Aviva Canada

SeniorServiceManager

$110–110k Markham, Canada Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Service Manager at Aviva Canada. Skills: Service Leadership, Customer Retention, Complaint Resolution. Lead Service Performance & Retention Outcomes. Own retention performance”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Ability to diagnose root causes and lead sustainable fixes; Identify friction and waste

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Proven experience leading leaders In service or retention teams in insurance, financial services, or regulated environments., Hands-on experience with complaints, QA, and service performance management., Ability to diagnose root causes and lead sustainable fixes., Comfortable balancing customer care with risk, cost, and retention outcomes., Experience improving service efficiency without breaking trust., Clear, confident communicator with the courage to challenge and the humility to listen., cross-functional influencer—especially with Underwriting, Risk, Workforce, Sales, and Ops., Leadership experience in insurance service or contact-centre environments, knowledge of personal lines products, Confident performance manager and coach, Calm under decisive when it matters

Nice to Have

understanding of what actually drives customer loyalty—not just survey scores.

What You'll Do.

Lead Service Performance & Retention Outcomes

Own retention performance

Drive service excellence

Ensure customers experience fast resolution

Oversee complaint operating model

Use complaint insights to remove failure demand

Ensure PCI meets customer experience standards

Lead frontline service leaders

Create an environment for best work

Develop service capability

Build depth and succession

Identify friction and waste

Improve First Point Resolution

Reduce Average Handle Time

Lead service-driven retention initiatives

Use data to understand customer churn

Balance customer empathy with commercial discipline

Use dashboards and performance insights

Prioritize improvement actions

Ensure service activity meets expectations

Maintain high QA standards

Champion customer-first behaviours

Set clear expectations

Build trust through consistency

Foster a culture of doing right

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with broader colleagues in personal insurance; cross-functional influencer—especially with Underwriting, Risk, Workforce, Sales, and Ops.

Communication Scope

Clear, confident communicator; courage to challenge; humility to listen

Full Job Description

## **Experience Aviva** Together, we are Aviva. Our values — Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence — guide how we show up for each other and for our customers. Individually, they’re words. Together, they define who we are. 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** We are looking for a high‑impact Senior Service Manager to lead servicing, retaining and delivering exceptional customer service within the PCI Agency owning customer outcomes after a customer chooses a PC Insurance product. This role is all about: * Delivering exceptional service for existing customers, bringing the value of PC to life in every interaction * Driving consistency, ownership, and quality at scale * Keeping PC customers with us * Make friction disappear, allowing servicing your insurance product to be as seamless as possible * Promoting self-serve and paperless adoption across existing PC customers You will be accountable for retention performance, customer experience outcomes, service efficiency, and complaint excellence across national inbound service teams. As part of the role you will also lead new hires into the broader PC agency, developing them for future sales or service focused roles If you’re energized by customers staying, complaints shrinking, and leaders owning outcomes instead of excuses this one’s for you. ## **What you’ll do:** _Lead Service Performance & Retention Outcomes_ * Own retention performance across the PCI Agency, including renewal saves, cancellation prevention, and win‑back service strategies. * Drive service excellence across calls, chats and emails. * Ensure customers experience fast, first‑time‑right resolution, with clear accountability for outcomes. * Work with bro

Free ATS check

Applying for this Senior Service Manager role?

Most applicants get filtered before a human reads their resume. See if yours makes the cut.

How to Apply on Workday

  • Workday has a multi-step form — save your progress after every section.
  • "Apply With LinkedIn" can fail or lose data; manual entry is more reliable.
  • Watch for the "Submit for Review" final step — hitting "Save" alone does not submit.
  • Job requisition numbers are useful when following up with HR by email.

ANONYMOUS · UNFILTERED

What do employees actually say about Aviva Canada?

Real rants from real employees. Read before you apply.

Read Company Rants →