Stephen Hood
Senior Proposition Lead @Aviva
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Proposition Lead @Aviva
Developing investment propositions and new features for our Adviser platform. Researching market needs, technology and investment landscape changes and running proposition deliveries to capitalise on growth opportunities.Previously, managed Advised ESG/Sustainable investment tooling, helping advisers understand, record and demonstrate investment adherence to their clients sustainable investment preferences and research the sustainability characteristics of their model portfolio solutions.Developed direct to consumer ethical investment preference fund screening functionality.Knowledge of SDR and ESG data providers.
EDUCATION
Bournemouth University
Business Information Systems Management, - IT Project Management, Strategy, Architecture, Networking, Design, Accounting and Marketing
SKILLS
ABOUT STEPHEN HOOD
A Senior Proposition Lead, ex Principle Business Analyst, Change Manager and Scrum Master with 20+years full life cycle project delivery experience. International project experience leading implementations across Asia, Nordics and LATAM. I’ve thorough knowledge of wealth solutions, platforms, product wrappers, the adviser landscape and investing. CFA in ESG investing and experience building digital propositions across wealth, general insurance and retail banking markets. Prior to wealth and retirement solutions I had a variety of experiences across direct personal line insurance, claims, broking/affinity solutions and retail banking.Alongside customer focus and researching changing thematics I enjoy developing the capabilities of teams and embedding Agile principles. Specialties- Facilitation and workshop skills- Stakeholder and relationship management - Negotiation and influencing skills- Problem solving- Technology thematics I have the ISEB Business Analysis and BSD Systems Analysis and Design Diploma which includes the ISEB Software Testing Foundation certificate and am Scrum Master Certified.
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