Change Delivery Product Owner

Change Delivery Product Owner – Salary circa £50,000

Locations: York / Bristol / Sheffield

This opportunity will close for applications on Tuesday 5th August

This is a great opportunity for someone with Protection expertise to shape Aviva’s proposition and support strategic projects that improve adviser experience. The role champions best practices and innovative technology to drive growth and efficiency, while managing a dynamic change backlog informed by market insight. Working closely with product and cross-functional teams, you’ll help deliver impactful change across the business.

A bit about the job:

The position holder will provide subject matter expertise across Aviva’s Individual Protection proposition, which will support strategic projects and make it easier for advisers to trade with Aviva in the intermediated channel. This involves sharing best practice and encouraging reuse across the wider Protection change portfolio and will drive market leading user experience by championing the latest technology to unlock growth and efficiency gains.   

The successful individual will manage a perpetuating change backlog, prioritising work based on insights and deep understanding of the protection market and advised user base. The role sits alongside product teams dedicated to growing the individual protection market and works collaboratively with the wider individual protection business including distribution, marketing, underwriting, claims, pricing and IT teams.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong knowledge of the Protection market and products will be essential.

• Experience of data interpretation, risk, regulations and change lifecycles, including the use of Agile delivery methods and JIRA, KANBAN applications is desirable.

• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to influence up to senior management levels. A talented communicator able to harness strong relationships across departments, working with a broad range of colleagues every day.

• Comfortable exploring the latest in technology with the ability to outline future strategy and vision and plan beyond the short-term roadmap of change.

• Commercially capable, you will be experienced owning a change backlog, managing and making priority calls to maximise returns on investment (ROI).

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 £50,000 (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

• 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 around 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 give Alannah Burgess a call on 07391381173 or send an email to alannah.burgess1@aviva.com.