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Canada Life Assurance Europe plc ('CLE') has been operating in Germany since 2000 supporting over 600,000 individual customers and 35,000 employer relationships, advised by independent brokers, across unit-linked pension savings, retirement and protection solutions.Its growth strategy sees an increasing focus on the customer and broker experience, developing innovative propositions in Group Business and Retirement as well as exploring new routes to market.

With our purpose to help more people in Germany build stronger, more inclusive, and financially secure futures, CLE is authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland and regulated by the German regulator Bundesanstalt fur Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) for conduct of business rules. As part of the Great West Lifeco group of companies, with over 175 years of history and 40 million customers, the business employs 800 people across its Irish and German offices and while still relatively young in its business lifecycle, is already a solid contributor to the Great West Lifeco European Division earnings.

Role Overview

This role has overall responsibility for leading and managing the Compliance function within CLE, a cross-border insurance company headquartered in Ireland, selling into Germany. CLE is a subsidiary of the Great-West Lifeco Group, headquartered in Canada.

This role is highly strategic and influential, interfacing directly with senior executives across CLE. The role holder will provide compliance and regulatory risk advice that influences business decisions and strengthens strategic direction. The position is responsible for ensuring that the various functions within CLE (both in Ireland and Germany) operate in accordance with all Legal & Regulatory requirements for the firm and also with CLE's and the Group's internal Compliance related Policies and Standards. The role has responsibility for developing policy, monitoring and reporting in relation to Conduct Risk, Data Protection Risk and Anti-Money Laundering Risk for the firm, including working closely with the Compliance functions of Great-West Lifeco and Canada Life Irish Holding Company Limited (CLE's immediate parent company) on these matters.

The role provides strategic compliance leadership, mitigates regulatory risk and maintains a strong culture of integrity and ethical conduct across both the Irish and German operations of CLE and position compliance as a competitive advantage when integrated into core business practices.

This role requires exceptional interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with executive leadership and to communicate the value of compliance and management of regulatory risk as strategic enablers.

Role accountabilities

1. Reporting into the Chief Risk Officer and sitting on their Risk and Compliance top team, the role holder will be responsible for providing regulatory and compliance advice for CLE's strategic and operational agenda. This will include:

• Being solutions focused
• Finding opportunities for the Compliance Function to enable innovation, support growth and create value.
• Supporting the establishment of any regulatory communications or authorisations required to implement the strategy.

2. The role holder will be responsible for implementing a compliance governance framework in CLE that meets all regulatory and internal group requirements. They will implement and maintain a robust compliance monitoring programme. The role holder will also be the Central Bank approved Head of Compliance (PCF-12) and Head of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing (PCF-52) for CLE. The PCF role include ensuring full compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements in Ireland (Central Bank of Ireland). Separately the role holder must ensure compliance with relevant regulations in Germany (BaFin is the primary regulator), in Canada (OSFI is the primary regulator) and EU-wide regulations (IDD, GDPR, DORA, etc.)

3. The role holder will be responsible for the effective communication on compliance topics to CLE's staff, management, Board and other stakeholders. This will include promoting a strong culture of compliance and ethical behaviour throughout the organisation. The role holder will be responsible for developing and delivering regular training programmes on regulatory developments, conduct risk and compliance policies.

4. With a dotted reporting line to the Global Chief Compliance Officer, this person will also be a member of their global top team and act as CLE's key contact point with Lifeco on compliance issues. Ensuring timely and effective implementation of group-wide compliance policies, tailoring them to local regulatory requirements.

5. The role holder will serve as the primary liaison on compliance matters to the Board Risk Committee and its Chair, providing regular reports on compliance risks, regulatory developments and significant issues. They will provide expert advice to support the Committee's oversight responsibilities. The role involves building a strong relationship with the Chair to support effective governance and informed decision making.

6. The role holder will oversee and ensure the effective operations of the CLE frameworks for key compliance risks, including data protection, privacy, anti-money laundering and conduct risk.

7. The role holder will oversee compliance in matters relating to data protection, data analytics, AI and related governance. This is particularly important as CLE seeks to increase its usage of both data analytics and AI. They will ensure strong policies and practices are in place for the ethical and lawful handling of data while also partnering with the business to successfully implement new uses of AI and data.

8. The role holder will ensure that the business maintains a good relationship with relevant regulators and is well prepared for any regulatory visit, supervisory reviews or thematic inspections. They will also ensure high quality responses to regulators as required.

9. The role holder will own and manage the conduct risk framework, embedding a strong culture of ethical behaviour, customer-centric decision making and accountability across all areas of CLE.

What you will need to be successful in the role

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Law, Finance, Business, or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in a senior compliance role, preferably in insurance or financial services
• Deep knowledge of Irish and EU regulatory frameworks, ideally with practical knowledge of cross border distribution, ideally into Germany.
• German language skill is a distinct advantage but is not a requirement.
• Experience with interacting with senior regulators and board-level stakeholders
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills; capable of influencing across jurisdictions
• Knowledge of and /or representation at Industry Association
• Building and maintaining relationships
• Communicating and influencing
• Leadership
• Risk, control and regulatory environment
• Compliance management experience in a cross-border business environment.
• Detailed knowledge of compliance regulation impacting on CLE, in particular an ability to interpret the regulation.

Fitness & Probity:

This role is a 'pre approved controlled function' as defined by the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 Regulations 2011. Any appointment will be conditional on the company being satisfied that the appointee meets the requirements as set out in the Fitness and Probity standards issued by the Central Bank and that the appointment has been approved in writing by the Central Bank. This requires the company to complete prescribed due diligence to assess the appointee's fitness and probity. Further details on this due diligence process are available from Human Resources.

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

Even if you don't see yourself reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above, we encourage you to reach out and apply if you feel you are a good fit for the role. 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 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

We are seeking a Chief Product Officer, a strategic senior leadership role responsible for leading our product function, shaping our product vision, managing project delivery and helping Fire lead in payments innovation.

Fire is an embedded payments services provider. We empower businesses to get paid, make payments, and automate their payment processes by offering integrated access to a range of payment services.

Regulated in both Ireland and the UK, Fire is a member of multiple payment schemes and networks across the UK and Europe. As an established payment services provider, we work with thousands of businesses and some of the region's largest financial institutions to co-create and deliver innovative payment solutions that drive efficiency, scalability, and customer value.

We are seeking a Chief Product Officer, a strategic senior-leadership role reporting directly to the CEO. Based in our Dublin HQ (with hybrid flexibility), this position will lead our product function, shaping our product vision, managing the delivery of projects and helping Fire to lead in payments innovation. As CPO, you will be responsible for:

• Define and own the product roadmap and strategy, aligned with company-wide goals.
• Lead product prioritization across business, tech, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Monitor market trends, customer feedback, and competitor dynamics to continuously refine our product vision.

• Manage product delivery and lifecycle from concept to launch and beyond.
• Support high-performing product teams using an Agile delivery framework.
• Collaborate with Technology, Growth, Operations and Risk/Compliance functions to coordinate safe, compliant product releases.

• Serve as primary product point-of-contact for executive leadership, board, and key clients.
• Work closely with Risk & Compliance to ensure products align with regulatory frameworks including PSD2, data protection, AML/CTF etc.
• Present key product metrics, insights and progress to leadership and board committees.

• Proven experience at senior product level in a regulated fintech or payments business.
• Track record of successfully launching payment products with regulatory requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal skills: you're confident contributing to industry fora and committees, leading cross functional teams and negotiating with clients or partners.
• Experience with payment rails, embedded finance, open banking and cards.

You will be a core member of the executive leadership team, directly shaping the product and business roadmap alongside the CEO. Fire offers competitive compensation, share options, healthcare and a PRSA pension plan. We have a startup like, high impact culture - see the direct impact of your work in customer metrics.

Job Specification: Chief Revenue Officer

Location: Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid / On-site preferred)

Reporting To: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Role Overview

As Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), you will be accountable for the full revenue lifecycle at Datalex including customer lead generation, customer acquisition, customer success and account expansion, customer retention, and revenue operations. You will lead the Sales, Marketing and Customer functions and will be a member of Datalex's Executive Leadership team.

This position requires a strategic and results orientated individual. This person will lead all revenue generating functions under a cohesive go-to-market strategy to deliver growth for the business. They will also implement scalable processes for pipeline management, revenue forecasting, and customer success, ensuring that every function operates with a clear sense of ownership and commercial discipline.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of driving sustainable revenue growth, developing high-performing teams and establishing best practice processes that support future scale. The ideal candidate will also be passionate about solving customers' needs and will work closely with our Product team to ensure that we are building products and technology with customer's needs always at the forefront of our vision.

This leader will also be responsible for ensuring that the Datalex culture and values are embedded in everything that we do.

