head of Wealth & Asset Management Asia], the role is an important catalyst and contributor to the overall strategy, growth, and transformation of the Manulife Investment Management and the Asia Retail franchise more specifically. In this highly visible role, the candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to the entire Asia Retail Leadership Team and a senior member of the GWAM Strategy team, providing key insights and information to support the development and execution of our strategy.Responsibilities:

• Engage the Asia Retail Leadership Team in strategy development, capital allocation and progress assessment discussions
• Analyze key internal and external trends, benchmarks and notable competitor actions to bring insights and generate executive action by the leadership team
• Ensure discretionary spend aligns with the agreed upon strategic roadmap and generates desired outcomes and financial benefits
• Work closely with Finance and Transformation partners to monitor progress on strategy execution and delivery, identifying areas of intervention and required pivots where needed
• Coordinate and develop materials for various executive audiences, ensuring consistency, readiness and alignment across the Asia Retail, Global Retail and GWAM teams
• Facilitate and lead the development of strategy-related content for leadership team offsites
• Work closely with key stakeholders on the development and execution of plans to communicate progress against ambition and strategic priorities
• Develop and maintain materials and content that showcase and objectively assess the Asia Retail business for internal and external audiences
• Foster collaboration, rigor and transparency to support the Asia Retail Leadership Team on execution of the strategy
• Mentor and guide other professionals on the GWAM Strategy team

What we are looking for

• Professional designation (MBA, CPA, CA, CGA, CMA, CFA) preferred with 10+ years of relevant, progressively senior experience, in financial services
• Strong business sense and extensive knowledge of the Asia wealth and asset management industry
• Ability to work independently, get to the relevant information and pierce through silos
• Ability to handle difficult situations and escalate issues in an effective manner
• Ability to connect the dots and rapidly identify and surface the relevant patterns and issues
• Politically astute, with strong situational sensitivity and ability to influence
• Exceptional organization and project management skills
• Emotional intelligence, with ability to demonstrate judgment, discretion and diplomacy
• Ability to see the pain points and bottlenecks the leadership team faces in pushing the organization to change and find ways to mitigate
• Result-oriented with an ability to multi-task, prioritize across multiple initiatives, drive accountability, and develop creative solutions where blueprints may not exist
• Outstanding communication skills with shown ability to articulate complex business problems in simple and impactful words
• Ability to develop a clear position / point of view on key questions and issues impacting the business
• Team player, collaborative, self-starter, well-organized, innovative, and high level of initiative
• Ability to lead and motivate professionals formally and informally

關於宏利和恒康宏利金融公司是一家業界領先的國際金融服務集團，致力於幫助人們實現「輕鬆智選，精彩人生」。我們的全球總部位於加拿大多倫多；在亞洲、加拿大和歐洲以「宏利」之名營運，在美國主要以「恒康」之名營運。我們為個人、團體和機構提供財務諮詢、保險以及財富和資產管理解決方案。截至 2022 年底，我們擁有超過 40,000 名員工、超過 11.6 萬名代理人，及數以千計的經銷夥伴，為超過 3400 多萬名客戶提供服務。截至 2022 年底，我們管理的資產規模達 1.3 兆加元（1.0 兆美元），其中投資資產總額為 0.4 兆加元（0.3 兆美元），獨立基金淨資產為 0.3 兆加元（0.3 兆美元）。我們在多倫多、紐約和菲律賓的證券交易所以「MFC」名稱進行交易，在香港證券代碼為「945」。宏利為重視就業機會平等之雇主在宏利／恒康，我們擁抱多元。我們致力吸引、發展並留住多元化的員工隊伍，正如我們所服務的客戶一樣多元化，並打造包容的工作環境，在充分發揮文化優勢的同時尊重個體差異。我們矢志維持公平的招聘、挽留、晉升及薪酬制度，我們管理的所有實踐及項目不會因種族、血統、原籍地、膚色、族裔、国籍、宗教或宗教信仰、信仰、性別（包括懷孕及其相關情況）、性取向、遺傳特徵、退伍軍人身份、性別認同、性別表達、年齡、婚姻狀況、家庭狀況、殘疾或受適用法律保護的任何其他因素而區別對待。我們的首要任務是消除障礙，為員工提供平等就業機會。人力資源部代表將盡力為應徵過程中提出要求的申請人提供合理協助。 申請人要求提供協助所分享的信息將會按照適用法律及宏利政策儲存及使用。 應徵過程中如需協助，請聯絡[email redacted, apply via Company website]

Expected salary:

Location: Hong Kong

Job date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 08:23:35 GMT

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