Head of Technology Change Delivery (Application Transformation)

Head of Technology Change Delivery - 24-month Fixed-Term Contract

Are you ready to lead one of the biggest transformation journeys for Aviva? This is a great job for someone who thrives on delivering complex change and wants to shape the future of technology at scale. You’ll be confident leading large teams, navigating senior stakeholder relationships, and driving outcomes that matter. If you’ve worked in Financial Services and love turning strategy into action, this could be your next big step.

A bit about the job:

You’ll lead a large-scale transformation programme that’s central to Aviva’s strategy to modernise and simplify applications and services within the technology estate.

Working with the Group CIO team, you’ll drive change across technology, people, and operations.

You’ll be accountable for delivering outcomes that make a real difference to our customers and colleagues.

This role is all about pace, clarity, and impact – and you’ll be supported by a team of over 50 people to make it happen. It’s a chance to set the standard for delivery excellence at Aviva.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Proven track record of successfully leading large-scale, multi-year technology transformation programs.

• Strong experience managing complex data center migrations, including infrastructure, applications, and mainframe workloads.

• Ability to develop and drive program roadmaps, manage budgets, and report progress to senior stakeholders and governance bodies.

• Familiarity with hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, application modernization, and cloud-native principles.

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams, including engineers, architects, product owners, and third-party vendors.

• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, change management, and navigating complex organizational dynamics, also able to demonstrate strong communication, negotiation, and influencing skills across senior business and technology audiences.

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.

• Bonus opportunity – 25% 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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