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# Head of Technology & Data Platforms

- **Company:** Aviva plc
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £66,527.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Information Engineering, Data Management
- **Published:** July 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5816500488

## About the Role

* Proven experience leading Front Office Investment Technology functions, supporting portfolio management, trading, research, analytics and investment risk capabilities.

 * A track record of developing and delivering technology, data and analytics strategies that drive business growth, operational efficiency and improved client outcomes.

 * Experience leading enterprise-scale transformation and operating within complex, regulated and outsourced technology environments, with accountability for governance, risk and value delivery.

 * Significant senior leadership experience within asset management or a regulated financial services environment, with a strong understanding of the investment lifecycle.

 * Executive-level leadership capability, commercial acumen and strategic thinking, with the credibility and potential to be considered a future successor within a CIO leadership pipeline.

## Description

The Head of Technology & Data Platforms is a senior leadership role accountable for delivering measurable business outcomes across the investment lifecycle through technology, data, and analytics. Reporting directly to the CIO and forming part of the Technology Leadership Team, this role ensures technology enhances investment decision-making, client engagement, and commercial growth, while simplifying the technology estate and operating within Aviva Investors' risk and regulatory framework. The remit spans Investment Technology (Front Office, Research, Analytics, and Investment Risk), Distribution and Marketing Technology, and the commercial activation of platforms, analytics, and AI capabilities. With end-to-end accountability for data platforms, data engineering, and analytics enablement, the role drives high-quality insight and confident, explainable decision-making across the front-to-back investment and distribution lifecycle. Acting as a single point of accountability,
the role translates strategy into execution, ensuring enterprise prioritisation, governance, and value realisation. The new role reflects the growing strategic importance of technology in delivering growth, efficiency, client outcomes, and leadership capability within the CIO function. It reflects an expanded scope aligned to the growing strategic importance of technology in delivering growth, efficiency, client outcomes, and leadership capability within the CIO function.


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