Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

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

Location: York or Bristol with 50% office attendance

Are you someone who enjoys leading projects to deliver clear outcomes, working with stakeholders to keep plans on track, and solving problems as they arise?

As a Project Manager, you’ll lead end-to-end delivery of defined change within Aviva IWR Finance, ensuring the project is delivered on time, within budget and scope, and to the agreed quality standards. You’ll play a key role in planning, governance, risk and issue management, and keeping colleagues and stakeholders aligned throughout delivery.

A bit about the job:

In this role, you’ll be responsible for delivering a project (or a defined workstream within a wider transformation) from initiation through to implementation and closure. You’ll build and maintain project plans, manage scope, RAID (risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies), budget and resources, and ensure appropriate governance and controls are in place. You’ll keep stakeholders informed with clear, timely reporting; escalate where needed; and help teams collaborate effectively to deliver agreed outcomes. You’ll also support embedding the change by coordinating communications, training and readiness activities where required.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Experience delivering change projects within Finance environment or equivalent regulated environment (Desirable)
• Project management qualification (e.g., PRINCE2 / APM / PMI) or equivalent experience (Essential)
• Working knowledge of Agile and/or hybrid delivery approaches, with experience applying fit-for-purpose controls and reporting across the whole delivery lifecycle, adapting to the needs of the change where required
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including producing clear status reporting, holding honest conversations about performance, and facilitating decision-making
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and suppliers to deliver outcomes, managing dependencies and change impacts

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 circa £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