What we do

Allianz is the home for those who dare – a supportive place where you can take the initiative to grow and to actively strengthen our global leadership position. By truly caring about people – both its 83 million private and corporate customers and its 142,000 employees – Allianz fosters a culture where its employees are empowered to collaborate, perform, push the boundaries and challenge the industry.

Allianz Partners (AzP) provides diverse expertise in automotive, international health & life, travel insurance, assistance and direct sales and is at the forefront of the Allianz B2B2C offering. United under one brand, Allianz Global Assistance, Allianz Global Automotive and Allianz Care are specialist areas combining forces to push boundaries and create tomorrow’s solutions to deliver an enhanced experience to our clients. Our 15,000 employees are based across 34 countries and combine 58 different languages and 60 nationalities, reflecting the truly diverse nature of Allianz Partners. Our DNA is unique: we dare and care, anytime, anywhere. If this sounds like you, come and join us.

This role will be responsible for the Program Management of key growth initiatives for individual and small group business, reporting to the Head of Individual and Small Groups (ISG). The ISG department is responsible for the on-boarding and management of full medical underwritten retail health insurance business, and includes the functions of Sales Support, Medical Underwriting, Sales, and Broker Account Management, operating in 7 business languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Mandarin).

We are looking for a Program Manager to lead the ISG strategic growth program across the full value chain including product, processes, pricing, systems and tools, global markets and sales including distribution strategies, lead generation, automation and optimization, data & analytics and operations. You’ll play a key role in supporting the business to design and execute its growth strategies, and also represent ISG as an SME in key change forums and governance forums. As part of the role, you will need to finalise the business case, working closely with subject matter experts and leading workshops. The role is a hands on role, requiring you to roll up your sleeves and support the business achieve its growth ambitions by actively supporting the growth initiatives and change management.

This role provides the unique opportunity working with ISG Managers, regional sales managers and representatives, and subject matter experts, on a global, regional, and local level, across sales, product, proposition, marketing, pricing, and operations.

What you will do

Develop detailed program map of activities to support the execution of the ISG Growth strategy
Plan, co-ordinate and implement a suite of change and transformation initiatives
Develop a communication plan for all key stakeholders to update and advise latest progress across the topics
Represent ISG liaising with, and influencing product, proposition, pricing and marketing to drive efficiency and represent the customer/broker view
Be accountable and take ownership for deliverables with the ability to prepare proposals and communicate recommendations for Senior Management review
Develop business cases for review and approval to support implementation ensuring sufficient resources to deliver strategic objectives for the team
Coordinate and develop impact analysis to drive prompt decision making
Be able to effectively and efficiently communicate with and influence cross-functional teams towards delivery without direct reporting line responsibility
Foster strong working relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders
Develop reporting suite for management highlighting achievements, deliverables, issues, and opportunities
Drive and challenge business units on how they will successfully roll out requirements
Continually assess the business cases and the strategic alignment of projects
Identify areas for improvement and lead and support the rollout of agreed improvements
Manage critical projects from concept through to implementation, ensuring delivery on-time and to budget
Ensure project methodologies (Waterfall and Agile) are followed including, managing and driving the schedule, risk and issue management, scope change management
Ensure user acceptance testing for any change is supported, meets requirements and ability to communicate results (positive and negative) effectively.
Attend client and broker meetings and visits, as and when required.

What you will bring

10+ years’ experience of delivering projects in a fast-paced commercial environment
Ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations, work under pressure and to tight timelines and work independently with minimal supervision
Proven track record of delivering complex cross-functional business projects within established timeframes and budget
Customer focused, with strong commercial acumen, and team player
Solution oriented, results driven, with strong analytical and problem solving skills
Experience of leading cross-functional project teams across multiple geographic borders and time zones
Ability to think strategically and identify cross-functional integration requirements
Strong organisation, negotiation and influencing skills
Excellent spoken and written communication skills with the ability to deal confidently and appropriately with people at all levels of the organization.
Project Management qualification/certification
Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, MS Project
Fluency in English
Fluency in another language desirable

What we offer

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in growing multicultural company committed to empowering its employees and furthering their development. A competitive remuneration and benefits package is offered.

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. Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.