Senior Digital SME Trading Manager

Job Title: Senior Digital SME Trading Manager

Location: UK – Flexible

This is a great job for someone who thrives in leading senior broker relationships with applying data led insight to optimise digital trading performance. You’ll be an expert in the UK broker‑intermediated General Insurance market and confident working with digitally traded SME insurance panels. If you like leading a trading team shaping strategy, and turning performance insight into action, this role could be for you.

A bit about the job:

This role exists to drive Aviva’s digital SME profitable growth ambitions through strong digital broker relationships and disciplined performance management. You’ll head up the Digital Trading team, a ring‑fenced team at the heart of our SME growth strategy. The team is accountable for driving growth, profitability, and strong customer outcomes across a defined panel of digital brokers, forensically managing digital performance to diagnose hotspots, unlock profitable growth opportunities and deliver step-changed financial, broker and customer outcomes.

You’ll own the digital panel trading strategy, leading both its design and execution through targeted trading actions, turning insight into action at pace. You’ll also play a key role in bringing Aviva’s digital SME propositions to market, shaping clear, compelling SME messages to cascade across our broker landscape.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong experience in the UK broker‑intermediated General Insurance market.
• Proven success managing digitally traded broker panels and senior relationships.
• Confidence using data and insight to improve trading and financial performance.
• Commercial judgement with experience delivering profitable growth outcomes.
• Experience leading people and influencing senior internal and external stakeholders.

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, 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, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please email Patrick.Archer@Aviva.com.