Senior Life Manager

Raretec Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Raretec Recruitment represents a leading global professional services firm seeking a Life Actuarial Senior Manager to join the Risk Consulting team in Dublin on a permanent basis.

The role focuses on delivering and managing actuarial and multidisciplinary projects, working with UK and European teams, and guiding junior colleagues. Candidates should be a qualified actuary with extensive life insurance experience and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Qualified Actuary with a minimum of 8 years PQE and 11 years total experience in life insurance, reinsurance, or life consultancy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery and management of actuarial and multidisciplinary projects, including client relationships and internal team performance.
• Drive the production of client deliverables with an emphasis on quality and teaming.
• Assist with the management and development of junior colleagues.
• Develop areas of technical excellence and contribute to research and development supporting the growth of these fields.
• Adopt an account management mindset, identifying client-specific needs and promoting the firm's strategy, services, and values.
• Take the lead confidently in both client interactions and with junior colleagues.
• Work across a broad range of assurance and consulting projects, building a network through multi-disciplinary engagements.

Skills

Actuarial expertise

Project delivery

Team leadership

Client relationships

Communication skills

Education

Qualified Actuary with 8+ PQE

Job description

Our client, a leading global professional services firm with a well-established actuarial practice, is seeking a Life Actuarial Senior Manager to join its Risk Consulting team on a permanent basis.

This role is based in Dublin and offers exposure to a broad range of life and non-life consulting and audit services, working closely with actuarial teams across the UK and Europe on multi-disciplinary engagements. The successful candidate will play a key role in the delivery and management of actuarial projects, while also supporting the development of junior colleagues. This is a strong opportunity to join a growing team of talented and ambitious actuaries.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery and management of actuarial and multidisciplinary projects, including client relationships and internal team performance
• Drive the production of client deliverables with an emphasis on quality and teaming
• Assist with the management and development of junior colleagues
• Develop areas of technical excellence and contribute to research and development supporting the growth of these fields
• Adopt an account management mindset, identifying client‑specific needs and promoting the firm's strategy, services, and values
• Take the lead confidently in both client interactions and with junior colleagues
• Work across a broad range of assurance and consulting projects, building a network through multi-disciplinary engagements

Requirements

• Qualified Actuary, with a minimum of 8 years PQE and 11 years' total experience in life insurance, reinsurance, or life consultancy
• Previous experience managing junior staff and delivering projects
• Excellent technical, analytical, and problem‑solving skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Awareness of the challenges facing the life insurance industry
• Previous experience in at least two of the following: Solvency II, IFRS 17, Financial Reporting, Capital and Risk Management