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Cluster: Allianz Professional
Let’s care for tomorrow.
Your ambitions. Your dreams. Your tomorrow
At Allianz Commercial (AzC), we are the global leader for insuring corporate and specialty risks in the Allianz Group. Whether it’s aircraft, satellites, the world’s biggest ships and tallest building, cyber-attacks, or climate change impacts, AzC has the major risks covered when it comes to protecting businesses.
We are looking for a Global Transformation Manager for our Property line of business. This position will work a hybrid schedule based in our New York City office.
Your Team
Allianz Commercial (AzC) specializes in corporate property insurance for the most complex and challenging risk exposures in more than 200 countries and territories. With a focus on larger international risk portfolios, we offer tailor-made 'All Risks' property damage and business interruption insurance through our global network.
Our experience speaks for itself, insuring the majority of Global Fortune 500 companies, managing over 1000 global property insurance programs, and fielding an underwriting team averaging over 20 years’ experience, backed up a worldwide team of risk consultants and claims specialists.
When it comes to underwriting insurance products for well-known famous sports venues, sports/entertainment facilities, major airlines, retail/wholesale companies, banks and manufacturers, we do it all!
The Impact You Will Have
Reporting to the Global Head of Property, this position leads the Global Property Transformation initiatives, including establishing effective end to end processes, aligning strategies among various business functions, including underwriting, CUO, Pricing actuaries, Cat Modeling, Allianz Risk Control, Tex, IT, operations and claims. This individual will spearhead the organizational strategies to drive Allianz towards a modern underwriting technology platform, processes, and operating model that improves the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the Global Property group. This role will support a culture of collaboration and continuous ongoing improvements. This role will work across the Global Allianz landscape, leveraging their experience and expertise to drive positive transformational change. Develop, implement and execute the Global LoB process strategies while proactively supporting the development of enhanced global Property underwriting tools and enhanced processes to ensure the successful achievements. Act as a key Property interface among the various transformation Teams, with regards to overall concepts, vision and design of the Property underwriting road map.
Some of your specific responsibilities could include:
Master Product: Establish Global Property framework that supports a collaborative culture that effectively unites business objectives across the organization. Develop global End to End transformational process strategies via effective stakeholder relationships, business partners and alignment across various functions. Define short and long-term priorities that most effectively supports delivery of the Property transformation strategies. Master Process Strategies: Challenge Process implication and effectiveness Link and integrate Global End to End processes with other Go Forward initiatives aligned with global Property strategies Creating standard practices across to effectively scale operational services to better support UW/CUO. Support workstreams utilizing ACM Compliant documentation/delivery methods Portfolio process steering and productivity measurers: Define, collect and develop practices to monitor End to End process effectiveness/performance of various property processes. Build effective performance scorecards to effectively monitor/manage transformation processes and overall data quality. Drive project planning process and monitor adherence to plan, taking corrective actions as necessary Proactively liaise with functional areas to establish governess model, continuously monitor and report on compliance effectiveness Visioning: Work with local and Global Teams to define business requirements across various projects. Protectively support/manage project change management execution strategies Coordinate End to End processes insuring adherence to all corporate Functional Rules, underwriting guidelines, including corporate governance rules, and local regulatory framework Product Delivery: Proactively support/manage of the timely delivery and implementation of new processes. Ensure product readiness, with the appropriate Testing, Training and proper roll-out management. Assess implications on overall project roadmap, including Impact Analysis, project cost and other critical business process to support a successful project roll-out.
What You’ll Bring to the Role –
A minimum 7 years’ significant experience in Transformation Project management. Expert understanding of Global/Regional/local Property LoB underwriting processes, Underwriting Tools, and practices. Expert understanding of legal and Global regulatory framework. Significant Global Property Project transformation experience in leadership and development of teams internationally and within complex global matrix environments. Preferably a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business, Finance, Project Management, Risk Management and Insurance or other appropriate technical disciplines. And completion of a professional insurance qualification. Ability to assess inherent risk associated with various processes and underwriting tools relevant to LoB. Analyze current underwriting tools and process performance against benchmarks associated with business needs. Robust understanding of policy administration life cycle, information collection, policy issuance, premium bookings, credit control, and various other Global regulatory requirements. Ability to express ideas and messages clearly, both written and verbally. Ability to "sell" an improvised or prepared audience winning story. Ability to persuade and motivate others to act, without executive authority. Ability to analyze highly complex processes, portfolio data, from multiple sources, in detail; identify and recommending before they transpire. Ability to lead a Global Property Project team. Includes the ability to delegate tasks, steer team direction/goals, etc.
The annualized base pay range for this role is $162,867 to $323,007. The annual base salary range represents a nationwide market range. The actual salary for this position may be above and will be determined by several factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role, the skills, education, training, credentials, and experience of the candidate. The base pay is just one component of the AzC total compensation package. As part of our comprehensive compensation and highly rated benefits programs, employees are also eligible for annual performance-based cash incentive awards.
What’s in it for you?
Let’s care about everything that makes you, you
We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We offer a hybrid working model, which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working. Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.
Let’s care for your financial wellbeing
We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.
Let’s care for your opportunities to progress
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.
Let’s care for life’s twists and turns
From our support for flexible working, health, and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. We’ve got your back.
Let’s care for our society and our planet
With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive, and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry, and our clients.
Care to join us?
Allianz Commercial (AzC) is a global corporate insurance carrier and part of Allianz Group. We provide risk consultancy, Property-Casualty insurance solutions and alternative risk transfer for a wide spectrum of commercial, corporate and specialty risks across 10 dedicated lines of business. Learn more about us by clicking here.
Allianz is an equal opportunity employer, and therefore welcomes applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. Diversity of thinking is an important part of our company culture.
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