Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

About the role

The Data & Analytics Platforms Team (DAP) develops and runs central platforms and data products, which enable the Allianz Operating Entities (OEs) to generate value from data & analytics at scale. The major offering is the Allianz Data Platform (ADP) - a PaaS offering -, which comprises necessary capabilities to store, transfer and analyse data, as well as running data & analytics products.

Are you energised by turning complex, multi-team technology programmes into predictable delivery for one of the world's largest financial services groups?

If so, this role puts you at the centre of that work. You will own the end-to-end delivery of projects across the Allianz Data Platform and the wider DAP portfolio, from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring, and closure, translating complex business requirements into clear technical deliverables that engineering teams can act on. The role sits at the crossroads of business, technology, and data, which means the governance you put in place, from risk and dependency management through to status reporting and escalation, shapes how thousands of colleagues across Allianz Group turn data into decisions.

To get there, you will facilitate agile ceremonies and cross-team coordination across geographically distributed teams, and work alongside Senior Engineers, Principal Engineers, and Platform Architects to keep delivery aligned with DAP's three-year architecture and delivery roadmap.What we value most is your ability to bring structure to ambiguity, engage credibly with engineers on technical trade-offs, navigate stakeholders, product owners, and vendors, and coach the project managers coming up behind you.

What you do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale data, analytics, and AI platform projects, from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Translate complex business requirements into clear technical deliverables, ensuring alignment between stakeholder expectations and engineering outcomes.
• Work closely with new and emerging technologies to improve platform usability, performance, and scalability across the DAP ecosystem.
• Participate in the full development lifecycle, from design and implementation through testing, documentation, delivery, and ongoing maintenance, acting as the connective tissue between workstreams.
• Evaluate and make informed decisions around the adoption of new or existing technologies, tools, and project management methodologies.
• Define and maintain project governance frameworks, including risk management plans, dependency tracking, status reporting, and escalation paths.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies and cross-team coordination across geographically distributed teams.
• Coach and mentor junior project managers and support the professional development of team members across the organisation.
• Collaborate with Senior Engineers, Principal Engineers, and Platform Architects to contribute to and align with the DAP's three-year architecture and delivery roadmap.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, product owners, and external vendors or partners.
• Drive continuous improvement in project delivery practices, tooling, and team ways of working

What you bring

Essential skills and experience:

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience in technical project management, with a proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional technology projects, ideally within financial services, insurance, or another regulated industry.
• 1+ years of experience contributing to system design or architecture discussions (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) within data, analytics, AI, or platform engineering contexts.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycles and the ability to engage credibly with engineering teams on technical topics.
• Experience working with at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, SQL, Bash) at a level sufficient to understand technical trade-offs and review technical documentation.
• Demonstrated experience in object-oriented or data-oriented programming concepts, enabling effective collaboration with development teams.
• Experience with end-to-end (E2E) Data Product Management, including data governance, quality, and lifecycle management.
• Strong command of agile project management methodologies, including SAFe, Scrum, and/or Kanban.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills in English (additional languages are a plus).

It would be great if you also have (not required):

• 7+ years of experience in technical project management, ideally within data engineering, analytics platforms, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise software environments.
• Experience managing the full software or data product development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing pipelines, and operational support.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe, or equivalent.
• Hands-on familiarity with modern data stack technologies (e.g., Spark, dbt, Airflow, Kafka, Snowflake, Databricks, or similar).
• Experience working in a multinational or globally distributed organisation, ideally within financial services, insurance, or a regulated industry.

If you don’t tick every box, that’s okay—your growth mindset matters. We welcome applicants who bring the essentials and are eager to learn the rest.

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.

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Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment for everyone. We embrace individuals of all gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, ages, nationalities, religions, disabilities, and philosophies of life. Ultimately, our greatest strength as a company lies in the unique skills, experiences, and backgrounds our employees contribute.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or 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.

106354 | Project Management | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent