Padraig O’Neill

Padraig O’Neill MD & VP Unum Ireland

Managing Director, Cloud Connect EMEA j2 Global
General Manager Sage CRM and Global VP Product
Marketing, Sage
Chief Operating Officer, Datalex
Vision Consulting Group Director & Managing Director
Ecceleration
Career Phases
Early Career Technical & Commercially Curious

• Customer Service
• Software Development
• Project leadership
• Department Leadership
• Relationship Leadership
• Drifting towards front of house

Mid Career Consulting and P&L ownership

• Commercial ownership
• Demand Generation

In house consulting growth & turnarounds

Multinational subsidiary leadership

….
But what shapes you
Your ability to listen and learn

Curiosity and genuine interest in others i.e. customers, colleagues etc

Your ability to tell a story

Your ability to understand a broader context and how and why a business and
people are successful
Seeing your early career in context
 BEST PIECE OF ADVICE I EVER GOT:
“PARTNER EARLY!”
Wisdom of others
3 Things BEST QUOTE: “WHETHER YOU THINK
YOU CAN, OR YOU THINK YOU CAN'T—
YOU'RE RIGHT.” ― Henry Ford
 Always start by
looking at
businesses from
the Outside.

Use tools and frameworks to

help you to frame the detail
and the direction
 What is a challenge today?
Can we change it?
How do we know what is a priority?

No reliable target
Good News: Don’t need to change everything

Look from the outside in, identify real scalars

Condemned to
repeat unless
we change
things Requiring Heroics to
Deliver

to d ay
h a rd
at i s too
W h
Is this possible? Is it more predictable?

Use Our Learnings

Effo
rt/D
iffic
ulty
Focus on Design not Heroics.

Find an approach that

changes the outcome
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TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
November 2023

Helping the working world thrive throughout

life’s moments™
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Building a
Technology
Brand Locally
UNUM TECHNOLOGY CENTRE CARLOW

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Unum Ireland Technology Centre
Located in Carlow, a vibrant center, Unum Ireland serves as a Centre of
Excellence for strategic software development and Digital Transformation.
We play a vital part in developing critical business applications with a
culture of openness, honesty and respect.
• Unum Ireland first opened in 2008 and now employs 280 people
in Carlow town, approx. 1 hour from Dublin. This experienced
team has more than 1100 years of Unum experience and loves to
see talent really thrive.

• Unum Ireland is part of the Technology Transformation within

Unum. We are at the center of Unum's Digital Ambitions.

• Globally focused and global scale, solutions that have the potential to
impact nearly 45 million people.

• Delivering real change through our Journey & Agile/SAFe teams.

• Giving back is core to our DNA, we are highly integrated and

proud to help our local communities. Community initiatives in
volunteering, charity and education are encouraged and common.

• We are ambitious, growing and strive for a growth mindset always.

• We are passionate about helping the working world thrive

throughout life’s moments.
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