Senior Project Manager_2417

Overall Objectives of Job

• Experience in addressing and solving complex problems, and strategic business development.
• Experience in Software development lifecycle and Project management for large & complex applications.
• Demonstrate influencing skills and the ability to lead without formal authority, within a cross functional and regulated environment.
• Excellent Communication skills – verbal & written, to translate aspects to non-technical audiences.
• Responsible for the development, implementation, planning & prioritization of features within the product area. Interface with other engineering teams within/outside, to develop actionable plans for the launch needs of the feature within product area.
• Understanding of information security practices and ensuring team follows it
• Participate in estimation, project reviews, approvals, and ensure the appropriate and relevant level of quality is in place for all phases of projects.
• Release readiness review meetings, Business Go/No-Go decision meetings & reviews, Milestone tracking and reviews.
• Establish the programs and projects for the team to plan and execute in order for the product area to be successful at scale.
• Ensure projects have requirements documented and agreed to ensure that project activity meets agreed project objectives
• Produce agreed levels of Portfolio reporting on all projects being delivered, including progress, problems & resolutions; with stakeholders & leadership meetings/calls. Track and reports project KPIs – Ramp-up Indicators, Operational & Efficiency KPIs and Financial KPIs.
• Engage with Program leads, Portfolio owners, to streamline the processes, simplify the execution with actionable plans, on time releases, bring in tools for improving efficiency, help the teams engaged within execution.
• Develop and deliver strategic plans for executive audiences.
• Manage medium to large programs, involving cross functional team (distributed), and also leading external vendors/contracts in the execution of a program.
• Evaluate the project for opportunities to improve performances, continuously monitoring risk and mitigating as appropriate.
• Build key relationships with team members, customers and suppliers as needed to execute the programs.
• Provide leadership, strategy & vision in areas of technology development to facilitate and enable growth & business agility.
• Expert in agile/scrum principles and methodology.
• Drive the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, Remove impediments and foster self-management. Apply expert judgment to the removal of impediments, Keep teams focused and Deliver success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.
• Proficiently organize and facilitate Scrum events, Maintains Scrum artifacts & Manage Scrum Boards (Jira). Managing cross functional dependencies across multiple teams by conducting Scrum of Scrums / dependencies meetings and align on the release window cycles across cross functional teams.
• Efficient organizer, motivator, team player and a decisive leader with the ability to motivate teams to excel and win. Empower teams through a focus on constructive retrospectives and incorporate learnings from retrospectives.
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress and other agile metrics.
• Ensure successful Delivery & Transition of complex projects with geographically distributed stakeholders, through Collaboration, Proper Planning, Timely Communication, Risk and Resource management.
• Experienced in Guiding, coaching and delegating tasks and responsibilities within project teams. Articulate project goals & scope, Translate the business needs to technical terms, Prepare detailed work break down, share the responsibility & accountability for achieving project milestones.
• Communicate with other management, engineers, product managers and support specialists on product issues.
• Monitoring project progress & outstanding issues and ensuring quality & timeliness of deliverables; extending post-implementation support to team members by identifying defects, questionable functions & errors.
• Ensuring team collaboration & working co-operatively to achieve a common goal.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Project Management / Scrum Management
• Adhere to SDLC standards and processes
• Demonstrating Allianz Leadership qualities of mutual trust and respect.
• Co-operate with and actively contribute to the health and safety of themselves and others within the workplace.

Qualification, Experience, Technical and Functional Skills

Qualification

• Bachelors or Masters degree of engineering or Science

Technical:

• Total  7 to 14 years’ experience
• Experience in project management
• Strong people management skills and experience
• Experience in managing Cloud technologies
• Experience in working in Agile (Scrum) methodology
• Strong collaboration, teamwork and team management skills with the ability to work in a cross-functional environment as well as work independently.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills : English
• Provide leadership to development team
• Vendor, Client Management

Functional

• Experience of working in Insurance  domain  is an advantage.

Key Competencies

Functional

• Project Management / Scrum Master
• demonstrated responsiveness and accuracy
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills
• People Manager

Behaviours

• Take Ownership & Accountability
• Assertiveness & Persuasiveness

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. 

Join us. 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.