Project Manager – Microsoft Dynamics 365

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Job role
Working for the Allianz Services Corporate Development team, your responsibilities will be as a Project Manager with Product Owner abilities, in the MS Dynamics implementation project.
 Allianz Services is standardizing and globalizing its business setup. Microsoft Dynamics 365 is the tool of choice for a global operating system encompassing all governance and support functions end-to-end from opportunity creation to invoicing along the whole service lifecycle. Acting as a Project Manager of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 project your task is to envision, define and plan the setup of the operating system from a business point of view to maximize business value together with all relevant stakeholders, e.g. business owner and scrum team. As a project manager you will gain a solid experience in an international and multicultural environment. The position offers an excellent platform to get broad exposure to different lines of business including group and subsidiary / business units etc. thus opening various international and functional career opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the whole project lifecycle from conceptual work, project initiation, planning (use case and business case development, milestone and end product planning, resource planning, benefits, etc.), ramp-up and execution, through to project closure for mainly for the MS Dynamics implementation project (at later stage also other projects will be relevant)
• Understanding technical and business requirements for successful project delivery; collaborate with accountable executives for projects to ensure delivery to expectations
• Manage and report on project execution: investment budgets, resource allocation and prioritization, end-to-end delivery of agreed end products, milestones (using benchmarks and best practices)
• Making sure the business team and the technical team speak the same language and have the same understanding of the target picture as well as the respective journey.
• Provide effective risk management on projects (risk identification, escalation, and mitigation)
• Drive communication process to all relevant stakeholders (e.g. Sounding Board, EMT decision)
• Act as a key driver in the globalization of Allianz Services
• Provide expert program/project management
• Liaise with key stakeholders across all locations to solve project related issues
• Monitor and report on progress status of projects and metrics to all stakeholders; continuously identify and monitor execution risks
• Agree on project objectives and deliverables, develop timelines and milestones, plan and track resources (financial and people), describe and estimate benefits
• Own project execution and ensure on-time and in budget delivery to specification
• Act as a Product Owner for global IT implementation of MS Dynamics       
• Organize and coordinate various teams made up of internal and external resources, often with conflicting interests, to work on a project
• Pro-actively steer the project towards a result-driven outcome. Monitor sub-contractors to ensure that guidelines are maintained
• Escalate execution risks and issues appropriately

• 5 -10 years of work experience in a similar role
• Product driven with strong analytical capabilities
• Comfortable working with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint (e.g. cost calculations, management presentations, decision paper)
• Established track record of successful project delivery, preferably as a product owner
• Comfortable in a changing environment, where short-notice requests are expected
• Highly motivated, dynamic, self-steering
• Understanding of agile IT development (e.g., scrum)
• Broad commercial awareness (e.g., experience in different industries)
• Excellent diplomatic and communication skills (upward and downward management, comfortable to present to Senior Management and Board Level)
• Previous experience of operating in an international and large organization, incl. proven cultural sensitivity in order to fit into a multinational setup
• Knowledge of MS Dynamics as an advantage
• Willingness to travel as advantage

• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to foster relationships with peers and other functions; ability to motivate and influence key project stakeholders and drive change
• Knowledgeable on Agile methodology
• Experience with IT Project Management, incl. functional design, budget controlling, IT risk management
• Experience with KPI management and reporting solutions
• Technical understanding of IT systems and processes
• University degree, preferably in with focus in Information Technology (e.g. MBA, MSc)
• Multi-year relevant experience and demonstrated excellence, preferably in IT-system documentation or related projects
• Very good MS office skills
• Fluent English; German as an advantage

• Fixed salary compensation along with fixed benefits.
• Flexible benefits that can be individually customized, so that they best suit your needs.

• Additional vacation days (work tenure, Allianz tenure, special events, Paid day for child medical check-up)
• Rewards and Recognition Program (Team Excellence Award, Anniversary Awards, Above & Beyond Awards, Thank you for your contribution!)
• Complete training curricula available (tailored courses)
• International Certifications (Agile, Lean Six Sigma, Prince, ITIL, IFOA, ACCA, IACCM etc.)
• Comprehensive Leadership Programs
• All you can learn with LinkedIn Learning!
• German Language Courses for any level
• All you can read with Bookster!
• Employee Referral Program
• Exclusive Deals & Discounts
• Share Purchase Plan
• Allowances for special events (Birth Allowance, Losing a Family Member)
• Parking lot (limited parking spaces, reservation system)
• Open cafeteria on each floor (coffee, tea, water, fruits)
• Relaxation areas (on each floor) & Gaming area
• Flexible working program

• Medical services  
• Private pension
• Internal Tourism
• Smart Experiences
• Meal Tickets  
• Transportation vouchers
• Cultural events  
• Telemunca
• Gifts and giveaways
• Donations