Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Fixed-Term Contract until 31st December 2026

Locations: Bristol, Norwich, Glasgow and Manchester (Hybrid working with 50% in the office)

Starting Salary: c.£60,000 – c.£70,000 (depending on location, skills and experience)

This is a great job for someone who enjoys being at the heart of change and thrives on bringing people together to deliver meaningful outcomes.

Are you someone who is ready for a step up in programme delivery, or an experienced project manager looking to broaden your impact across complex initiatives?

Do you love shaping ideas into clear delivery plans, supporting teams through change, and building strong relationships that help projects succeed?
This role would suit someone with experience in project or programme management—whether from a business, tech, or change background—who is excited to lead cross‑functional teams and influence positive transformation.

A bit about the job:

You’ll join a collaborative, outcomes‑focused project management community, delivering initiatives that enhance how Aviva works for customers and colleagues.
The role exists to design, plan and drive delivery of projects or programmes across their full lifecycle—ensuring solutions land smoothly into operations and deliver real value.
You’ll manage governance, risks, communication, resourcing and stakeholder engagement, while helping teams adopt new solutions effectively.
Your work directly enables safer, high‑quality change that improves experiences, performance and operational resilience.  

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong experience leading projects or programmes, including scope, timelines, risks, costs and delivery governance.
• Confident stakeholder management with the ability to build inclusive relationships, influence and challenge at all levels.
• Experience supporting change adoption, handover to operations and ensuring solutions deliver expected benefits.
• Ability to lead cross‑functional or matrix teams and coordinate internal and external resources effectively.

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 between c.£60,000 and c.£70,000 (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 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