Summary
Location
Toronto, Markham
Salary
$115k - $135k (CAD)
Type
OTHER
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About this role
Experience Aviva
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.
At Aviva Canada, we put people first, our employees, our customers, and our communities. We’re proud of a culture built on care, inclusion, and collaboration, where your voice matters and your growth is supported. We’re not just about insurance; we’re about making a real difference by protecting what matters most.
The Opportunity
As a UX Manager at Aviva Canada, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our digital products. You will tackle complex and challenging design problems, helping us evolve our authenticated experience. You’ll be responsible for ensuring customers can easily manage their policies, claims, billing and profile information through intuitive, accessible and compliant experiences. You will set the highest standards for design excellence, mentor other designers to elevate their skills, and create cohesive shared experience for Aviva’s brand as well as PC Insurance and RBC Insurance that meet the diverse needs of our users. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances people management, experience strategy, and execution oversight.
If you’re ready for the next step, we’d like to meet you. Come join our team!
What you’ll do:
Define and evolve UX strategy for signed-in experiences aligned to our business goals, customer needs, and regulatory requirements.
Ensure experiences are consistent, scalable, and aligned with enterprise design systems and brand standards
Lead, coach, and develop UX team members while fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture
Oversee UX work, ensuring quality and timeliness.
Partnering with Product Management to shape roadmaps and prioritize work based on customer and business impact
Collaborate with Engineering to ensure designs are feasible, implemented accurately and meet usability standards.
Champion research-driven design, leveraging qualitative and quantitative insights by using customer feedback, analytics and service data to identify experience gaps and improvement opportunities.
Drive continuous improvement of design practices by finding opportunities and implementing best practices. Contribute to UX standards, patterns, and governance practices across the organization.
Stay up to date with industry trends and standard methodologies in product design, and share insights with the broader Design team.
Contribute to the design of B2C and B2B customer experiences.
What you’ll bring:
6+ years of experience in UX, product design, or service design, with at least 2 years in a people-management role, with a strong portfolio showcasing your work.
Proven experience designing authenticated or account-based digital experiences, in insurance, financial services, or enterprise products & services.
Strong understanding of UX best practices, user-centered methods, and accessibility standards.
Experience with a range of research methods, including multi-variate testing, and their application in the design process.
Experience working in complex, regulated, environments – with creative problem-solving skills.
Ability to clearly communicate design decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Optional but beneficial experience:
Experience with analytics and experimentation tools
Familiarity with enterprise-level design systems
Bilingualism (English & French) is considered an asset
What you’ll get:
The salary band for this position ranges from $115,000 to $135,000. Please note that individual salary is determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills and experience, as well as internal equity.
Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
Hybrid flexible work model .
Outstanding career development opportunities.
We’ll support your professional development education.
Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year.
Employee-driven programs focused on gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity, and inclusion.
Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health.
This job advertisement is for a new vacancy which has been posted both internally & externally.
Aviva Canada may use AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools to assist us throughout the recruitment process to screen, assess or select applicants for a position.
Aviva Canada welcomes applications from all qualified individuals and has a process in place to provide accommodations for persons with disabilities at all stages of the hiring process and during employment. If you require an accommodation during the interview or hiring process, please contact your Aviva Talent Acquisition Partner so that an appropriate accommodation can be arranged.
Other facts
About Aviva
💛 We're a leading Insurance, Wealth & Retirement business.
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Aviva is nothing without our people. Living up to our purpose to be with you today for a better tomorrow applies to those we work with just as much as it does to our customers.
We want Aviva to be a place where people can be themselves, and we want our workforce to reflect the customers and communities we serve. This means offering market-leading benefits and challenging ourselves to do more to build a workplace – and society – that works for all.
It takes you. It takes Aviva.
What you'll do
- As a UX Manager, you will define and evolve the UX strategy for signed-in experiences and oversee the UX work to ensure quality and timeliness. You will also mentor team members and collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to shape roadmaps and ensure designs meet usability standards.
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