Transformation Manager

Allianz Services is part of Allianz Group, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers and has succeeded in becoming one individual business segment by combining various businesses from different parent companies. Allianz Services is running service delivery operations in Romania, India, Mauritius and Morocco as well as is operating Consulting hubs in Germany, USA, Italy, France and Singapore with almost 6000 colleagues globally. Allianz Services Romania has a key role in the transformation of the Group by improving operations and creating a superior experience for customers, offering actuarial, financial, IT, HR and governance services. Our team counts over 1000 passionate professionals whose main assets are the expertise and top qualifications, combined with multilingual skills, ranging from English, German, French and Italian, to Portuguese, Spanish and Romanian.   At Allianz Services Romania, we aim to attract best talents and create an inspiring environment for our people to develop, while unceasingly caring for our community and for shaping a better future together!

Job role
The Group Technology Transformation (GTT) department represents the interests of the Allianz Group and the Group COO and takes over of steering the Operating Entities (OEs) towards Operations and IT Group Strategy. As Group Portfolio & Project Transformation Manager you are responsible to steer assigned OEs towards the defined Ops&IT target picture by strategically supporting theOE Transformation Roadmap for relevant Operations & IT projects, giving recommendations and reporting to the respective Governance bodies within the Group. You are particularly responsible for steering the IT transformation and agreed productivity improvements of the OE from a Group perspective. You uphold a constructive and effective relationship with all key stakeholders of the OE, our internal shared service provider AZ Technology and the Allianz Group.

What you will do

• Responsible for the realization of global and local Operations and IT strategy (putting it into the OE context), and for the definition of Operations/IT transformation roadmaps for assigned Allianz Operating Entities (OEs)
• Responsible for the implementation of these roadmaps by applying and orchestrating the various steering tools (e.g. Ops&IT Strategy Sessions, SD/PD) of Group Operations and AZ SE, monitoring and ensuring that progress on these roadmaps is made.
• Actively ensure that critical topics are identified and analyzed (identify issues, analyze their root causes and their impact, e.g. on financials, timeline, scope), recommend and push for appropriate measures to get project back-on track
• Steer the OE project in line with the Group Operations & IT Strategy and the OE top projects with various focuses, e.g.
• Program-/project reviews of our largest Operation, IT or system integration programs including all relevant aspects of the value or delivery chain
• Project assessment in the context of the decision making process, incl. recommendations to the decision making bodies
• Responsible for the effective and efficient collaboration between OEs (or regions), Allianz SE and its shared services provider AZ Technology.

What you bring

• Exceptional academic background in IT, Economics or Business Administration (diploma or master’s degree)
• Deep understanding of Operations and IT and their interrelation with business
• Advanced understanding of financial and operational steering, KPIs and impacts
• Good understanding of the insurance industry with proven experience of international project management within large and complex IT projects (system implementation/integration programs, IT transformation)
• Professional fluency in English, including proficiency in written English; fluency in other languages is a plus
• Ability and willingness to travel ( ~30%) to Allianz destinations world-wide, also on short notice
• Excellent MS-Office skills

You have

• >5 years of working experience in financial services industry (in particular within Operations and IT) and/or IT consulting
• Strong analytical, conceptual and problem solving skills
• Strong project management capabilities
• Ability to get up to speed on complex strategic and operational topics and to consolidate and evaluate large amounts of information
• Strong communication, negotiation, mediation and diplomatic skills, ability to work with different cultures and manage numerous interfaces, confidence in dealing with Top Executives
• Entrepreneurial can-do attitude and drive with out-of-the-box-thinking focus on quality execution and delivery of task, result-oriented, customer-focused, pro-active, flexible and energetic team player with ability to work under pressure,
• Being willing to 'go the extra' mile for our customers, partners and other business units

What we offer

Come to the Allianz side! We have attractive compensation and incentives:

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

Fixed Benefits - We place people at the core of what we do, this is why we are committed to your personal wellbeing and professional growth.

• 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, LinkedIn Learning, German Language Courses for any level
• All you can read with Bookster
• Share Purchase Plan
• Allowances for special events (Birth Allowance, Losing a Family Member)
• Flexible working environment (work from home, hybrid)

FlexiBenefits - We care about the performance of our employees and we know it can only be reached by ensuring your proper work-life balance: Medical services , Private pension, Internal Tourism, Meal Tickets and many other benefits of your choice.

The personal information that you may provide to us (including sensitive information) may be provided to Hiring Managers for the purposes of assessing your suitability as a candidate.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted. All applications will be treated with confidentiality. Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.