Head of Commercial, Adviser Platform

Remote, Flexible·Full-time·Added 2 days ago (last checked 4 Nov)

Aviva

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Our summary

Salary: £110,000 - £145,000 a year
About £6,030 - £7,390 a month after tax.
Work mode: Remote, with limits
Contract: Full-time
Experience: Senior level
Holiday: 29 days holiday + bank holidays
Commute: Cycle to work scheme

Skills

Financial Services

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Salary between £110,000 - £145,000 (depending on location, skills, and experience)

Location: anywhere in the UK

Starting salary between £110,000 - £145,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
Bonus opportunity - 25% (F grade) of annual salary, (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.)
Generous pension scheme e.g. 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
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 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

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The role

Are you someone who enjoys turning insight into action, shaping strategy and leading business growth?

This is a great opportunity for a commercially-minded leader with experience in wealth, platforms, investments or adviser distribution. It would suit someone who enjoys working at the heart of a business, influencing strategy, leading teams and building strong relationships across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

The Adviser Platform business plays an important role in delivering investment solutions to the retail adviser market. In this role, you will be accountable for the commercial performance and strategic growth of the Adviser Platform proposition. You will turn performance data into meaningful insight, identify opportunities to accelerate growth and work with senior leaders across Aviva Wealth to deliver positive outcomes for advisers and customers.

You will help shape business strategy by understanding market trends, competitor activity and emerging opportunities, translating insight into clear plans that drive action. Alongside this, you will lead the Technical Support function, champion transformation activity and represent the Adviser Platform business across adviser, industry and internal forums. This is a highly visible leadership role where you will influence business performance, support long-term growth and help strengthen Aviva's position in the adviser market.

Skills and experience we're looking for

Strong commercial leadership experience within wealth, investments, platforms with experience in financial services, adviser distribution or insurance essential.
Proven ability to analyse complex performance data, identify opportunities and translate insight into business action.
Leadership experience, including coaching, developing and motivating teams while driving high performance.
Strong understanding of adviser markets, customer needs and the factors that influence commercial growth and market share.
Experience influencing senior stakeholders and building strong relationships across a broad range of business areas is essential.

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.

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.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please email kitti.majer@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
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Once PES checks pass, candidates receive a 'confirmation of start date' email and can ask the Candidate Care team questions before their first day.

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