Manulife LEAD (Leadership, Experience, Advocacy, and Development) is a future-focused graduate development program that offers business rotational, assignments, social learning, and advocacy experience.

The LEAD graduate program aims to attract and develop a pipeline of digitally-minded and trained millennial talent with the potential for either a General Management and/or business leadership career pathway trajectory.

Manulife LEAD:

Provides a multi-faceted learning and development experience for entry level talent to advance into future leadership roles aligned to our corporate vision, mission, strategic priorities and brand values
Develop skills for individuals that aspire towards a career in general management and support the growth of our global business
Supports future leaders with establishing a powerful internal network to advance their careers within the organization

Program Structure

LEAD is an 18-month graduate program where Management Associates complete the following:

Regional Orientation and Induction- spend the first few days with member of Manulife's Executive team visiting our Hong Kong Regional Office to better understand our business, strategy and values
Business Rotations – Complete (3x) 6-month rotations both within your local market and also working on assignment overseas to experience another market first-hand.
Community project – during the program create and pitch a business case for a community cause that you might wish to support.
Development weeks – undertake an exclusive series of classroom learning and experiential programs sponsored by Manulife senior executives to help you develop core business skills
Access to Mentors and Buddies – Benefit from being assigned a Mentor (typically a senior leader) to help you with your career and personal development and well as business buddies to help you navigate our global organization
Graduation into a business position – all program graduates are offered final placement into management positions aligned to business and career interests.

Connect with our team!

For questions and inquiries about the LEAD graduate program, please email LEADGradProgram@manulife.com