Branch Manager - Scotland & Northern Ireland

Branch Manager - Scotland & Northern Ireland

Glasgow

Competitive Salary

This is a brilliant opportunity if you’re an experienced commercial insurance leader who enjoys shaping outcomes, strengthening broker relationships, and being a visible voice in the market. If you know the mid‑market landscape across Scotland or Northern Ireland and love helping teams thrive, we’d be excited to hear from you.

A bit about the job:

You’ll lead our Mid Market Branch across Scotland and Northern Ireland, guiding a team of around 45 - 50 colleagues. You’ll shape underwriting performance, strengthen broker partnerships, and help us grow a portfolio worth more than £100m. You’ll work side by side with Sales and Distribution to present one clear Aviva presence to the market. You’ll also play an active role in our North Region Senior Leadership Team, influencing strategy and bringing our values to life. Your leadership will help your team deliver great outcomes for customers, brokers and our business.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Leadership experience in commercial insurance, ideally in mid‑market underwriting or senior broking.

• A track record of leading large, multi‑location teams and supporting leaders.

• Strong, trusted relationships across the Scotland and Northern Ireland broker market.

• Confident commercial judgement and the ability to drive sustainable, profitable growth.

• Comfortable representing Aviva externally, building influence and partnering closely with Sales and Distribution.

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.

• Competitive salary (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity - 12% 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

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it

• 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 at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please send an email to Jessica.Mason@aviva.com.