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AVP, AI

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Manulife

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Full-Time

Posted 3 days ago (Updated 1 day ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/15/2026

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Jobs › Boston, MA › AVP, AI Manulife AVP, AI Boston, MA Apply The AVP, AI - Group Functions AI Transformation Delivery is a senior AI leadership role responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of AI-enabled transformation across Group Functions, with a primary focus on Risk, Legal, Procurement, and Compliance. A significant portion of this role's portfolio includes AI enabled fraud detection targeting financial crimes. This role pairs hands-on technical depth with strong delivery leadership to turn functional priorities into deployed, value-generating AI solutions. Operating at the intersection of business strategy and AI engineering, the AVP partners with senior functional leaders to identify high-impact opportunities, shapes pragmatic delivery roadmaps, and leads multidisciplinary teams to build and scale Classical AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI solutions - all while meeting enterprise standards for security, governance, model risk, and responsible AI.
Position Responsibilities:
AI Transformation Delivery Leadership Lead end-to-end delivery of AI solutions for Risk, Legal, Procurement, Compliance, and other Group Functions - from opportunity shaping and design through deployment, adoption, and value realization. Own delivery roadmaps and execution across a portfolio of concurrent initiatives, ensuring measurable business outcomes against defined success metrics. Direct multidisciplinary delivery teams (AI/ML engineers, data scientists, product, and functional SMEs), removing blockers and ensuring quality, velocity, and accountability. Conduct full-stack AI engineering work, including hands-on development, prototyping, and architecture decisions where needed to accelerate delivery. Functional Stakeholder Engagement & Opportunity Development Partner with leaders in Risk, Legal, and Procurement to surface high-impact AI opportunities and articulate clear value cases. Translate functional needs into well-structured initiatives aligned with enterprise AI strategy and capabilities. Provide thought leadership on Agentic AI, Generative AI, and machine learning, and advise functional leaders on use cases, readiness, risk considerations, and operating-model changes. Coach stakeholders to drive adoption and embed AI into functional workflows and decision-making. Responsible AI, Governance & Enterprise Integration Ensure all solutions meet enterprise standards for security, data governance, model risk management, and responsible AI. Coordinate with Enterprise Architecture, Risk, Legal, and the Global Data Office to deliver secure, compliant, and scalable solutions. Promote reuse of enterprise components, shared codebases/libraries, and aligned architecture across initiatives. Represent Group Functions AI delivery in enterprise governance and portfolio forums, ensuring functional initiatives accelerate enterprise impact.
Required Qualifications:
8+ years in data science, AI/ML engineering, or applied machine learning, including significant experience leading delivery of complex AI programs at scale. Hands-on engineering expertise in Python, cloud ML environments, MLOps, vector databases, LLM-Ops, and modern evaluation frameworks; experience with Agentic AI architectures, orchestration frameworks, and multi-model pipelines is strongly preferred. Prior experience with financial crime prevention, including graph-based solutions Demonstrated experience partnering with one or more corporate functions - preferably Risk, Legal, Procurement, Compliance, Audit, or Treasury - ideally within financial services. Proven people-leadership experience, with the ability to build, coach, and lead high-performing, multidisciplinary delivery teams. Strong ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes and to communicate and influence at the senior-leader level. Comfortable operating in a highly matrixed, global environment with a results-driven, ownership mindset. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field; an advanced degree (Master's or PhD) is desirable.
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. #LI-Hybrid The role being advertised is an existing vacancy. Acerca de Manulife y John Hancock 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 http://www.manulife.com . 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 hr@manulife.com . Referenced Salary Location Toronto, Ontario Modalidades de Trabajo Híbrido Salary range is expected to be between $129,800.00 CAD - $241,200.00 CAD 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 hr@manulife.com para conocer el rango salarial correspondiente a tu ubicación. Manulife 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 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 tiempo libre remunerado en Canadá incluye feriados, vacaciones, días personales y días por enfermedad, y ofrecemos la gama completa de ausencia laboral reglamentaria. Si se está postulando para este puesto en los EE. UU., póngase en contacto con hr@manulife.com para obtener más información sobre las disposiciones relativas al tiempo libre remunerado específicas de EE. UU. 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 (https://careers.manulife.com/global/en/talentacquisitionprivacystatement) . Active Filters AVP, AI Boston, MA Clear All Apply