IT Program Manager

About the Job

As an IT Program Manager, under Allianz Global Network (AGN) Area, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of high-priority programs within your area, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategic priorities. This position requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and collaboration skills to manage complex initiatives in international, multicultural contexts. By leveraging agile methodologies, technical tools, and exceptional communication, you will foster operational excellence and deliver impactful results across diverse teams and stakeholders.

This role offers a unique opportunity to lead impactful programs, collaborate with global teams, and drive strategic initiatives that shape the future of Allianz. If you are a proactive, solution-oriented leader with a passion for operational excellence, this is the perfect role for you.

What you do

• Program Leadership and Management:

  • Lead and manage complex programs from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
  • Oversee program delivery in international contexts, involving hubs, offshore locations, and multicultural teams.
  • Monitor progress to ensure programs are delivered on time, within budget, and meet quality standards.

• Strategic Collaboration:

  • Collaborate with leaders, product teams, vendors, and stakeholders across Allianz Operating Entities (OEs) to ensure effective program execution.
  • Foster communication and alignment among cross-functional teams to drive successful delivery.

• Strategic Planning and Performance Enhancement:

  • Develop and implement strategic plans to enhance performance and achieve objectives.
  • Identify improvement opportunities and lead continuous improvement initiatives to optimize efficiency and effectiveness.

• Program Portfolio Management:

  • Contribute to managing program portfolios, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategic priorities.
  • Coordinate and track program initiatives, fostering a structured and cohesive approach to delivery.

• Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence:

  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize processes and outcomes.
  • Adapt to changing priorities and ensure alignment with agile methodologies to enhance program delivery.
  • Proactively analyze ambiguous problems, surface risks, recommend solutions, and manage escalations.

• Performance Monitoring and Metrics:

  • Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as cost, quality, capacity, and business continuity.
  • Leverage artificial intelligence tools (e.g., generative AI) to enhance program delivery and decision-making.

What you bring

• Proven experience in leading and managing complex IT programs in international and multicultural environments.
• Strong strategic planning and collaboration skills, with the ability to align diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Expertise in agile methodologies and tools, with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze ambiguous challenges and recommend solutions.
• Strong communication and leadership skills to foster alignment and drive program success.
• Experience in defining and monitoring KPIs to ensure program performance and alignment with strategic goals.
• Familiarity with leveraging AI tools to enhance program delivery and decision-making is a plus.

What we offer

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform and innovate the infrastructure, applications and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

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 strong inclusive culture that encourages people to speak their minds, get involved and question the status quo. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and 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 race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

To Recruitment Agencies

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.

96731 | Project Management | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent