Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies. We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.

Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.

Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers.

Job Purpose

The Senior Projects Executive will own the day-to-day delivery of small to medium projects and support with large and complex projects. Responsible for creative briefings, resource engagement, workstream delivery, execution and measurement, projects play a pivotal role in delivering business change and supporting the wider marketing and communications function.

You will be part of the Project Marketing team, reporting into the Projects Marketing Manager and as a team you will have the opportunity to drive transformation, increase efficiency and build sustainable solutions for project marketing and communications delivery. You will have the opportunity to grow and apply your skill by seeking supporting metrics and feedback to improve processes and overall marketing impact.

What You’ll Do

• Support project planning and delivery of activities in a matrixed environment that directly impact various business lines and customers
• Coordinate the day-to-day workflow of marketing & communications deliverables and manage stakeholder expectations to ensure a smooth and accurate delivery aligned to agreed project plan
• Ensure clear communications between various stakeholders and proactively update the business on progress, by translating project asks into clear creative communications briefs
• Support the marketing function and project delivery to evolve and grow by capturing best practices, key measurements and feedback
• Support with ad-hoc asks to deliver creative assets, ensure the correct approval processes are followed
• Ensure that all marketing collateral and literature developed on and offline is approved by relevant stakeholders, adheres to brand guidelines
• Manage centralised activity calendars and champion good asset management

Who You Are

Practical experience in a marketing communications role is necessary, for example:

• Experience in communications campaigns or marketing project management highly regulated industries
• Experience in working in large corporate matrixed environments with stakeholders at all levels or Marketing agency experience working with Financial Services clients or highly regulated industries
• Experience of leading the end-to-end delivery of marketing campaigns
• Experience in managing workflows

Qualifications

Desirable:

• Degree level education in Marketing, General Business, Journalism, Languages
• Marketing qualification - CIM or equivalent

Benefits of working at Canada Life

We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that’s regularly reviewed. As a Canada Life UK colleague, you’ll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance. We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.

How we work at Canada Life

Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us. We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures. Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others. Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.

We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces. That’s why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop.

Diversity and inclusion

Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us. We are proud of the progress we’re making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.

"At Canada Life we believe in the power of great people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives coming together to build better futures. Emerging talent is crucial to our growth and creating an environment that continues to inspire us all." Nick Harding, Chief People Officer, Canada Life UK

We appreciate that everyone has different work and life responsibilities. We’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part time, for any of our roles should this be a requirement for you.