Transformation Manager 12-month Fixed term Contract Location: Bristol or Norwich based Salary: circa £ 60,000 Are you someone who provides leadership for Business Readiness (BR) across a large scale Transformation Programme in Life and Pensions? We are looking for a strong established Transformation Manager that can come in and lead an Aviva Business Readiness workstreams, ensuring seamless transitions & protecting customer service. Please note that is an initial fixed term contract for 12 months ; however the programme is due to run for 3-5 years A bit about the job: You will be responsible for developing the Business Readiness plans, running the business readiness activities (inc BR Forums & working groups); ensuring stakeholders are appropriately engaged as well as seeking and utilising external insight to strengthen the BR framework, ensuring Lessons learnt are mapped to Acceptance criteria / BR framework. You'll also maintain central 'objectivity', holding teams to account for them delivering BR in the right way. You will provide oversight and quality assurance of all Readiness activities and deliverables while ensuring these adhere to agreed governance framework and standards and drive decision making, aligned to delivery of outcomes, control frameworks and strategy. A key aspect of the role is to create re-useable assets to support BR activity for events e.g. Acceptance Criteria, T gates, Controls assessmentand preparing and presenting reports to senior leadership on readiness status, risks & mitigation strategies to enable SMF representatives to make informed Go/No Go decisions Skills and experience we're looking for: Experience of proactively managing large, complex Business Readiness plans and transformations Experience in Financial Services (Insurance or Banking) essential, including Life and Pensions knowledge and knowledge of investment platforms and products, Operational processes & delivery methods/change framework Excellent stakeholder management and influencing in a complex, highly regulated financial services environmentincluding multi vendor / Strategic Partner deliveries to achieve win-win outcomes Ability to foresee and articulate risks and put in place appropriate mitigations both to programme delivery and business 'outcome' risks, recognising where escalation is required Commercial mindset in decision making and communication approaches 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 around £60,000 - 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 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 Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be. 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. To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you've applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we'll interview you. We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please send an email to Balazs.palcsekaviva.co