Senior IT Project Manager

Senior IT Project Manager

12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Starting Salary: c. £65,000 depending on skills and experience

Location: Bristol or York with 50% office attendance

This is a great job for someone who is an experienced Senior IT Project Manager with a strong background delivering complex data and technology change within large organisations. This role would suit someone who enjoys working across Technology, Data, Architecture, Engineering and Finance teams, managing multiple dependencies and driving delivery through the full project lifecycle.

You’ll be comfortable operating in complex environments, influencing senior stakeholders and translating business requirements into successful technology outcomes. Experience delivering data transformation, remediation, migration or modernisation programmes is highly desirable, alongside an interest in AI and agentic technologies and how they can be applied to accelerate data discovery, lineage, mapping, controls and assurance.

A bit about the job:

As a Senior IT Project Manager within the Data Workstream, you will lead the delivery of strategic data transformation designed to strengthen the control environment across critical Finance and Actuarial data journeys. Working across Technology, Data, Architecture, Finance teams, you’ll be responsible for delivering controlled, traceable end-to-end data solutions from discovery and design through build, testing, implementation and transition into BAU.

A key part of the role will be helping to develop the programme’s agentic approach to data, working with technology and data teams to identify where AI-enabled capabilities can support activities such as data discovery, lineage generation, mapping, metadata capture, impact analysis and control evidence, while ensuring appropriate human oversight, governance and assurance. You’ll manage complex dependencies, risks and stakeholder relationships while helping shape future-state data capabilities that align with Aviva’s evolving enterprise data architecture.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Proven delivery of complex data and technology change across the full IT delivery lifecycle, from requirements and design through to implementation.
• Strong experience working across architecture, engineering, data, testing and production teams to deliver business outcomes.
• Solid understanding of system and data dependencies within complex technology landscapes, including lineage, data flows and integration across platforms.
• Proven track record delivering solution design, build, testing, business validation, release and implementation activities.
• Experience of data remediation, migration, replatforming or modernisation, with experience of AI, agentic or automation-enabled data capabilities highly desirable.
• Ability to translate innovative technology capabilities into controlled, scalable and practical solutions, with appropriate governance, assurance and human oversight.

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 c. £65,000 (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

• 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

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 Amber Britton a call on 07775546100  or send an email to amber.britton@aviva.com