Head of Protection and Annuity Business, New Ireland Assurance

The Head of Protection & Annuity Business holds a key leadership role. This role oversees strategic direction, commercial performance, and customer value delivery for all Protection and Annuity lines.

• Strategic Leadership & Performance: Develop and deliver roadmaps for each business line, align with customer needs and market trends, monitor profitability, and present strategic updates to senior leadership.
• Product & Proposition Development: Lead teams through the full product lifecycle, drive innovation and continuous improvement, adapt to demographic and regulatory trends, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver competitive, well-priced pension and annuity solutions.
• Governance & Risk Management: Ensure robust governance, risk oversight, & compliance with regulatory standards, encouraging transparency & accountability.
• Team & Organisational Leadership: Contribute to IPP and broader organisational leadership, role-modelling values, and promoting a high-performance, inclusive culture.

• Leadership & Product Expertise: Extensive experience in life assurance, with a consistent track record in protection and annuity products.
• Technical & Regulatory Knowledge: Deep understanding of life insurance products, regulations, and disclosure requirements.
• Commercial Acumen: Skilled in market analysis and driving competitive outcomes.
• Communication & Collaboration: Effective at engaging diverse partners and leading cross-functional teams.
• People Leadership: Proven track record to empower teams & develop high performance.
• Decision-Making: Strong decision-making ability in complex, dynamic environments.

There are no specific qualifications or minimal educational requirements for this role.

New Ireland Assurance is responsible for the administration of all New Ireland Assurance and Bank of Ireland Life's Individual and Group business. Our focus is on delivering outstanding service and ensuring that the highest quality and control standards are maintained at all times.

This is a hybrid role based in Dublin. We typically ask colleagues to spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in-person to support teamwork and connection. Specific arrangements will be confirmed by your recruiter to ensure they meet the needs of the role and team.

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with a dedication to hybrid working, along with 25 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid parental leave, an innovative fertility & surrogacy policy with working parent & carer supports.

Your health and wellbeing is important to us; we offer a substantial health insurance contribution, employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and improve your career!

Key Competencies

• Customer Focused - Leader
• Better together - Leader
• Be Decisive - Leader
• Manage Risk - Leader
• Take Ownership - Leader

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email.Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.