Project Manager - 12-month FTC

Canada Life and Irish Life; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Canada Life Group Services based in Dublin is seeking a Project Manager to lead change delivery, manage scope, risks and dependencies, and ensure governance and compliance throughout initiatives.

Reporting to the Head of Portfolio Management, you will verify scope with stakeholders, manage budget and schedule, and prepare status updates for steering materials. We encourage PRINCE2/PMI qualifications and familiarity with Clarity, Jira, Confluence, MS Office and Miro.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of project and/or project management experience.
• PM Practitioner in PRINCE2 or PMI/PMP is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Verify, validate and manage scope, work packages, and change requests with stakeholders.
• Manage budget, schedule and quality
• Ensure alignment with governance and compliance standards
• Prepare project updates on status and value metrics as input into Programme Steering Materials on initiative level
• Track and manage risks, issues, and key deliverables including adoption activities
• Record and monitor assumptions and dependencies

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

PM tools

Tools

Clarity

Jira

Confluence

MS Office

Miro

Job description

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Canada Life Assurance Europe plc (‘CLE’) is a dynamic insurance company with over 700 people across our offices in Germany and Ireland. We have been operating in Germany since 2000 and have established a fast-growing presence in one of the world’s largest and most established markets. We specialise in providing innovative unit-linked pension, savings, and protection solutions and have become a trusted partner for life insurance products distributed through independent brokers. It is our priority to support our customers at every stage of life with the best products and service, tailored to their needs - and we’re doing it all in a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees.

Role Overview

Based in Dublin, reporting to the Head of Portfolio Management in the Strategy Execution Office, the Project Manager will be responsible for driving the execution of change incorporating the management of risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies whilst adhering to all governance and compliance standards.

• Verify, validate and manage scope, work packages, and change requests with stakeholders.


• Manage budget, schedule and quality


• Ensure alignment with governance and compliance standards


• Prepare project updates on status and value metrics as input into Programme Steering Materials on initiative level


• Track and manage risks, issues, and key deliverables including adoption activities


• Record and monitor assumptions and dependencies

What you will need to be successful in the role

• Can manage medium complexity projects across multiple department or service lines, with external suppliers.


• Manages own learning and development needs.


• Minimum of 5 years of project and/or project management experience.


• PM Practitioner in PRINCE2 or PMI/PMP is preferable.


• Proficiency in tools of the trade (e.g. Clarity, Jira, Confluence, MSOffice suite, Miro) desirable

We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive and diverse company, and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation and life experiences to apply.

Canada Life Group Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued. We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported. We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.

If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact [e-mail] and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.

CLGS supports Equal Opportunity and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.