Key Responsibilities

Growth Strategy & Execution

• Develop and execute a comprehensive go-to-market strategy to drive revenue growth and profitability growth for the business.

• Set ambitious growth targets for the revenue generating teams. Coach and lead teams to perform against these targets.

Sales & Business Development

• Build and develop a pipeline of opportunities and convert this pipeline into signed customers.

• Lead and deliver winning proposals to prospect customers.

• Build relationships with the key decision makers of potential customers and ensure that their needs and requirements are addressed throughout the sales process.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and effective implementation of sales strategy.

• Analyse sales data, market trends, and customer feedback to identify areas for improvement and continuously optimise sales performance.

• Regularly report on pipeline progression and key opportunities.

Customer Success & Account Growth

• Lead the customer team to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction and retention. Act as the the main point of contact for our customers.

• Execute go-to-market initiatives to upsell and cross-sell to our customers and to ensure that we bring continued additional value to our customers.

• Partner with our customers to ensure that they are getting the maximum value from the products and solutions that they currently use.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including include product and delivery to ensure that the products and service we are providing is driving meaningful business value for our customers.

• Accountable for the profitability of customer accounts.

• Establish and personally maintain strong relationships with key customer executives, acting as a trusted advisor and advocate

Marketing & Demand Generation

• Lead the marketing team to execute marketing initiatives that drive pipeline growth and brand awareness.

• Align marketing KPIs with sales acceleration, customer acquisition and customer conversion.

• Represent Datalex at industry events and conferences.

• Strengthen product resonance with key airline segments globally.

Revenue Operations & Enablement

• Support the sales team by creating and structuring complex deals in a way that is compelling for both customers and Datalex. Partner with finance and legal teams in the creation of these proposals.

• Deliver predictable revenue forecasting and insights that support the teams with making data-driven decisions.

• Drive initiatives to improve productivity, efficiency and operational leverage across growth channels.

Leadership & Culture

• Lead the teams fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture.

• Coach and mentor team members so that they can grow their careers at Datalex.

• Ensure the Datalex culture and values are embedded in everything that we do.

Qualifications / Experience

• 15+ years in senior commercial roles (Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Growth Officer, VP Sales, GM, etc.).

• Experience in travel tech, with airline experience a distinct advantage.

• Proven track record of driving revenue and profitability growth in other organisations.

• Experience in building and executing successful go-to-market strategies.

• Demonstrated ability to develop high performing and collaborative teams and implement best practice processes.

• Strong commercial expertise and experience in managing the end-to-end customer lifecycle.

• Experience in stakeholder management and proven to ability to develop strong relationships with people.

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinker with hands-on approach to achieve results

• Strong commercial instinct and value-driven mindset

• Excellent communicator with executive presence

• Collaborative leader who builds cross-functional alignment

• Deep experience with deal execution and negotiations

• Customer-centric approach with long-term revenue vision

Success Metrics

• Net new revenue + account expansion

• Growth in ARR and revenue under contract

• CAC reduction; LTV increase

• Churn reduction

• Revenue visibility (6+ months) across key accounts

• Pipeline health, conversion velocity

• Team engagement, development, and retention

Datalex's purpose is to transform airline retail. Datalex is a market leader in airline retail technology, offering unique products that enable airlines to drive revenue and profit as digital retailers. Datalex has a strong track record of delivering digital retail transformation for progressive airline brands worldwide, including Aer Lingus, easyJet, JetBlue Airways, Air China, Edelweiss, Air Transat, and Air Macau. The Group is headquartered inDublin, Ireland, and maintains offices acrossEurope, theUSAandChina. In 2024, Datalex was awarded the 'Great Place to Work and 'Best Workplaces in Tech' certifications. Datalex plc is a publicly listed company, on Euronext Growth,Dublin. Learn more at or follow on

The Board of Druid seeks a Chief Executive Officer.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of one of Ireland's leading theatre companies.

Reporting to the Board, theCEOwill strategically and operationally lead the organisation to realise Druid's vision of Irish performance for the world. Operating from Druid's office in Galway, theywill work in partnership with the Artistic Director to ensure the successful execution of Druid's artistic vision.

The successful candidate will have a record of achievement in leading in the cultural sector, proven strategic and business planning skills, strong financial and business acumen, creative flair and excellent communication skills. They will have experience of leading team and partnership projects, managing significant budgets, and balancing creative risk with sound financial management.

For more information please download the candidate brief;

Applications should be sent close of business on Friday 12 September 2025.