Project Portfolio Management Manager

Position Summary

Project Portfolio Management Manager ensures that Request Management, Project/ Program/ Portfolio Management, Resource Management, and Time Booking processes are standardized and harmonized into one consistent flow and tool landscape, in order to effectively fulfill customer and internal requests.

Key Responsibilities

• Single point of contact for the management of PPM utility in the APAC region.
• This role will front the onboarding of APAC resources & projects into PPM, participate in analysing APAC IT portfolios and project status, review resource utilization, improving quality, and help to reduce project-related risk. 
• Work with Head of IT, Finance and Business OE to ensure timecard are billed on timely manner every month
• Key Activity for 2026 is to align PPM activities with New Ways of Working (WoW) – Portfolio Creation, Migration to Boost, and Maintenance and Reporting in Boost
• Manages the resource and project onboarding within PPM. These warrants obtaining the resources and project details in a structured way, capturing the same within PPM promptly, and coordinating with PPM support teams to resolve issues if any.
• This role would also be responsible for PPM operations covering the following:
• Downstream data integration to SAP finance systems.
• Timely generation of APAC portfolio status, resource utilization, and reports in support of governance meetings.
• Identify and develop dashboards and reports for the ease of operations, and will own continuous improvement plans for the PPM system. 
• Support portfolio governance covering monthly, quarterly, and annual reviews. This should include project status, benefits, and financials.
• As part of the PMO team, moderate delivery related risk. Track, analyse, and forecast FTE and consultant spend and trends.
• Manage the standardization of PPM tools and processes in alignment with Allianz standards.
• Cover Service Portfolio Management and ensure have good understanding in ITSM (IT service Management)

Key Requirements

• Degree in information technology or other comparable technical qualification
• 7 years of prior experience in managing PPM in a complex multinational environment and program/project management experience are required. . The candidate should have good exposure to PPM modules and its associated operational needs.   
• Good understanding in ITIL framework
• Able to work with senior stakeholder such as CEO, COO, Global Capability Leaders
• Strong experience in managing project financials, demand management, changes management, managing distributed teams, KPI tracking, and reporting alignment within a complex matrix organization would be advantageous. 
• Candidate should have strong exposure to MS excel based data analysis, presentation using MS PowerPoint, and usage of project management tools.
• Has a strong exposure to the functioning of the program management office, standardization of processes, tools, and associated governance.
• Goal-oriented self-starter with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experienced in managing multi-cultural and geographical dispersed teams through both direct and influence management.
• Customer-centric mindset; Transparent & fact-based collaboration.
• Candidate should have demonstratable experience using AGILE, DevOps, and Waterfall based development methods.

Nice to have skill set

• 10 years of PMO experience supporting an insurance IT function or a Shared services / Service Provider organization would be preferred.

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. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and 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. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust. 

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. 

Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow. 

Note: Having different strengths, experiences, perspectives and approaches is an integral part of Allianz‘ company culture. One means to achieve this is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.