Key responsibilities

The Organizational Management (OM) Department is in charge of driving global IT projects across all lines of business of Allianz Partners. They act as the main interface between Business Units globally and Allianz Technology, dedicated to provide IT standard services.

Based in the headquarters of Paris and Munich, the team is responsible for prioritization of back-office investments and fostering harmonization of processes, through the implementation of the group target platforms. In this perspective, the team needs to ensure a certain balance between simplification / standardization of tools and processes and specific business needs in order to contribute to answer current corporate challenges : IT cost efficiency, innovation, optimization of time to market, etc.

As a Product Owner, you are in charge of the following responsibilities:

1) Ensure Product Development through Agile methodology:
- Define the vision for product development.
- Communicate with stakeholders, including customers, business managers, and the development team to make sure the goals are clear and aligned with business objectives.
- Create the product roadmap, a high-level, strategic visual summary that outlines the vision and direction for the product offering over time.

2) Manage the product backlog:
- Create the list of backlog items/user stories being sure the SCRUM Team receives all the needed information in order to start the communication developments (trigger of the document, email content, recipients), validate the outcomes of the IT Developments compared to test cases, map out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development.
- Take care of the item prioritization/sprint definition by monitoring the triangle of scope, budget, and time, considering the quarter based priorities of stakeholders.
- Responsible of the delivery validation/Sprint review, involving business owners, anticipate customer needs, evaluate product progress and iteration.

3) Contribute to OM organization, structure and strategy:
- Manage cross-divisional relationships across reporting lines: other LoBs, regional managers, other departments, Facilitate and document lessons learned and suggest improvements throughout the organization.
- Participate to the life of the team: department initiatives (AES follow-up, etc.), new joiners onboarding, etc.

4) Ensure the platform remains stable through the monthly deliveries by prioritizing production tickets.
- Reviewing the root cause of the defects to ensure non reproductivity of the issue.

What you bring

• 4-7 years of proven experience in building IT system programs in International Environments.
• Experience in Demand Management, benefit realization, budget tracking, IT cost management.
• Previous experience in international settings and cultural sensitivity in order to fit into a multinational project setup.
• Experience in monitoring and managing interactions with all internal and external, both contractual and non-contractual parties.
• Demonstratable experience in transformation programs; change management trainings.
• Proven work experience in an Agile environment.
• Proven experience in Jira.
• Advanced Excel / PowerPoint skills.
• Demonstratable experience in people leadership, negotiating and conflict management.
• Demonstrated skills and ability to motivate, delegate, instruct and advise.
• Flexible mind-set but with strong planning and delivery capacities.
• Adaptable, good communication skills and a consultative approach.
• Strong interpersonal skills, collaborative team player, synthetic mindset and strong analytical abilities.
• Highly motivated, dynamic, self-steering.
• Fluent in English.

What we offer

Our employees play an integral part in our success as a business. We appreciate that each of our employees are unique and have unique needs, ambitions and we enjoy being a part of their journey.

We are there to empower and encourage you with your personal and professional development ensuring that you take control by offering a large variety of courses and targeted development programs.

All that in a global environment where international mobility and career progression are encouraged. Caring for your health and wellbeing is key priority for us. This is why we build Work Well programs to providing you with peace of mind and give the flexibility in planning and arranging for a better work-life balance.

61510 | Operations | Professional | n.a. | Allianz Partners | Part-Time | Temporary

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. Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.

Note: Diversity of minds is an integral part of Allianz’ company culture. One means to achieve diverse teams is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company encourages its employees to have motivation in gaining varied skills from different positions and to collect experiences from across Allianz Group.