Underwriting Manager, Offshore & Energy Transition

Role Purpose

The Offshore Underwriting Manager is responsible for providing technical leadership and strategic direction across Aviva’s Offshore Renewable Energy underwriting portfolio. The role ensures consistent, high‑quality underwriting aligned with regulatory requirements, market best practice, and Aviva’s broader sustainability ambitions. A core focus is supporting profitable growth in the offshore renewable energy sector while supporting clients’ needs as well as the global energy transition.

The role acts as a technical authority within the Offshore Renewable Energy segment, shaping underwriting standards, driving product and proposition development, and supporting complex referrals. It requires deep subject‑matter expertise - particularly in offshore wind - and strong leadership capability to influence stakeholders across underwriting, risk management, claims and leadership.

This role may also include people management responsibilities, ensuring the effective development, coaching, and performance oversight of underwriters or technical specialists within the Renewable Energy team. The role holder will contribute to building capability, supporting succession planning, and fostering a collaborative, high‑performance culture.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Act as a centre of expertise for Offshore Renewable Energy underwriting, providing authoritative guidance across construction and operational phases.
• Develop and maintain underwriting standards, controls, and governance frameworks to ensure consistency, quality, and compliance.
• Provide specialist input on complex risks, referrals, and portfolio decisions.

Strategic Contribution

• Shape the technical and strategic direction of the Offshore Renewable Energy portfolio in line with Aviva’s sustainability strategy and growth ambitions.
• Identify emerging risks, technology trends, and market developments, ensuring Aviva remains competitive and informed.
• Contribute to market strategy, pricing approaches, risk selection frameworks, and long‑term planning.

People Management

• Lead, support, or mentor underwriters and technical specialists, contributing to skills development and capability uplift across the team.
• Provide structured coaching, performance feedback, and technical training to enhance underwriting competence and consistency.
• Support workforce planning, recruitment, and succession development.
• Promote a collaborative, inclusive culture that encourages knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Product & Proposition Development

• Lead improvements to products, wordings, endorsements, and underwriting tools.
• Support the evolution of Aviva’s propositions to reflect new technologies and customer needs.
• Drive innovation across the portfolio to enhance client value and support broker relationships.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with underwriters, risk management, claims and leadership to ensure a unified portfolio approach.
• Engage with brokers, clients, and external partners to support market positioning and develop Aviva’s lead capabilities.
• Provide clear, structured communication to support decision‑making at senior levels.

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.

• Competitive starting salary depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications

• Bonus opportunity - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.

• 25 days/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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