Key Responsibilities

1. Proposition Strategy & Development

• Lead the design of customer-centric product value propositions, grounded in customer insights, segmentation, and distributor feedback
• Translate product features into clear, differentiated positioning vs. internal and competitor offerings
• Ensure consistent messaging across all customer-facing and distributor-facing materials

2. Go-To-Market Orchestration

• Own end-to-end GTM strategy and execution, ensuring strong adoption across channels (Agency, Banca, etc.)
• Lead GTM workshops and establish weekly/monthly execution cadence across stakeholders
• Drive alignment across Product, Marketing, Distribution, and Training teams to ensure coordinated launch

3. Sales Enablement & Content Leadership

• Oversee development of sales proposition decks, pitchbooks, and customer-facing materials
• Ensure all materials are:
  • Structured with strong narrative flow (hook → value → proof → close)
  • Translated into layman, customer-friendly language
• Drive training (TTT, launch enablement) at launch to ensure high-quality adoption by distributors

4. Cross-Functional Coordination

• Lead collaboration across Product Development, Marketing, Distribution, and Operations
• Facilitate workshops and maintain a tight feedback loop with frontline channels for continuous improvement
• Ensure messaging accuracy while maintaining commercial effectiveness and compliance

5. Team Supervision (Team of 2 to 3)

• Provide day-to-day direction, coaching, and quality assurance for proposition and GTM deliverables
• Allocate workstreams across launches, enhancements, and BAU support
• Build team capability in storytelling, commercial thinking, and stakeholder management

Key Deliverables

• Product customer value proposition (for business case and launch readiness)
• Coordination for customer testing outputs & distributor focus group insights
• Go-to-market workshops and ongoing execution cadence
• Customer-facing sales proposition decks
• Training materials (TTT / launch) and sales enablement content
• Product pitchbooks / proposition summaries

Required Skillsets

Core Capabilities

• Strong proposition design & storytelling
• Ability to simplify complex product mechanics into customer-friendly language
• Commercial acumen with clear understanding of customer needs and distribution drivers

Go-To-Market & Execution

• Experience in GTM planning and multi-channel execution
• Ability to drive structured launch cadence and stakeholder alignment
• Strong program management and prioritization

Stakeholder & Leadership Skills

• Excellent cross-functional collaboration across Product, Marketing, Distribution
• Confident facilitator of workshops and senior stakeholder discussions
• Proven team leadership and coaching capability

Sales Enablement

• Deep understanding of sales journey and distributor pain points
• Ability to design effective sales tools, training, and content that drive adoption

Success Measures

• Quality and consistency of proposition across channels
• Speed and effectiveness of GTM execution
• Adoption and usability of sales materials by distributors
• Positive feedback from frontline and stakeholders
• Contribution to product launch success and commercial outcomes

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

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