Senior Operational Risk Manager

Location: Bristol / Norwich / Sheffield / York / Perth

Senior Operational Risk Manager – 6-month Fixed Term paternity cover

Salary circa £80,000 Pro Rata

This is a great job for someone who is an experienced operational risk professional who enjoys shaping frameworks, influencing senior leaders and working across the full breadth of a complex organisation. You may already be operating at a senior level across policy, governance and assurance, or be looking for a high-profile opportunity to further develop your leadership and enterprise-wide impact. If you’re comfortable working with Boards, ExCo-level governance, and all three lines of defence—and enjoy setting direction rather than just following it—this role offers real breadth and visibility.

Start date: 1st July

A bit about the job:

This role plays a critical leadership role within Group Risk, helping to shape and embed Aviva’s Risk Policies, Business Standards and Operational Risk and Control Management (ORCM) framework across the Group. You will act as Aviva’s Core Document Gatekeeper, ensuring clarity, consistency and effective governance of the Risk Management Framework. You will also own and deliver key risk governance processes, including CEO attestation, UK Corporate Governance Code reporting and senior committee submissions. Partnering closely with first line risk teams, senior leaders and assurance functions, you will provide expert advice, constructive challenge and oversight. In this role, you will also lead a small team and use insight, assurance outcomes and data to continuously improve how risk is managed across Aviva.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Extensive experience in operational risk management, controls, and governance within regulated financial services or insurance.
• Thorough understanding of UK regulatory requirements, corporate governance, and the Board’s role in risk oversight.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, end-to-end processes, balancing technical rigour with pragmatic business impact.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, with the confidence to influence and challenge senior leaders constructively.
• Strong leadership skills, including coaching, mentoring, policy ownership, framework design, and synthesising complex information into actionable insights.

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.

• Salary circa £80,000 (depending on location, 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 send an email to beatrix.rozsa@aviva.com.