Protection & Resilience Specialist (m/f/x)
MADRID, M, ES, 28043
About us
The world around us is changing rapidly and so is the insurance industry. Now’s the right time to make a bold move and shape the future of insurance – this is Allianz Direct! As a pan-European online insurer of the Allianz Group, launched in 2019, Allianz Direct is on its mission to become the most customer-oriented and efficient insurer on the market. Allianz Direct is truly changing the face of insurance, in customer experience, and in technology, processes, people and culture.
An international team of business experts and engineers who live and breathe an agile way of working, are seeking to improve and change the way you do insurance. Driven by customer obsession and love for data, Allianz Direct strives for delivering an exceptional experience with a personal touch.
So, what makes Allianz Direct so unique? We believe in the power of simplicity and convenience and by doing so we have managed to set new standards when it comes to online insurance.
Job Purpose/Role
• Strengthen Allianz Direct’s overall resilience posture by supporting the development and continuous improvement of protection and resilience frameworks across the organization.
• Foster a proactive culture of risk awareness and preparedness, ensuring the organization is equipped to prevent, respond to, and recover from operational disruptions and security-related threats.
• Serve as a cross-functional partner to embed risk-informed protection and resilience practices into the organization’s core processes and governance structures.
Key Responsibilities
• Conduct structured risk assessments covering protective security and operational resilience risks impacting critical assets and operations.
• Support the conduct of operational threat assessments and drive the structured integration of their outcomes across protection and resilience domains, identifying appropriate mitigation, preparedness, and governance improvements.
• Design and utilize AI-driven tools and automation to improve the efficiency and accuracy of risk assessments, monitoring, and reporting processes.
• Support the Business Continuity Management lead in maintaining business impact analyses, continuity documentation, and testing activities, providing analytical and coordination support as required.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and periodic review of protective security measures and risk mitigation strategies.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Crisis Management and Emergency Response frameworks, enhancing preparedness and response capabilities and ensuring their alignment with broader protection and continuity arrangements.
• Conduct training and awareness initiatives related to protective security, crisis management, and emergency response, promoting preparedness and risk awareness across the organization.
• Support the coordination and documentation of exercises, simulations, and testing activities across business continuity, crisis management, and emergency response domains, contributing to the tracking of remediation actions and improvement measures.
• Maintain and update risk registers, mitigation plans, and governance documentation across protection and resilience domains.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment between security, risk, operational, and continuity strategies.
• Contribute to monitoring and reporting on the status of protection and resilience initiatives, providing structured input and recommendations for enhancements where needed.
• Stay informed of emerging technologies, including AI and automation, as well as industry best practices, emerging threats, and regulatory developments relevant to operational resilience and protective security.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Security Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in risk management, operational resilience, protective security, or related discipline.
• Experience conducting structured risk assessments and supporting mitigation planning.
• Exposure to business continuity processes (e.g., business impact analysis, continuity planning, testing).
• Familiarity with crisis management and emergency response governance frameworks.
• Knowledge of protective security principles and risk-based control design within a structured governance environment is preferred.
• Experience working in an international and highly regulated environment, ideally within the financial services sector.
• Familiarity with AI and automation tools for risk management, monitoring, and reporting.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks and develop effective mitigation strategies.
• Proficiency in professional business communication in English.
• Strong interpersonal skills, capable of working collaboratively across departments, stakeholders of different seniority, and external partners.
• Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic environment, manage competing priorities, and proactively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Professional certification in Risk Management, Security, or Business Continuity Management (e.g., ISO 31000, ISO 22301, CBCP, MBCI, or equivalent security certifications) is desirable.
93580 | Risk Management | Professional | | Allianz Direct | Full-Time |
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.
We at Allianz believe in an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
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 diverse teams 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.
