Lifecycle Project Manager

Key responsibilities

The Lifecycle Project Manager is a role within the Workplace Infrastructure and Lifecycle Management team, responsible for strategically overseeing and executing all aspects of lifecycle management, including detox, vulnerability management, and decommissioning of legacy systems within the organization.

This role involves strategic planning, coordination, and implementation of projects aimed at retiring outdated technologies, mitigating vulnerabilities, and optimizing IT infrastructure. The Lifecycle Project Manager also identifies potential business cases for system transformation and supports the creation of these cases to ensure alignment with organizational goals.

This position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure comprehensive lifecycle management strategies are effectively integrated and executed across the organization.

As a Lifecycle Project Manager, you are in charge of the following responsibilities:

• Support strategic transformation initiatives by leading the creation and evaluation of business cases for legacy system decommissioning, emphasizing benefits, costs, and other critical factors.
• The Lifecycle Project Manager's work includes aligning project scope and targets with the lifecycle aspects of IT assets, considering end-of-life components and vulnerabilities to ensure optimization of the organization's technology infrastructure.
• This role ensures that the lifecycle management requirements are prioritized and integrated into the annual project plan and works closely with Workplace, Infrastructure and Lifecycle Management (WILM) and Line of Business (LoB) demand managers for full integration within the project portfolio.
• Ensure the delivery of the agreed project scope, develop and implement comprehensive project plans for legacy system decommissioning. Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
• Assess risks associated with projects, develop mitigation strategies, and report these risks to management and stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
• Engage closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, business units, and external vendors. Communicate project progress, challenges, and solutions effectively to all stakeholders, and facilitate workshops and meetings to gather requirements and align on project goals.
• Coordinate resources and activities to ensure timely and efficient project execution.
• Track project milestones and deliverables, ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets. Provide regular updates and reports to management on project status and outcomes.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements in system decommissioning. 

What you bring 

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field.
• Proven experience in project management, particularly in IT system decommissioning or migration.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in strategic planning and business case development.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent is preferred.
• Proficient in project management software and tools.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks effectively
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support integration of AI capabilities in cross-LOB IT projects.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with change management and stakeholder engagement.
  
  
  What we offer  

Our employees play an integral part in our success as a business. We appreciate that each of our employees are unique and have unique needs, ambitions and we enjoy being a part of their journey

We are there to empower and encourage you with your personal and professional development ensuring  that you take control by offering a large variety of courses and targeted development programs.

All that in a global environment where international mobility and career progression are encouraged. Caring for your health and wellbeing is key priority for us. This is why we build Work Well programs to providing you with peace of mind and give the flexibility in planning and arranging for a better work-life balance. 

74780 | Project Management | Professional | Allianz Partners | Full-Time | Permanent

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

Note: Diversity of minds 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 encourages its employees to have motivation in gaining varied skills from different positions and to collect experiences from across Allianz Group.