About the Role
The PL Re Technology function is responsible for the design, delivery, management, and security of PL Re’s global applications and infrastructure. This role supports the delivery across the PL Re Unify Programme, a multi-year transformation program aimed at modernizing processes, improving data, and reducing operational complexity by moving from fragmented regional processes and legacy systems to standardized, end-to-end ways of working. This is a senior, delivery-focused role requiring strong judgment, facilitation skills, and credibility with senior stakeholders, playing a key role in improving portfolio maturity, planning discipline, and delivery execution.
Responsibilities
- Act as the Technology interface to the Unify Programme, ensuring alignment across teams, dependencies, risks, and release objectives.
- Lead end-to-end delivery of medium to large technology projects, managing scope, timelines, budget, resources, and risks.
- Operate within Portfolio governance, ensuring robust reporting, RAID management, change control, and delivery transparency.
- Partner across Technology, Architecture, Data, Security, and Programme teams to align planning, design, and execution.
- Support planning cycles, roadmap development, and prioritisation, providing clarity on capacity and sequencing.
- Drive continuous improvement in delivery discipline, transparency, and ways of working.
- Manage stakeholder and vendor relationships, ensuring delivery commitments and regulatory requirements are met.
- Coach and support project and portfolio teams, contributing to delivery capability and PMO maturity.
Requirements
- Experience delivering complex technology projects in global, multi-disciplinary environments (ideally insurance/reinsurance).
- Strong knowledge and experience of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery approaches.
- Experience in governance and assurance, including RAID, dependencies, financial oversight, and change control.
- Strong commercial and analytical capability, including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with credibility at senior levels.
- Understanding of technology landscapes (platforms, infrastructure, data, integration, security, and cloud).
- Proficiency in delivery tooling (e.g., PPM systems, Jira, MS Project, Power BI, Confluence, MS365).
- Proactive, organised, and resilient, able to manage ambiguity and competing priorities.
Skills
- Agile
- Waterfall
- Hybrid delivery approaches
- Governance
- Assurance
- RAID management
- Dependency management
- Financial oversight
- Change control
- Commercial capability
- Analytical capability
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Reporting
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Technology landscapes
- PPM systems
- Jira
- MS Project
- Power BI
- Confluence
- MS365
Location
- UK/Europe
- Asia
- North America
- Australia
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Relevant certifications (e.g., APM, PRINCE2, PMP, SAFe, Scrum) desirable
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave with option to buy/sell more days
- Adoption and fertility leave
- Generous enhanced parental leave
- Comprehensive private insurance coverage for employee and dependents
- Group Life Insurance coverage of 9x basic annual salary
- Group Income Protection up to 75% of basic annual salary
- Optical benefits
- 15% combined employee/employer contributions to savings & retirement
- Subsidized gym membership
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
- Cycle to Work and Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Time off for volunteering
- Charitable matching of employee donations
About the Company
- Every person in our global team is valued for the unique qualities they bring to our business and we seek to build their expertise and support their individual ambitions at every step.
- We work hard and thrive on achievement, but we also know how to have fun and relax too.
- We regularly host a range of team building days to strengthen our team's connection with each other and reflect on their successes.
- Providing employees with a healthy work-life balance is very important to our culture.
- We have a wide range of employee benefits and we host regular social activities and well being initiatives.
- We are also committed to supporting our employee's involvement in their communities, by actively fundraising, hosting charity events and overseeing volunteering opportunities.
- At Pacific Life Re, our vision is to bring an innovative and dynamic approach to the marketplace.
- Our global team is not afraid to disrupt and challenge industry thinking to provide the best life and health reinsurance services possible.
- Working in some of the most complex and fast-moving markets has taught us that knowledge and innovation go hand in hand.
- Today, we are continuing our rapid growth internationally with offices across Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, and Bermuda.
- With over 1000 employees across the globe, we take pride in our inclusive culture, underpinned by our values and behaviours, providing an environment where everyone can grow and develop.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to a culture of diversity and inclusion that embraces the authenticity of all employees, partners, and communities.
- We support all employees to thrive and achieve their fullest potential.
- As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities.
- Please contact us about your needs so that we can discuss these with you to make sure that suitable adjustments are made, where possible.
