IT Technical Manager - DevOps

The IT Technical Manager, DevOps is responsible for leading an IT capability, product or service delivery function. This position will be responsible for driving innovation and efficiency through cloud technologies, DevOps practices, Agile methodologies, and product ownership.  Responsible for ensuring the overall success of large to complex projects, enhancements and production support through direction, coordination and oversight of a local or global team of employees and professional services. This role will be accountable for maximizing the customer value while being accountable for creating and prioritizing the backlog.  Establish and maintain a close working relationship with stakeholders across many businesses ensuring best practices, policies, procedures and tools meet the needs of the customers. Focus on effective time management, delegation, and clear communication to achieve optimized solution delivery across teams.

What you do:

• Lead and mentor a talented IT Engineering Team fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning and innovation to drive process improvement and automation. 
• Implement and refine DevOps practices to streamline development while improving the delivery of services to support out application platforms. Enhance CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment of applications improving frequency and reliability of deployments to production. 
• Process improvement – Continuously evaluate and improve DevOps processes, incorporating feedback and adopting standard tools to optimize efficiency. Utilize automation to move repetitive tasks around code deployment and provisioning to increase efficiency and reduce human error. 
• Delivery - Deliver projects, solutions and IT services in support of approved business and technology driven portfolios of work. Deliver solutions that meet functional requirements, meet delivery schedules, within cost projections and are of high quality. Able to prepare and present IT solution recommendations, status updates and business value propositions to the highest levels of business and IT leadership. Ability to demonstrate big picture and strategic thinking as the business evolves.
• Platform Services and Capabilities – Develop and execute IT Strategies aligned with Business objectives, focus on cloud adoption, DevOps practices and Agile Delivery. 
• Business of IT - Leverage multi-vendor relationships and ensure high performing vendor deliveries. Collaborate with and actively support other IT functions to ensure overall IT success. Understand IT industry best practices, standards and resources to ensure continuous optimization of IT delivery effectiveness. Ensure overall success of IT delivery and meet customer expectations. Effectively guide team while maintaining appropriate technical aptitude.
• Plan future - Interact with IT and business leadership to contribute to the IT strategic plan, project portfolio plans, department, and team goals that contribute to the success of Allianz and IT. Ensure necessary level of professional and technical knowledge of team. Seek innovative approaches and viable opportunities for business growth.

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years’ experience required: Cloud, DevOps and Leading Product Teams focused on delivering value to our customers
• 5+ years of combined time leading teams as product owner or platform leader

Preferred:

• Advanced degree

Locations:

• 3 days/week hybrid in Minneapolis, MN 

What we offer:

We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working.

We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes health insurance, company bonus scheme, 401(K) with company match, company paid holidays, paid time off, paid volunteer days, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, an employee shares program and employee discounts 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.

The annualized base pay range for this role is $130,000-170,000. The annual base salary range represents a nationwide market range. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role, and the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate. The base pay is just one component of the ATA total compensation package. As part of our comprehensive compensation and highly rated benefits programs, ATA also offers eligibility for an incentive-based annual bonus.

About Allianz Technology:

Allianz Technology is the global IT service provider for Allianz and delivers IT solutions that drive the digitalization of the Group. With more than 12,000 employees located in 51 countries around the globe, Allianz Technology works together with other Allianz entities in pioneering the digitalization of the financial services industry.

We oversee the full digitalization spectrum – from one of the industry’s largest IT infrastructure projects that includes data centers, networking and security, to application platforms that span from workplace services to digital interaction. In short, we deliver full-scale, end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age.

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 a diverse and 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.

Join us. Let´s care for tomorrow.

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