Vp, Small Business Operations

Aviva

Multiple Locations
Profitable growth
Underwriting excellence
Digital and broker experience
The VP, Small Business Operations leads Aviva’s Small Business underwriting organization, driving profitable growth, underwriting excellence, and a market‑leading digital and broker experience

Job Summary

  • The VP, Small Business Operations leads Aviva’s Small Business underwriting organization, driving profitable growth, underwriting excellence, and a market‑leading digital and broker experience.
  • This role sets strategic direction, builds underwriting capability, and strengthens Aviva’s competitive position in the small business insurance market.
  • You will lead a national underwriting team, influence strategy, and own the development of an efficient, scalable operating model that delivers outstanding customer and broker outcomes.

Matching Summary

The VP, Small Business Operations leads Aviva’s Small Business underwriting organization, driving profitable growth, underwriting excellence, and a market‑leading digital and broker experience.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • profitable growth
  • underwriting excellence
  • digital and broker experience
  • national underwriting team
  • scalable operating model
  • customer and broker outcomes

Nice-to-have

  • people first culture
  • inclusion and collaboration
  • voice matters
  • growth is supported
  • making a real difference

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, or related field
  • 10+ years of underwriting experience
  • leadership responsibility
  • Commercial Lines product and underwriting expertise
  • Proven leadership experience
  • lead change and operate effectively
  • broker relationship management
  • strategic account management skills
  • network of relationships with key Canadian brokerages
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Solid understanding of market trends
  • Strong financial acumen
  • Knowledge of insurance legislation
  • governance, and risk frameworks
  • Effective problem-solving
  • conflict management capabilities
  • High level of IT literacy
  • Professional insurance designations preferred

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