Platform Manager

Job description

Platform Manager – Salary Circa £70,000.

If you are ambitious, driven and want to get involved with document storage and production, then this could be a great opportunity for you. We have technology leading solutions that support change across the business portfolio for our ECM and CCM solutions, Alfresco and OpenText Exstream. You’ll know how to drive change and make a difference; you will need to be comfortable working in a large team and will need to be adept at identifying and managing stakeholders at all levels.

A bit about the job:

You will manage the Documents and Content platform team, working within Corporate Functions in Technology Platforms. The team is all about agile software development, working with project teams or directly with stakeholders to deliver change and provide communications to our customers via both print and digital media. We collaborate extensively across the business with operations, product, marketing, and test teams, so our focus isn’t only on improving communications but also the way we work. We make continual improvements to Alfresco as well, making sure it’s well maintained and as stable as possible for our customers.

The role requires excellent organisation, communication, and financial management skills to support and develop a well-rounded team that is keen to improve efficiencies, continues to deliver change to support the portfolio and supports each other well.

Aviva operates a “smart working” policy meaning that we spend approximately half of our time working in an office, and this role is based in Norwich, Bristol, Perth, or York.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

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Excellent people management skills, to support a permanent team and management of GSP resources located in the UK and India and be able to manage stakeholders at all levels.

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Superb organisation, communication, risk and financial management skills.

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An ability to multi-task and reprioritise workload to manage the ongoing evolution of requests daily, whilst being flexible and delivering to commitments promised.

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Have an appreciation of the various methods of project delivery, including Aviva’s Service Fundamental and Risk and Control frameworks.

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Having background in Alfresco and OpenText Exstream, or other ECM and CCM products will greatly aid the successful candidate.

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.

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Salary Circa £70,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

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Bonus opportunity - 12% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.

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Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.

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29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days

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Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products , and other retailer discounts

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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

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Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave

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Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work

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Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others

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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 people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way.  So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

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 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 Abigail Aitken a call on +44 7774 789975 or send an email to abigail.aitken@aviva.com