Delivery Manager (Technical Lead)

Role Purpose 

The Delivery Manager is the technical authority for a product or platform team within Allianz Technology. This role combines hands-on software engineering with architectural decision-making and technical mentorship, ensuring that solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with the Allianz Group Architecture Blueprint. Operating within every framework - Delivery Manager drives engineering excellence from design through deployment, working closely with Product Owners, Architects, and Operations to deliver high-quality, production-ready IT services in accordance with ITIL v4 Software Development & Management practice. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Own the technical vision and architectural decisions for the assigned product, platform, or service, ensuring alignment with Allianz Enterprise Architecture standards, security policies, and cloud strategy (Azure/AWS). 

• Support and mentor a squad of software engineers (onshore/offshore), conducting code reviews, pair programming, and technical coaching to elevate team capabilities. 

• Define and enforce coding standards, design patterns, branching strategies, and documentation practices; serve as the final escalation point for technical disputes. 

• Translate business requirements and epics into technical designs, solution architectures, and implementation plans in collaboration with Product Owners and Solution Architects. 

• Actively contribute to hands-on development (minimum 40% coding time), maintaining deep technical credibility across the team’s technology stack (e.g., Java/Spring Boot, Angular/React, Python, Microservices, API-first design). 

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines, automated build/test/deploy processes, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) to support DevOps practices and accelerate delivery velocity. 

• Ensure non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, resilience, security, observability) are embedded in design and validated before production deployment. 

• Collaborate with Release Management and Change Enablement to ensure smooth, low-risk deployments; participate in CAB reviews for high-impact changes. 

• Manage technical debt backlog: identify, quantify, prioritise, and systematically address architectural and code-level debt in alignment with Product Owner priorities. 

• Conduct and participate in architecture reviews, threat modelling, and security assessments; ensure compliance with Allianz Information Security policies and OWASP best practices. 

• Contribute to incident resolution as Tier 3 support, performing root cause analysis and implementing permanent fixes in alignment with Problem Management. 

• Drive continual improvement through engineering metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, MTTR), retrospectives, and community of practice participation. 

Required Qualifications & Experience 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience. 

• 7+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years in a Tech Lead, Principal Engineer, or Staff Engineer role within enterprise-scale environments. 

• Deep expertise in at least two of: Java/Kotlin, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, C#/.NET, with full-stack delivery capability. 

• Strong experience with cloud-native architecture (Azure preferred, AWS acceptable): containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), serverless, event-driven architectures, and PaaS/SaaS integration. 

• Demonstrated track record with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, ARM/Bicep). 

• ITIL v4 Foundation certification required; experience with ITIL Change Enablement, Release Management, and Deployment Management practices. 

• Professional certifications valued: Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or equivalent. 

• Experience in insurance, banking, or financial services IT is strongly preferred; familiarity with regulatory requirements (Solvency II, DORA, GDPR) is a plus. 

• Strong Agile/SAFe experience (CSM, PSM, or SAFe Agilist preferred); comfortable facilitating sprint ceremonies and backlog refinement. 

• Excellent communication skills; ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership. 

• Fluent English required 

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.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centers, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment for everyone. We embrace individuals of all gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, ages, nationalities, religions, disabilities, and philosophies of life. Ultimately, our greatest strength as a company lies in the unique skills, experiences, and backgrounds our employees contribute.

To Recruitment Agencies

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.