Performance Test Team Manager
Salary: circa £70,000
Locations: Norwich/ Bristol/ York
About the Role
As Senior Performance Test Manager, you'll play a pivotal leadership role within a high‑performing technology team, shaping the future of performance testing across Aviva's critical business services. You'll define and drive the performance testing strategy, overseeing frameworks, governance, tooling, and best practices to ensure our systems are scalable, resilient, and production‑ready.
Working closely with technology and business stakeholders, you'll lead the planning and execution of performance testing activities, including load, stress, scalability, endurance, and peak testing. You'll be responsible for identifying performance bottlenecks early, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring customers receive reliable, high‑quality digital experiences.
This is an excellent opportunity for a performance testing leader who combines strong technical expertise with people leadership, stakeholder management, and a passion for building high‑performing teams and modern engineering practices.
Skills and experience we’re looking for
- Proven leadership of technical teams, with strong coaching, mentoring and capacity‑planning capabilities.
- Deep expertise in performance‑testing disciplines: load, stress, peak, soak, scalability and endurance testing identifying risks and bottlenecks early to avoid rework, delays and unnecessary spend.
- Strong understanding of performance‑engineering tooling, frameworks, analysis and optimisation techniques that deliver measurable business value and strong return on investment.
- Experience overseeing complex technology platforms, ensuring reliability, scalability and system performance.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, working closely with stakeholders across technology and the business, providing clear reporting, risk management and commercial insight to support informed decision‑making and high‑quality customer outcomes.
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.
- Salary circa £70,000 for National based (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
- 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
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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Senior Performance Test Manager in Bristol employer: Aviva
Aviva is an exceptional employer that prioritises employee well-being and growth, offering a competitive salary of £28,600 along with a generous bonus scheme and pension contributions. Our collaborative work culture in Leeds fosters a supportive environment where you can thrive in a fast-paced role while making a meaningful impact on customers' lives. With flexible working options, extensive benefits, and opportunities for personal development, Aviva is committed to helping you build a rewarding career.
