Senior Project Manager - IT & Data

Senior Project Manager - IT & DataStarting Salary: c. £65,000 Depending on skills and experienceLocation: Norwich, Bristol or York with 50% office attendance

Are you an experienced IT Project Manager who enjoys delivering complex finance change initiatives and building strong stakeholder relationships?

This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong track record of delivering technology-enabled change projects within a complex organisation. If you enjoy working across technology and finance teams, influencing senior stakeholders, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver strategic outcomes, this role could be a great fit for you.

A bit about the job:

As an IT Project Manager within the Group Functions & Data CIO Finance Change Delivery function, you will play a key role in supporting Ireland GI Finance to deliver its strategic change agenda. Working across a portfolio of projects, you will lead and coordinate technology change activity, helping to deliver business outcomes that support finance transformation and organisational objectives.

You will work closely with colleagues across Ireland GI Finance, Ireland GI CIO, Group Functions & Data IT Platform, IT Change Delivery, and UK GI Finance Business Change teams. You will be responsible for planning and delivering projects, managing risks and dependencies, maintaining strong governance and reporting, and ensuring compliance with internal policies and standards. As a trusted partner to stakeholders, you will also contribute to the continuous improvement of delivery practices and support the development of less experienced colleagues.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Proven experience delivering technology and finance change projects within a complex organisational environment.
• Strong project management expertise, including planning, governance, risk management, budget control, and stakeholder management.
• Experience building effective relationships with senior business and technology stakeholders and acting as a trusted advisor.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, resolve complex issues, and drive projects through to successful delivery.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and coaching skills, with experience supporting and developing less experienced team members.

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 e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%
• 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