Regional Hub Manager - Travel Management, Digitalization & AI Innovation(m/f/d)

130 years of trust, time to shape what's next. Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers - built on over a century of stability, expertise, and financial strength. Allianz Services is where that legacy meets the future. 8,200+ people. Eight countries. Three continents. We deliver specialized services to clients within Allianz Group, powered by AI, advanced analytics, and a mindset that refuses to stand still. From core insurance operations to engineering and consulting services, we reimagine how insurance works. What truly sets us apart are our people and the trusted partnerships we build, anchored in our values of expertise, integrity, and empowerment. We don't support the business. We shape it.

Role Overview

As Regional Hub Manager, you drive operational excellence and the strategic development of Travel Management across your region. You optimize travel services, platforms, and supplier partnerships, ensuring alignment with Allianz Group policies, sustainability goals, and financial targets. Leveraging AI, automation, and data-driven insights, you continuously improve processes, enhance user experience, and increase operational efficiency. With responsibility for regional P&L, reporting, and stakeholder management, you lead innovation and deliver measurable business value.

What you do

• Lead and optimize the regional travel platform and TMC partnership, ensuring high adoption, compliance, service quality, and seamless system integration.
• Manage onboarding of Allianz entities and continuously improve user experience and platform performance.
• Develop and execute the regional travel strategy aligned with Allianz policies and transformation goals.
• Drive process standardization, automation, and AI-enabled improvements to increase efficiency and reduce manual work.
• Build business cases and lead digital innovation across the travel ecosystem
• Own travel data, reporting, and performance analytics to support strategic decision-making.
• Manage regional travel budgets, P&L, KPI tracking, and sustainability (CO₂) reporting.
• Deliver actionable insights through dashboards, forecasts, and executive reporting.
• Serve as the key travel management contact for Allianz entities within the region.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and manage supplier performance, compliance, and escalations.
• Foster collaboration with global teams and regional counterparts.
• Lead regional travel projects and transformation initiatives from planning through implementation.
• Coordinate cross-functional and multi-country teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Drive onboarding of new Allianz entities and develop business cases supporting growth and investment decisions.
   

What you bring

• Solid foundation in corporate travel management — 5+ years of professional experience in corporate travel management, procurement, or a related field within a multinational organization is essential.
• Equally important for this role, however, are the attributes described below: a forward-thinking, business-development-oriented mindset, learning agility, and a consulting approach to problem-solving that drives real commercial outcomes.
• Proven track record of managing travel programs at regional or global scale, including TMC relationships, platform implementations, and policy enforcement.
• Experience in cost center management, P&L responsibility, and budget planning within a corporate environment.
• Background in delivering or contributing to sustainability and environmental reporting (e.g., Scope 3 CO₂ emissions from business travel) is a strong advantage.
• University degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Tourism Management, or a comparable field; equivalent practical experience is equally valued.
• 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.