Property Portfolio Underwriting Manager - Salary Circa £100,000
Locations - Bristol, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Perth, etc
Are you a Property Underwriting expert who has a desire to make a difference and is ready to take a strategic leadership role? You'll thrive if you enjoy shaping portfolio performance, working cross-functionally, and driving commercial outcomes.
We are looking for a strong, commercially minded technical expert to portfolio manage our mid-market commercial property account, supporting continued growth of the business and delivering excellent customer outcomes.
A bit about the job:
You'll lead our Mid-Market Commercial Property Account, helping to shape our underwriting strategy and drive profitable growth. Working within the Mid-Market Portfolio and Underwriting Team, you'll collaborate with Pricing, Actuarial, Finance, Claims, and Data Science to optimise performance. You'll provide strategic direction, manage portfolio mix, and support underwriting capability development. This role brings real impact to our customers and brokers through smarter underwriting and better outcomes.
You will be responsible for delivering the financial plan outcomes through underwriting, pricing, underwriting quality, and portfolio management leadership underpinned and driven by a risk aware culture.
Skills and experience we're looking for:
* Proven ability to manage portfolios and drive business growth
* Strong property underwriting experience with a commercial mindset
* Strategic thinker who can operate in a challenging commercial environment and optimise portfolio outcomes
* Skilled communicator and coach with stakeholder management experience
* Able to simplify complex data and strategies for operational teams
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 Circa £100,000 (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
* 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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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.
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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give email alice.neal@aviva.com