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.

• 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.