Strategic Cyber and Transformation Risk Manager

Location: London/York/Bristol/Norwich

Strategic Cyber and Transformation Risk Manager

National salary: circa £95,000

London salary: circa £120,000

This role is perfect for someone with strong IT and cyber risk experience who’s ready to work closely with senior leaders and delivery teams. You’ll provide oversight and challenge across a £multimillion transformation programme, helping to build resilient systems and shape strategic decisions.

If you’ve worked on operational or transformation programmes, including data migration in financial services and enjoy engaging with senior stakeholders, this could be your next big move.

A bit about the job:

This role brings real value by protecting our customers, our business, and our reputation. You’ll be part of the Technology and Transformation Risk team, making a difference every day.

You’ll oversee the risk landscape and help shape and challenge risk strategy across cloud migration, application modernisation, and third-party oversight—ensuring resilience, compliance, and delivery confidence. The programme spans multiple markets and functions offering a rich learning environment with real-world challenges in technical architecture, shadow IT, and resilience.

In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to explore and assess emerging risks, helping to ensure that our strategies are not only robust for today but also resilient for tomorrow. By identifying and addressing future threats, you’ll play a key role in future-proofing Aviva, enabling us to stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Deep expertise in IT and Cyber risk within financial services, working in a Three Lines of Defence environment; with 1st line experience being essential and 2nd line exposure considered desirable.
• Experience supporting complex operational and transformation initiatives and regulatory compliance within Cyber and IT.
• Experience in data migration, delivering or overseeing delivery of change.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to spot emerging risks and support mitigation planning.
• Confidence in engaging stakeholders and contributing to 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.

•  National salary circa £95,000, London salary circa £120,000 (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 send an email to beatrix.rozsa@aviva.com