Strategic Business Assistant (m/f/d) - Allianz Services Spain Branch

93393 | Project Management | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Services | Full-Time | Permanent

Allianz Services is proud to serve and be part of Allianz Group, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers. Our global footprint, with more than 8000 employees located across ten countries and four continents, enables us to unlock value for our partners across the insurance value chain and deliver superior client experience within Allianz Group. At Allianz Services, we have a strong specialization in core insurance operations, shared services, business analytics, engineering, and management consulting. Our people and our trusted relationships with partners are what matter most. These are rooted in our values of compassion, integrity, and expertise and we strive to continuously evolve, improve, and deliver excellence while contributing successfully to the transformation of Allianz. Caring actively for the environment, for people, and for our customers is what makes us a great place to work and together we are shaping a better and more caring tomorrow.
Allianz Services is a company which belongs to the legal entity, Allianz Technology SE.   

Role overview

As the Strategic Business Assistant to the Managing Partner of Allianz Services Spain, you will drive the leadership operating rhythm, enabling effective communication, alignment, and decision‑making. You will support strategic planning, lead key business performance processes such as QBRs and strategy dialogues, and contribute to shaping the regional location strategy across Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. In this role, you act as a trusted partner in major transformation initiatives, providing data‑driven insights, structuring complex topics, and ensuring cross‑functional coordination. Strong communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills are essential.

What you do:

• Drive Organizational Operations: coordinate and execute the core leadership cadence—including team meetings, town halls, workforce management etc. Create and share high quality presentations and materials that support clear communication and efficient decision-making.
• Enable Strategic Decision-Making: translate leadership priorities into actionable plans, synthesize insights from financial and operational reporting, data assets and platforms, and coordinate the production of business insights, KPIs  and internal reporting. 
• Lead Business Performance Processes: support the Head of Branch and Branch Management in overseeing performance and priority setting, ensuring targets are transparently communicated and tracked throughout year. Own the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) preparation, orchestrate annual Strategy Dialogues for the location, and liaise with Allianz Services and Allianz Group functions to share information as needed.  
• Lead Regional Location Strategy: support the design and implementation of a service footprint across various regional Allianz Services hubs, bringing structure, workforce insights, and operational intelligence to the coordination plan. 
• Offer Governance Support: coordinate 2nd line requirements including identification and monitoring of risks and issues, Risk Committee preparation, regulatory / reporting requirements etc. Support with preparation of audits and other internal and external reviews. 
• Support Branch Operations: help with operational design and implementation; support business development activities; drive alignment across teams, functions, Allianz Services central and safeguarding functions and other Allianz Operating Entities to ensure robust, scalable operations. Support with procurement activities as needed. 
• Steer Change & Transformation: serve as a trusted partner in the Branch’s transformation initiatives—connecting requirements, anticipating impacts, and enabling a unified approach across corporate functions.

What you bring:

• Proven Expertise: 5+ years in consulting, business management, strategy, or operational leadership roles (e.g., IT consulting, strategy offices, transformation PMOs, or operations management).
• Strategic Mindset: A strong track record in transformation, executive level stakeholder management, and operational improvement.
• Global Perspective: International experience and ability to navigate complex, multicultural environments.
• Languages: Excellent English and Strong Spanish command.
• Background in strategy, consulting, or operational leadership, ideally within large, international, or service driven organizations. 
• Experience driving senior leadership operating rhythms, ensuring clarity, alignment, and disciplined execution of priorities. 
• Strength in data driven decision support, leveraging dashboards, analytics, and structured insights to guide leadership actions. 
• Expertise in transformation and cross functional delivery, navigating complex stakeholder landscapes and multi location setups. 
• Exceptional communication and executive storytelling, crafting concise, high impact materials and serving as a trusted thought partner.
• Familiarity with GenAI applications and their role in enhancing decision-making and operational efficiency.
• We highly welcome candidates with a genuine interest and affinity for Information Technology (IT) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), as these attributes are considered valuable assets to our team.

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.

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. 
We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions. 
Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future – for our customers and for the world around us. At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture. 
 
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural Internal background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Join us. Let’s care for tomorrow.

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