The Senior Manager, Client Relationship Management – Corporate Real Estate, will champion workplace requirements, aligning with business priorities and enhancing employee experience. This leader will work in partnership with the other Corporate Real Estate  - Client Relationship Management team members to cultivate strong, trust-based relationships with senior collaborators to understand evolving business needs and translate them into integrated accommodation strategies.

This role will collaborate closely with CRE’s Design & Strategy and Facilities Management teams to ensure workplace solutions are not only future-ready and aligned to business goals, but also operationally effective and experience-driven.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary CRE liaison for assigned internal business units, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.
• Gain deep insight into each business unit’s strategy, headcount forecast, and functional needs to shape real estate plans and workplace solutions.
• Execute an accommodation roadmap in alignment with business and CRE strategies.
• Partner with the Design & Strategy team to develop experience-forward, business-aligned environments.
• Collaborate with Facilities Management to ensure day-to-day operations support a high-quality colleague experience.
• Lead regular accommodation reviews and strategic planning sessions with business leaders to align space needs with business growth.
• Analyze occupancy, utilization, and colleague feedback data to identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
• Drive alignment and accountability across CRE functions to deliver integrated, impactful workplace outcomes.

Key Accountabilities

• Business Unit Satisfaction: Establish baseline satisfaction metrics for your assigned client groups; demonstrate measurable improvement by year-end.
• Workplace Strategy Alignment: Co-develop at least one long-term workplace solution or pilot per key business unit.
• Space Optimization: Identify and action improvements in space utilization across at least 25% of supported business units.
• Colleague Experience Feedback Loop: Launch or enhance a mechanism for capturing and acting on experience data.
• Strategic Roadmaps: Execute accommodation roadmaps aligned to business and CRE strategies.
• Executive Engagement: Conduct regular senior collaborator reviews and maintain high engagement across assigned business units.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in corporate real estate, workplace strategy, or a related field.
• 2+ years in a senior-level business partner, strategic advisory, or relationship management role.
• Proven success working cross-functionally with a complex organization's design, strategy, and operational teams.
• Strong understanding of workplace trends, including hybrid work, employee experience, and change management.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to balance business requirements, operational realities, and human-centered design.

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.

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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