Market Intelligence Consultant

The Market Intelligence Consultant serves as a strategic partner to Talent Acquisition and business stakeholders by providing data-driven insights on labor markets, talent trends, workforce availability, and competitive talent landscapes.

The role is responsible for translating market intelligence into actionable recommendations that guide hiring strategies, talent planning, and workforce decisions. Through research, analytics, talent mapping, and market sensing, the incumbent helps the organization identify opportunities, anticipate talent challenges, and improve hiring outcomes.

Position Responsibilities:

• Conduct labor market, talent, and industry research to identify trends that may impact recruitment and workforce planning.

• Analyze talent availability, hiring challenges, emerging skills, and competitive market conditions to support hiring strategies.

• Develop talent maps and market insights for critical, hard-to-fill, and niche skill requirements.

• Monitor competitor hiring activities, talent trends, and workforce developments to identify opportunities and risks.

• Leverage market intelligence tools, data, and analytics to generate actionable insights and recommendations.

• Support the development of talent intelligence reports, hiring feasibility assessments, workforce insights, and market outlooks.

• Partner with Talent Acquisition, People Partners, and business stakeholders to understand talent needs and provide market-informed recommendations.

• Prepare and deliver reports, presentations, dashboards, and briefings that translate complex data into meaningful business insights.

• Produce recurring and ad hoc market intelligence deliverables, including talent market scans, competitor intelligence, and talent trend analyses.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on market intelligence platforms and support continuous improvement of intelligence capabilities, tools, and processes.

• Lead or contribute to market intelligence projects and initiatives that support organizational hiring and workforce planning priorities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Psychology, Economics, Business, Statistics, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.

• At least 3-5 years of experience in Market Intelligence, Market Research, Talent Intelligence, Workforce Analytics, Business Intelligence, or related functions.

• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to convert data into business recommendations.

• Experience using talent intelligence and market research platforms such as LinkedIn Talent Insights, Talent Neuron, LinkedIn Recruiter, or similar tools.

• Experience conducting talent mapping and market analysis across specialized skill areas is highly desirable.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization/reporting tools.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Marketing, Workforce Planning, Talent Intelligence, or HR Analytics is an advantage.

• Experience developing dashboards, reports, and data visualizations using Power BI or similar analytics platforms is preferred.

• Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform (e.g., Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate) is an advantage.

• Exposure to data storytelling and presenting insights to business stakeholders is a plus.

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

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact [email protected] .

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