Contract Manager

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 7,300 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.

Job role

Contract Manager with Customer Contract Management Team function acts as important enabler for the sale and delivery of Allianz Services services to Operating Entities (OEs) within the Allianz Group. Contract Manager is responsible for standardizing and automating the services contract landscape and for supporting the conclusion of commercially and legally sound services contracts. This includes supportive governance through the identification of gaps in contractual coverage..

What you will do

• Create / design, review, analyze, interpret and manage contracts between Allianz Services and all its customers;
• Support and advise business / service owner on contract related processes, applicable areas and contract clauses;
• Gain insight and overview of various elements in contracts (e.g. strategic, sourcing, legal, accounting, tax, data privacy, information security, audit), facilitate and ensure involvement of various key stakeholders from Allianz Technology as well as customer;
• Support contract awareness by understanding and sharing key aspects of the contracts towards business owners;
• Manage the analog/digital signature process of contracts;
• Maintain up-to date contract repository;
• Preparation and presentation of status, decision points and results to Senior Management;
• Develops and implements new reports in its area in order to address the business needs;
• Acts as an interface with external/ internal clients with regards to new processes and reports.

What you bring

• Higher education degree in IT (business informatics), economics, law or comparable qualification / equivalent practical experience;
• 8-10 years (International) working experience in contract management or comparable areas and ease in working in a diverse and multicultural environment required; experience in a IT Shared Services and Outsourcing environment advantageous;
• Very good communication and relationship building skills, especially with senior internal and external stakeholders, convincing oral and written communication with business fluent levels of English (German nice to have);
• Ability to shape contracts and understand important influences such as HR related, legal, taxation, and accounting; very good analytic skills, needed for the preparation of standardized contract documents including SLAs, OLA, business cases, and financial engineering models;
• Strong team player with high assertiveness and ability to work under pressure (with limited guidance) with high levels of motivation, resilience and flexibility;
• Certification in contract and commercial management, e.g. World Commerce & Contracting (formerly known as IACCM).
• Analytical and customer oriented mindset, with a genuine interest in technology, digital transformation, and innovation (e.g. IT, automation, or GenAI).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.
  
  

You have

• Ability to work independently and solve complex problems based on multiple sources of information;
• Assertive with the ability to communicate and negotiate with a diverse stakeholder group;
• Team player with proven ability to collaborate with immediate team, customers and other organizational areas and departments;
• Exposure to working on a global level across diverse cultures and geographies;
• Sound and comprehensive communications skills to exchange information;
• Competence to manage tasks in demanding and unfamiliar situations with problem solving skills based on practice and precedent.