Senior Legal Manager
Manulife — Makati City
Posted 2026-08-05
The Senior Legal Manager is responsible for providing strategic legal, regulatory, governance, data privacy, and distribution compliance support to the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates. The role reports directly to the General Counsel and supports the effective management and delivery of legal services across the Legal Department. The role serves as a trusted advisor to management and business units, ensuring that business objectives are achieved in a legally sound manner while mitigating legal, regulatory, reputational, and operational risks. The role is accountable for managing complex legal matters, litigation, corporate governance, data privacy, regulatory compliance, distribution compliance, and legal risk management initiatives, while ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and Company policies. Responsibilities: Legal Advisory and Risk Management Provide timely, practical, and commercially sound legal advice to management and business units on legal, regulatory, governance, and compliance matters. Draft, review, negotiate, and approve contracts, legal opinions, policies, memoranda, and other legal documents. Identify, assess, and mitigate legal, reg