Vice President, Change Delivery & Change Practice

Individually we are people, but together we are Aviva. Individually these are just words, but together they are our Values – Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence.

Are you prepared to lead and encourage a diverse team at the core of Aviva Canada’s transformation agenda? As the Vice President, Change Delivery & Change Practice, you will be responsible for driving central initiatives that craft how we evolve, grow, and serve our customers.

Come join our team!

What You'll Do

• Lead a High-Impact Team: Set a high-performance standard across a diverse team of change professionals, driving delivery excellence, accountability, and professional growth.
• Drive Strategic Delivery: Ensure the foundations are in place across people, culture and process to enable the successful execution of major transformation initiatives, delivering measurable outcomes aligned to enterprise strategic priorities.
• Instill a Culture of Excellence: Build and embed a culture of continuous improvement, high accountability, and execution discipline across all delivery roles.
• Develop and Scale Talent: Drive team development, succession planning, and capability building to create a sustainable, high-performing transformation community.
• Strengthen Delivery Capability: Evolve the talent base, tools, frameworks, and governance models to support enterprise-wide, scalable, and reliable change delivery.
• Act as a Senior Steward of Risk: Own the identification, escalation, and proactive management of delivery risks across the portfolio.
• Shape Enterprise Strategy: Provide strategic insight and challenge at the portfolio level, influencing prioritization decisions and enterprise investment choices.
• Lead Transformation Communications: Direct the development and coordination of all communications supporting the Transformation agenda, working closely with the central Communications team to ensure clarity, consistency, and engagement.
• Guide Enterprise Coordination: Champion cross-functional collaboration and break down organizational silos to enable faster, more cohesive execution of change.
  
  

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience); advanced certifications (PMP, MSP, PRINCE2, Prosci) preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale, high-performing change teams across multiple disciplines (e.g., project management, business analysis, PMO).
• Strong executive presence, with a proven track record of setting direction, demanding high standards, and delivering business-critical outcomes.
• Experience building inclusive, high-accountability teams that consistently deliver under pressure.
• Expertise in coaching and developing leaders, driving team performance, and building succession pipelines.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, crafting clarity of direction in evolving environments.
• Deep expertise across delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) and the ability to tailor approaches to business needs.
• Strong risk stewardship and governance skills within large, complex delivery portfolios.
• Sharp commercial acumen and a clear understanding of how transformation drives business value in the insurance or financial services sectors.
• Skilled in influencing senior stakeholders and aligning cross-functional teams around enterprise priorities.
• Confident decision-making skills with the ability to make trade-offs under time, cost, and scope pressures.
  
  

What You'll Get

• Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
• Outstanding career development opportunities.
• Support for your professional development education.
• Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year.
• Programs that prioritize gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity, and inclusion.
• Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health.
• Hybrid flexible work model.
  
  

Aviva Canada has an accommodation process in place to provide accommodations for employees with disabilities. If upon commencement of employment you require a specific accommodation because of a disability, please contact your Talent Acquisition Partner so that an appropriate accommodation can be arranged. This process applies throughout your career with Aviva Canada.