Allianz Global Investors GmbH

Transformation Manager (f/m/d)

München
Feste Anstellung
Vollzeit

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 100 million private and corporate customers and more than 147,000 employees – Allianz fosters a culture where its employees are empowered to collaborate, perform, embrace trends and challenge the industry. Our main ambition is to be our customers’ trusted partner, instilling them with the confidence to grow. If you dare, join us at Allianz Group

Allianz is an equal opportunity employer. Everybody is welcome, regardless of gender, age, origin, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.

Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager with over 750 investment professionals in 25 offices worldwide and managing EUR 546 billion in assets for individuals, families and institutions.

Active is the most important word in our vocabulary. We believe in solving, not selling, adding value beyond pure economic gain. We offer a collegial culture based on strong values, taking individual responsibility, and dedication to mastering challenging tasks. To harness the power of innovation, we invest in the development of our employees. We encourage you to make an impact in a diverse, international, technology-enabled and increasingly agile environment. If you feel inspired to elevate the active asset management experience, this is the place for you.

Job Purpose / Role

Job Purpose / Role

At Allianz Global Investors our people enjoy motivating, fulfilling careers. If you’re looking for a fast-paced working environment, you’re resolved to cultivate and expand your talents and relish a challenge, then join us now!

We’re committed to giving our people – experienced and energetic professionals alike – the opportunities and experiences they seek to thrive and gain personal fulfilment. We will work with you to craft your own career, develop your personal growth, and align your achievements with your ambitions.

We are looking for you ! We are currently hiring a forward-thinking and results-oriented Transformation Manager (f/m/d). The position is based in our Munich office.

The ideal candidate is an inquisitive person with an ambitious mentality who will support us in driving the organization forward. Our team focuses on enterprise wide Transformation and Innovation initiatives. As part of our team, you will introduce and support cultural change measures together with researching and conceptualizing innovative ideas that can add value to AllianzGI.

Key Responsibilities

Understanding the business strategy and resolving innovative solutions supporting the strategy implementation
Actively supporting the cultural change through the design, development, and support of cultural change initiatives
Developing and crafting concrete solutions to improve learning capabilities, responsibilities and motivation within the TOP area
Optimizing the use of resources to craft sophisticated methodologies for the development of new products and innovative solutions with a strong focus on identification, analysis and evaluation of user needs and market requirements
Identifying organization level processes, groups and structures that will need to change and implementing effective Change Management measures by communicating and advocating with different project teams
Combining business and technical knowledge with process-oriented requirements and developing insight driven processes by assessing and evaluating risks associated with a project and determining solutions to mitigate them as part of Risk Management
Supporting the transformation of business relevant projects effectively with focus on User adoption and define new Use cases in alignment with different business units
Assuming the role of a ‘Futurologist’ and providing the basis for the development of internal processes / systems with research into future trends and their impact on the company

Key Requirements / Skills / Experience

Bachelor's/undergraduate degree; MBA optional; technical background of advantage
Several years of experience in innovation, entrepreneurship, transformation, strategy consulting, asset management, or related field, depending on the seniority of the candidates, the scope of the role can be broadened
Experience in working with start-ups and/or fin techs of advantage
Ability to work in a constantly evolving, cross functional environment, while maintaining an entrepreneurial approach
Interested and proactive in idea scouting, process analysis and business opportunity evaluation
Ability to take complex topics and build compelling narratives for different audiences and partners
Structured and conceptual problem solver with a high degree of pragmatism and the ability to translate corporate strategy into actions
Consulting experience beneficial
Experience with qualitative market research methods, creativity techniques, such as Design Thinking
A good understanding of agile and lean concepts together with the methodologies used for introducing these practices into an organization
Excellent partner management and relationship building skills with the ability to encourage trust and influence outcomes
Strong communication and presentation skills
Intuitive and instinctive technology adopter capable of identifying promising user needs and market trends and translate requirements into innovative solutions
Collaborative, proactive, independent, and self-reliant working style
Proficiency in English is required, further languages would be highly advantageous

We offer

We are committed to deliver excellence to our clients, advisors, employees, our parent company and within our industry. Putting our clients' needs first, behaving in an open and transparent way and treating people fairly means acting with integrity. We respect difference and diversity and reward individual performance as well as teamwork.

Additional Information

We are also committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing assistance to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are in need support to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to recruiting@allianzgi.com.

We are looking forward to receiving your complete application in German or English.

Reference Code: Reference Code: AGI-8151271-3

Allianz Global Investors GmbH
München