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Hybrid: 50% Remote/Office St. Stephens Green

Clossing Date: 11th March 2026

Here at Royal London Ireland, we are seeking to hire a Senior Project Manager with Irish Life/Protection experience for a fixed term period of 12-15 months who will be required to deliver a significant transformation project in support of the Company’s business strategy, effectively and efficiently. They will be required to ensure that business outcomes are clearly understood, progressed and delivered against an aggressive timeline, within budget and to agreed quality standards, and will have a specific responsibility to ensure business readiness for the change in question.

Their overall responsibility is to understand the full life cycle of the delivery of significant change into a mature business environment and they will plan and lead the delivery of all business readiness activities within the project, covering the Business, Reporting, Regulatory and Technical change being delivered.   They will be a member of a small team of experienced IT professionals who have responsibility for delivering the project within the overall technology team in the business.

Key responsibilities

• Experience of leading project teams, both onshore and offshore and internally and as part of a wider Group environment, with minimal support and supervision.

• Have Irish Life/Protection experience as a core attribute with experience in Irish Pensions being an advantage
• Experience in a complex technical migration project which feeds business change and readiness requirements
• Mature understanding of the regulatory environment in Ireland and understanding of managing risk within a significant change programme

• Highly competent in using planning tools and experienced in implementing and operating financial control frameworks
• Proven ability to demonstrate a drive for results and accountability of business  and technical needs
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business or technical objective
• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate and enhance performance within a cross - functional environment
• Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions and identifying priorities
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences, including project team, sponsors, CIO and key stakeholders
• Define success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project lifecycle
• Identify and develop trusted adviser relationship with project stakeholders and sponsors
• Proactively identify, assess and manage project risks to ensure timely mitigation and successful delivery
• Ensure all change is delivered in accordance with Royal London Ireland’s change delivery framework and governance standards.
• Effectively manage third‑party suppliers to ensure delivery of agreed outcomes, quality and performance.

Criteria 

• Have Irish Life/Protection experience as a core attribute with experience in Irish Pensions being an advantage
• PRINCE2 or APM qualifications
• Excellent understand of project delivery methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall) and suitability of deployment in differing circumstances & environments, with ability to set context of project drivers.
• Excellent planning, co-ordination and organisation skills
• Excellent presentation skills for stakeholders at all levels of the business (e.g. from CEO to individual business user)
• Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organisations
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
• Build and maintain relationships by engaging business leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus and achieve objectives.
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands
• Research best practices within and outside the organisation to establish benchmark data and use continuous process improvement disciplines to achieve results
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team(s) supported with strong influencing skills

About Royal London Ireland

Based in St Stephen’s Green in Dublin, Royal London Ireland is a fully owned subsidiary of the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited, the largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company in the UK. We are authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland and provide protection products through Financial Brokers across Ireland. Our excellent customer service and mutual mindset means we take a longer-term view and focus on providing best customer outcomes.

Our culture is welcoming and friendly; we aim to make you always feel included. We encourage applications from those who may be on extended career break or from different work sectors and seeking to move into financial services. We are open to discussing flexible work arrangements.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. 

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits  

Inclusion, diversity and belonging 

We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.