SVP, National Distribution Partners

Aviva; Markham; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance industry seeks a dedicated SVP, National Distribution Partners to develop and execute strategic plans aimed at enhancing national relationships with brokers. This pivotal role will focus on driving significant business growth and fostering innovation to ensure profitability across distribution channels. Ideal candidates will possess extensive property and casualty business experience, along with strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Over 15 years’ experience in property & casualty business.
• High level of written & verbal communication skills.
• Ability to engage, motivate, and develop talent.

Responsibilities

• Lead national broker relationships and manage KPIs.
• Develop and execute a distribution strategy for business growth.
• Monitor underwriting policies and provide strategic recommendations.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Strategic Thinking

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Commerce

Fellow Chartered Insurance Professional (FCIP)

Job description

Individually we are people, but together we are Aviva. Individually these are just words, but together they are our Values – Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence.

Aviva Canada Inc. has an excellent and rare opportunity within our Distribution team! We are seeking a dedicated SVP, National Distribution Partners t o play a key role in develop ing & execut ing the strategy to drive the national relationship strategy across Aviva .

This role is responsible for building and executing a comprehensive distribution strategy to support significant business growth. The successful candidate will lead national broker relationships, manage key performance indicators, and align cross-functional teams—including Commercial Lines, Personal Lines, Underwriting, and Pricing—to deliver on national goals. With a focus on innovation, performance management, and long-term profitability, this role plays a critical part in shaping the future of Aviva Canada’s distribution channels.

What you'll do:

• Deliver a consistent and effective national relationships experience with our top brokers

• Collaborate with regional BD leaders on national relationships including national performance management of KPIs

• Identify emerging issues/challenges and develop and execute on innovative strategies and propositions to secure the long-term viability and profitability of Aviva’s national distribution channels across Commercial Lines, and Personal Lines .

• Ensures profitability focus, and increasing Broker and Consumer NPS scores

• In collaboration with Underwriting Leadership, allocate /distribute specific sales and profitability targets and ensure that performance is tracked, reported and delivered relative to these.

• Ensures that priorities, initiatives, and related goals are set annually to continuously improve the business.

• Maintains effective national relationships, addressing both proactive planning and growth as well as responsive remediation of issues.

• Ensures that the external competitive environment is continuously monitored

• Monitors & reviews all underwriting policies & practices and provides recommendations on the appropriateness of those practices

• Act as the corporate representative to regulators, and represent the enterprise to customers, suppliers and external bodies in the development.

• Develop and maintain controls to effectively manage corporate risk associated with role

• Provide leadership to projects and programs across distribution and broker community including broker rollout strategy and change management framework

• Additionally, this role is responsible for leading the Risk and Control, Training and Analytics functions for Business Development . Enabling data driven decisions to execute on the Distribution strategy and plan.

What you'll bring:

• A bachelor's degree in business administration or commerce or related field, or equivalent work experience.

• Fellow Chartered Insurance Professional (FCIP) also desirable

• Over 15 years’ experience in e xtensive property & casualty business experience with significant team leadership, marketing, and negotiation experience.

• Requires a very high level of both written & verbal communication skills to be able to persuade, influence & negotiate with the various stakeholders (internal and/or external), to grow the business.

• A high degree of both strategic and analytical thinking and creativity are required to effectively execute strategic & marketing initiatives to ensure success & meeting business plan goals.

• Decision-making responsibility associated with this role will be significant and critical to build and execute the Aviva Insurance business plan.

• High financial, operational, and reputational impacts on decisions affecting Aviva’s bottom line . Significant dollar volume of business. Impact of errors is extremely costly, and Service Delivery is critical to retaining clients.

• Ability to engage and motivate the team and develop talent

Aviva Canada has an accommodation process in place to provide accommodations for employees with disabilities. If upon commencement of employment, you require a specific accommodation because of a disability, please contact your Talent Acquisition Partner so that an appropriate accommodation can be arranged. This process applies throughout your career with Aviva Canada.