At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead impactful change projects in a fast-paced environment, engaging stakeholders and ensuring successful outcomes.
- Company: Join Aviva Investors, a leader in insurance and investment solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and the chance to shape business change.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in a collaborative and innovative environment.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in a dynamic team while enhancing your project management skills.
- Qualifications: Degree educated with experience in project management or change delivery in asset management.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 85000 £ per year.
This role sits within the Aviva Client Change team, part of Aviva Investors’ Insurance & Investment Solutions function. The team delivers strategic, client-focused change across Aviva Investors, supporting UK & Ireland Insurance businesses in achieving operational and investment objectives.
You will operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment, leading complex, high-impact change initiatives across multiple business areas, often involving client, operational, and regulatory stakeholders.
We are particularly looking for someone whose most recent roles have been in product, project management, business analysis, or change delivery, ideally within an asset management or investment management environment.
As a Client Change Manager, you will lead the delivery of multiple concurrent workstreams, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and successful outcomes across internal stakeholders, third-party partners, and client-facing teams.
You will play a key role in shaping and delivering end-to-end business change across Aviva Investors, ensuring strong governance, control, and benefits realisation.
Key Responsibilities- Lead day-to-day delivery of multiple projects/workstreams, including client-impacting and strategic initiatives
- Engage business sponsors, senior stakeholders, and third-party partners throughout the delivery lifecycle
- Maintain clear, accurate, and transparent project reporting, escalating issues with clear remediation options
- Identify, assess, and actively manage risks, dependencies, and issues across the project lifecycle
- Evaluate and articulate the impact of change on scope, timeline, cost, and benefits, supporting decision-making
- Ensure successful business adoption of change and support benefits realisation post-implementation
- Produce high-quality governance documentation for steering committees and working groups
- Maintain and develop key project artefacts including operating models, process documentation, and delivery materials
- Degree educated or equivalent experience
- Strong asset management / investment management industry experience (front, middle, or back office)
- Recent experience in project management, product delivery, business analysis, or change management roles
- Proven track record of delivering end-to-end change in complex organisations
- Strong understanding of operational processes within investment/asset management environments
- Ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities, and fast-moving delivery environments
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership
- Experience working across multiple regions with awareness of cultural and organisational differences
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and standard project management tools
- Project management qualification (PRINCE2, AgilePM, PMI or equivalent)
- Experience working in large-scale investment or asset management transformation programmes
Change Project Manager employer: Aviva
Aviva Investors is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of London where innovation and client-focused change are at the forefront. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, Aviva provides numerous opportunities for professional development and career advancement, alongside a collaborative culture that values diverse perspectives. Employees benefit from engaging in high-impact projects that shape the future of investment management, all while enjoying a supportive atmosphere that prioritises work-life balance.
