Lead Solution Architect - GWAM Institutional and General Accounts Investments Technology

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Are you looking for unlimited opportunities to develop and succeed? Do you want to be part of our mission to make decisions easier and lives better for our customers and employees? With work that challenges and makes a difference, within a flexible and supportive environment, we can help our customers achieve their dreams and aspirations! We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Lead Solution Architect to join Manulife's Global Wealth and Asset Management (GWAM) Enterprise Architecture team. The role will push forward GWAMs Institutional and General Accounts Investments Management Enterprise architecture strategy and vision by creating and delivering solutions that enable the company to produce Global-Scale capabilities in supporting our Institutional - Public, Private and General Accounts Investment Management businesses. You will provide business context, direction and facilitate the development of technology architecture required to align and meet the business need. You'll work closely with the Principal Architect, business, product, data office and technology partners to translate long-term objectives into designs that fuel firm-wide reuse and convergence. Our Manulife / John Hancock family is going through an exciting, yet challenging metamorphosis. We are transforming from a wise 135-year-old company into an agile 135-year-young company. This is a journey, and to quote T.S. Elliot; "The journey, Not the destination matters...". On this journey, we expect all to bring their knowledge, skills and experience as a team and, when we don't know, we will learn. Within the Manulife family, our team is within Global Wealth and Asset Management and as a division we believe the truth is in the numbers. We believe it's time to change the investment game. To do it differently by focusing on the value we bring our clients, rather than on the usual topics of performance and fees. We have surpassed $1 trillion in assets under management with a diverse range of both public and private asset classes. Our division is global and have operations in North America, Asia and Europe and we serve a diverse range of clients from our own on-balance general account assets to institutional, retail and wealth. The right individual will be a proactive, self-starter that enjoys and thrives when connecting people and technology to solve complex problems at-scale. You will analyze, model, and develop complex and high-level architecture solutions that require the integration of multiple technologies and coordination of functional areas across the organization. If you have a passion and skill for long-term end-to-end thinking balanced with crafting architecture increments that enable value for customers now, this opportunity is for you! The Architecture team within the Enterprise Architecture organization is responsible for defining the building blocks and target-state cross-enterprise vision that helps GWAM avoid duplication and optimize architecture. We are an organization that values diverse and big thinking, rewards both beaviors and delivery, and focuses on growth and continuous improvement - all in support of Manulife's mission to help clients and one another succeed. This role is a unique opportunity to join a team and company at the beginning of a multi-year platform transformation whose work will have direct impact on company direction, our customers, and our industry. Position Responsibilities: Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate business needs into practical, scalable, and secure solution architectures. Own the end-to-end development and maintenance of initiative or domain specific solution architectures. Assess current architecture, platforms, and capabilities; identify gaps; and recommend fit-for-purpose solutions that may include custom development, third-party products, and integration with internal and external systems. Apply industry best practices, design patterns, and architecture standards to deliver resilient, high-performing, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions. Support business planning, initiative scoping, and roadmap development by providing architecture guidance, technical direction, and cost considerations. Lead or contribute to conceptual, solution, and component-level architecture artifacts, including diagrams, design specifications, implementation guidelines, and related documentation. Oversee solution implementation planning across the delivery lifecycle, including development, integration, testing, launch, and continuous improvement within Agile delivery models. Review and provide guidance on architectures produced within and outside the team to ensure alignment with enterprise direction, domain integrity, and quality expectations. Maintain a coordinated view of shared capabilities, application portfolios, and cross-functional or cross-region dependencies to support strategic decision-making. Evaluate third-party vendors, products, frameworks, a