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AI Transformation Programme Lead

Hybrid in Manchester·Full-time·Added today (last checked 15 Oct)

Aviva

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Overview

Salary: From £115,000 a year
About £6,190 a month after tax.
Work mode: Hybrid, Manchester
Contract: Full-time
Holiday: 29 days holiday + bank holidays
Commute: Cycle to work scheme

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The role

AI Transformation Programme Lead

Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Eastleigh, Glasgow, Leatherhead, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, Perth, Sheffield, Worthing, York

Salary from £115,000 + bonus + excellent benefits

Lead Aviva's enterprise AI transformation

Aviva's Chief AI Office sits at the centre of an enterprise-wide transformation spanning markets, functions and customer journeys. It connects strategy with delivery, adoption and governance, helping the business apply AI faster, more safely and with clearer evidence of value. You'll join while the function is taking shape, helping establish how Aviva moves from individual AI opportunities to responsible, measurable change at scale.

Aviva's AI ambition spans customer journeys, claims, operations, technology and strategic partnerships. You'll lead the integrated business transformation that connects those priorities and turns strategy into measurable, sustainable outcomes.

A bit about the job

At the helm of one of Aviva's most significant transformation programmes, you'll lead the integrated delivery of our enterprise-wide AI initiative through a pivotal period of change. Reporting directly to the Chief AI Officer, you'll drive deep, material transformation across five core transversal domains: Claims, Outsourcing & Offshoring, Group & Local IT, Customer, and Agentic Operations.

Your work will lay the foundational capabilities for greater AI adoption across the business while directly elevating the end-customer experience and driving operational efficiencies. Acting as the central integration point across business, technology, data, process, risk and change, your highly visible deliverables will showcase the impact of your leadership, turning strategic ambition into a coherent, executable roadmap that delivers measurable value for customers, colleagues and shareholders.

You'll be responsible for

translating AI strategy into an integrated roadmap, delivery plan and clear programme outcomes
leading delivery across several workstreams, challenging plans and intervening where progress is at risk
establishing effective governance, decision rights, executive reporting and escalation routes
managing cross-programme risks, issues, dependencies, investment and resource constraints
creating a robust approach to benefits and value realisation, with clear ownership and evidence
aligning senior stakeholders across business, technology, Finance, People, Risk and Compliance.

Skills and experience we're looking for

You'll bring experience in many of these areas:

significant experience leading complex enterprise-wide transformation programmes in a large, matrixed organisation
a strong track record of converting strategy into integrated plans and delivering material outcomes across several business areas
deep expertise in programme governance, planning, delivery assurance and risk and dependency management
experience defining, tracking and realising financial and non-financial benefits
executive-level influencing skills, with the judgement to surface trade-offs and provide constructive challenge
experience delivering enterprise AI transformation programmes.
measured on: Timely benefit realization, cost discipline, as well as contribution to team goals such as speed of AI deployment (from idea to production), enterprise AI portfolio compliance level with risk standards, enterprise AI adoption

Why Aviva?

AI is already making a difference across Aviva through areas such as claims summarisation, medical underwriting, customer service and fraud detection. The Chief AI Office is creating a reliable enterprise view of the investment, delivery, benefits, dependencies and risk behind that activity.

Across a business serving more than 25 million customers globally, your analysis will help leaders prioritise attention, test confidence in benefits and intervene where delivery, dependencies or evidence are off track.

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.

National Salary from £115,000 + bonus + excellent benefits (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

Bonus opportunity 25% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's

Generous pension scheme eg if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%

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.

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 give Harjot Kaur a call on +44 7353138456 or send an email to harjot.kaur@aviva.com

Hiring process

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We'll contact you
With a recruiter
Once you've applied, or Aviva has found you on LinkedIn, a recruiter gets in touch to discuss your application and the specific opportunity in more detail.
We'll send a test
If you're successful at the first stage, you're invited to the next stage of the process, which could be an online test or interview. If you're unsuccessful, you're told.
You'll come to interview
Aviva agrees an interview date and time. The interview may be a one-to-one meeting or a group assessment; there may be more than one stage to this part of the process.
We'll make an offer
You'll complete screening checks · 1–2 days
You can stay in touch
With Candidate Care team
Once PES checks pass, candidates receive a 'confirmation of start date' email and can ask the Candidate Care team questions before their first day.

Aviva interviews every disabled applicant who has the essential skills and experience for the job; tell the recruitment team about a disclosed disability after applying.
There may be more than one stage to the interview part of the process; candidates are told in advance.