Strategy Senior Manager - General Insurance

This role will suit someone with strong General Insurance experience who wants to make an impact at the highest levels of Aviva's business and enjoys working at a fast pace. Self-starters who enjoy solving challenging business problems, building trust-based relationships, and helping organisations get aligned around a common direction will excel at this role.

A bit about the job:

The Aviva Strategy team supports the Group CEO and Group ExCo in developing and refining Aviva's Strategy. The team is made up of experienced strategy professionals drawn from top consulting firms, corporate strategy functions at other blue-chip firms, and within Aviva. The Strategy Senior Manager is a key role in the team, responsible for running strategy projects E2E, driving the team's strategic insights and recommendations, and building/maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders in the business. The role delivers value to Aviva by enabling quality management decision-making on some of the most important questions facing our business. This specific role is being recruited to provide additional dedicated support to UK&I GI, reflecting the increased size and demand from the business following the acquisition of Direct Line.

The fast-paced nature of our team's work benefits from in-person collaboration and being close to our stakeholders, with a typical working pattern of up to four days per week in the London office.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Good knowledge & experience of the General Insurance (P&C) market
• Proven problem-solving skills and good ability to structure & frame solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and strong quantitative analytical skills
• Strong project management and stakeholder management
• Good understanding of business strategy concepts and ability to translate this to commercial implications

What you'll get for this role:

• Bonus opportunity - 12% (E grade) 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 carers 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 at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.