Senior Project Manager

TN United Kingdom; Perth; On-site; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead transformative initiatives within their General Insurance Business. This role involves overseeing major platform upgrades, technology innovations, and enhancing pricing strategies through digital solutions. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in managing complex projects, particularly within regulated financial environments. With a focus on collaboration and innovation, this position offers a unique opportunity to influence significant change while enjoying a supportive workplace culture that values inclusivity and flexibility.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

10% bonus opportunity

Up to 40% discount on Aviva products

Free Aviva shares through Matching Share Plan

Flexible benefits including sustainability options

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing support and tools

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex technology and business change with large budgets.
• Broad knowledge of insurance enterprise technologies and emerging tech.

Responsibilities

• Drive large-scale transformation activities across the General Insurance portfolio.
• Monitor project progress and manage changes to project scope and costs.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Technology Integration

Insurance Enterprise Technologies

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Project Management Certification

Tools

Snowflake

Guidewire

Salesforce

Earnix

ICE

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Senior Project Manager – Salary circa £65,000

Do you have a passion for transformation? Do you like to challenge the status quo, think differently and look at ways technology can solve business problems?

We’re transforming Aviva’s General Insurance Business, and you could be part of this transformation. We love to constantly innovate; we are on the front foot with emerging technologies, collaborating with business partners to create certainty and drive excellence for our customers!

A bit about the job:

We operate a flexible resource pool across our General Insurance portfolio, and therefore you could be involved in driving the following types of large-scale transformation activity:

• Major platform upgrades and SaaS adoption
• M&A and technology integration
• Technology innovation, harnessing GenAI, Automation and data
• Enhancing pricing strategies and broker solutions through digital technology

The position holder will have the ability to monitor and report on project progress and adherence to project plans, manage changes to the project scope, schedule and project costs using appropriate governance, whilst ensuring accurate project documentation control.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Experience leading complex technology and business change with annual budgets up to £5mn. We’ll ask you some questions on the application form to gauge this.
• Experience working within a highly regulated, financial services environment.
• Broad experience/knowledge of insurance enterprise technologies, for example Snowflake, Guidewire, Salesforce, Earnix, ICE. Partnered ideally with experience of emerging technologies such as GenAI, Automation and Digital and Data solutions.
• Identifying and handling a broad spectrum of stakeholders across the business and technology teams.
• Experience working with third-party suppliers, including delivery management.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary circa £65,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.