Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure & Network

Senior Project Manager – Infrastructure & Network

12 Months Fixed-Term Contract

Starting Salary: c. £65,000 (Depending on skills and experience)

Location: Norwich, Bristol and York

Are you someone who thrives on owning complex technology delivery end‑to‑end?

Do you love turning technically complex infrastructure change into clear, business‑focused outcomes? This is a great role for an experienced Senior Project Manager with strong infrastructure and network delivery experience, who is confident working across multiple suppliers and influencing senior stakeholders.

A bit about the job

This role exists to lead the safe, effective delivery of complex infrastructure and network change across Aviva’s technology estate. You’ll join a team responsible for delivering critical change that underpins business resilience, security, and colleague and customer experience.

As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll take full ownership of delivery across scope, cost, quality, risk, and benefits, managing multiple workstreams and third‑party partners. You’ll be accountable for ensuring projects land safely into business‑as‑usual, with strong governance, clear reporting, and transparent stakeholder communication at every stage.

This role requires someone who can confidently navigate technical detail while translating it into clear, senior‑leader‑friendly narratives focused on outcomes such as risk reduction, improved resilience, and faster time‑to‑market.

Skills and experience we’re looking for

• Strong background in infrastructure and networks, with working knowledge of LAN, WAN, SD‑WAN, firewalls, VPNs, DNS/DHCP, load balancers, and data centre or hosting environments
• Work closely with stakeholders to inform decisions and support successful outcomes.
• Demonstrated end‑to‑end project ownership, including planning, governance, risk and issue management, and delivery to agreed outcomes
• Strong third‑party and commercial management experience, including SoR / SoW assurance and challenging supplier delivery and costs
• Ability to produce high‑quality, insight‑led reporting and provide “ready‑to‑use” materials for senior governance forums

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
• 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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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