Regional Manager

Regional Manager

Salary - Competitive

Are you someone who thrives on strategic leadership, excels in relationship management, and is passionate about driving underwriting performance and operational excellence?

This is a great job for someone with strong leadership experience in underwriting, ideally across multi-site teams, who is ready to take ownership of a high-performing branch and make a visible impact in the regional broker market.

A bit about the job:

We’re recruiting for a Regional Manager to lead our Mid-Market Business across the Southampton, Thames Valley, Kent and Sussex region. This role is pivotal in shaping financial performance, underwriting governance, and people leadership across a branch with a GWP of circa £130m–£150m.

You’ll be the face of Aviva in the local market, working closely with the Regional Sales Manager to deliver structured broker engagement and embed our brand values. You’ll also ensure all strategic, regulatory, product, governance, training, and service changes are implemented effectively.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Proven strategic leadership of multi-site underwriting teams.

• Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills to identify growth and value opportunities.

• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills at senior levels.

• External profile in the regional broker market, with a track record of developing new opportunities.

• Innovative thinking focused on improving customer outcomes and experience.

What you’ll get for this role:

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

• Bonus opportunity – 12%) of annual salary

• Generous pension scheme – Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit

• 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 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

• 3 paid volunteering days to help others

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please email alice.neal@aviva.com.