Programme Manager

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The Programme Manager will take overall accountability for planning, structuring, leading and executing multiple global IT projects of high risk and complexity, delivered in the IT-side of projects. The Programme Manager needs to apply Project Management methodologies to ensure the successful delivery of IT projects and is responsible for managing the project team.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management:

Drive the delivery of large, high risk IT-side projects

Maintain an up to date working knowledge of the program and its capability, including acting as a focal point for the facilitation of reference and project information / knowledge.

Control IT projects to ensure initiatives, supporting workstreams together with ensuring projects are delivered and escalate appropriately in the situation that progress is delayed

Stakeholder Management:

Ensure engagement with stakeholders throughout the project, keeping them informed of progress and issues throughout the project.

Ensure continued cooperation from stakeholders towards successful completion of the project and benefits realisation.

Support project delivery colleagues where interdependencies demand collaborative action and team work.

Governance, Global Standards & Methodology:

Direct and lead initiatives that will support the delivery of this project ensure adherence to Portfolio Governance and control.

Ensure adherence to PMLC and SDLC.

Support the governance of small IT projects using project management methodologies

Assess the risks and issues that may threaten the successful delivery of the program, ensuring each project is delivered according to the project definition; deploy project governance standards and drive the quality assurance process for project gate review; manage the sign-off and successful closure of projects.

Project Realization:

Drive the management and analysis of issues and for the preparation of project data (reports, dashboards, presentations, etc) related to resource utilization, project spend, etc, analysis of data and presentation of required actions/ decisions.

Align with ADM, test / release management, environment, Enterprise Architecture team, SMO and involve - if required - projects.

Identify, analyse and interpret relevant global and local activity data in order to define, challenge and secure best practice underpins the project.

Project Team Leadership:

Build, manage and motivate the agile delivery teams. This will be virtual teams across multiple projects and countries.

Technical Excellence:

Define, implement and evolve global IT infrastructure including but not limited to cloud and on-prem server computing environment required by the AGCS business needs and IT management directives Active Directory, Windows platform support and upgrade, as well as server consolidation, migration and integration.

Skills required:

Profound understanding of SDLC (Software development life cycle) and PMLC (Project Management life cycle)

Project Management experience: from individual task management to the ability to manage large complex projects

Stakeholder management skills

Understanding of system design, programming, development and implementation

At the core of the Group’s strength lies digitalization and its promise of growth opportunities through a ‘digital by

default’ strategy. Allianz Technology SE is the principal driver behind transforming Allianz into a digital group – a

quest to which nearly 7,500 Allianz Technology SE employees around the globe have committed themselves.

Allianz Technology SE equips the Group with the most cutting edge digital solutions in the industry, bringing Allianz

to the fingertips of its customers. At Allianz Technology SE , innovation is more than a buzzword; it is the business of

the day, every day.

We are interested in your strengths and experience. This means that we welcome all applications, irrespective of

other characteristics such as gender, ethnic background, origin or any disability.