Project Specialist

- Full Time 12 Month Fixed Term Contract position

- Hybrid role based in either our Dublin or Cork City Centre office

What we offer

We have embraced a hybrid working model for most of our positions, which means that you can enjoy a balanced approach of working from home for part of the week and working from the office for the remainder of the week.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive salaries and bonuses, robust Learning and Development support, excellent Defined Contribution pension and comprehensive Wellbeing initiatives and support to name but a few.

At Irish Life, our purpose is to help people build better futures. Our company values shape everything we do and underpin our vision of being the driving force behind Ireland’s financial, physical, and mental well‑being.

We believe in doing the right thing—acting with integrity and making fair, responsible decisions. We aim high, setting ambitious goals and constantly find better ways to innovate and improve. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we are dedicated to understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations. We believe that as a team we work best together, in a supportive, collaborative environment where every idea and contribution is valued.

Employer Solutions (ES) manages employee benefit solutions for over 2,500 employers in Ireland. ES is the biggest provider of employee benefit solutions in Ireland delivering group health, pension, protection and wellbeing benefits to over 800,000 customers in both the public and private sector.

To support our ambition to grow in the corporate market, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Specialist to play an important role in delivering our Digital Vision project – an ambitious cross divisional programme designed to deliver a connected digital employee benefits experience to employers and brokers.

Key Accountabilities

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Relationships in Employer Solutions, the Senior Project Specialist will have three key responsibilities:

- To work closely with the Digital Vision project team and with colleagues (at various levels) across the wider Irish Life Group to successfully manage the governance and delivery of the different phases of the Digital Vision programme. Play a key role in helping to shape and drive our Digital Vision roll out plan for 2026 and to ensure we maximise the promotion and adoption of our new digital portal amongst employers and brokers.

- To drive the continuous development of Employee Benefits Dashboard (data and insights tool) to ensure we maintain our competitive advantage in the corporate market.

Project Management

- End to end project management of the various Digital Vision solution components.

- Assesses the progress of the project through the project’s monthly steering committee.

- Support project initiatives to ensure they are delivered on time and within budget.

- Collaborate with teams from across Employer Solutions and the wider Irish Life Group, including Customer Solutions and Advice Solutions.

- Adhere to prescribed framework by early identification of risks and emerging issues, following the escalation process, ensuring solutions and decisions are implemented in the project.

- Adhere to governance framework, project management documents and make suggestions to improve the process.

- Track benefit realisation, measuring output and the success of project initiatives being delivered.

Rollout and Driving Adoption

- Support the end-to-end rollout plan, including timelines, milestones, stakeholder alignment, and risk management, to ensure successful deployment of the portal.

- Act as the primary liaison with employers, brokers, and internal teams ensuring clear communication of benefits, features, and rollout progress.

- Develop and execute adoption strategies, including training, onboarding, and support material to drive portal usage among employers and brokers.

- Gather, analyse and prioritise feedback from employers and brokers to enhance portal functionality and user experience.

- Monitor adoption metrics, utilisation rates and user satisfaction providing regular reporting to leadership and recommending improvements.

- Identify potential barriers to adoption (technical, operational or behavioural) and implement mitigation strategies to ensure rollout success.

Desired Knowledge / Experience / Skills

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

- Good insight into the employee benefits market, employers and brokers role in the market and Employer Solutions.

- Experience working on projects and following project management frameworks, including assessing and maintaining progress on projects so as to ensure they are successfully delivered.

- Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise across multiple tasks to tight timelines and be able to provide clear updates on project progress to stakeholders.

- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills with an ability to build strong effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels to ensure the smooth operation of projects.

- Can understand complex projects and produce detailed project plans, and has the ability to analyse complex issues and to make recommendations for decision.

- Has the ability to work off own initiative.

- Works in an organised and systematic manner to ensure quality outputs are delivered and timelines are met.

- Has a good understanding of Employer Solutions’ propositions, operations & systems.

Communication and Influencing

Planning & Organising

Problem Solving & Decision Making

Team Working & Cross Functional Collaboration

Risk and Control

About us

Irish Life is one of Ireland’s largest financial institutions with a presence across a range of financial services markets. We are one of Ireland’s leading financial services groups with over 1.5 million customers. For over 80 years, we’ve been helping people to look after their life insurance, pension and investment needs, and more recently their health insurance.

It is a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco and a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.

We are proud of our culture of developing and supporting the growth and professional development of our people. The focus has resulted in a team of top talent with high standards, positioning us at the forefront of our industry.

The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process. Where Agency assistance is required the Irish Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Irish Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

Irish Life 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 lifecareers@irishlife.ie and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.

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

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