Presented by Manulife
Leadership skills are incredibly useful at all stages of your career and are transferable to all kinds of industries. This session delivers a high-energy, highly practical take on “reading the room” as a leadership superpower, showing you how to spot the real dynamics in play, communicate with clarity under pressure, and build influence without losing your authenticity. You’ll walk away with repeatable tactics for aligning stakeholders fast, navigating intense personalities, and entering critical conversations with intention so your message lands and decisions move forward.
Location: DC 1302
Speaker: Jen Cahill is a Director of Strategy Enablement in Global Data Technology at Manulife Financial, where she partners with senior leaders to translate complex data and technology initiatives into clear, actionable business strategy. With over 20 years of experience spanning marketing, communications, and operations, Jen brings a rare blend of creative and analytical thinking — merging the left brain of data and analytics with the right brain of storytelling and influence.
After two decades building and leading marketing and strategy teams, Jen made a deliberate career transition into data and technology. Today, she works at the intersection of analytics, portfolio strategy, and change enablement, helping her organization move from static reporting to vivid business narratives that drive decisions and outcomes. She is particularly passionate about how data can tell human, compelling stories — and how professionals can forge nonlinear career paths by combining creativity, structure, and strategic thinking.