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Overall Objectives of Job

• The role ensures that a high volume of changes and large releases are planned, approved, and delivered in a controlled, auditable, and disruption-free manner.
• Acts as a bridge between development teams, product owners, and operations, ensuring smooth communication and collaboration.
• Manages a complex and heterogeneous platform that spans multiple instances serving central, global, local, and regional needs.
• Oversees systems that include legacy components while driving the transition to DevOps and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Balances regulatory discipline with a focus on automation and modern delivery practices to enhance efficiency and performance.
• Lead and optimize end-to-end software release processes using AI-driven insights, automation, and risk management to ensure reliable, efficient, and high-quality product deployments.

Qualification & Experience:

• 3–5 years in release and/or change management within large, complex enterprise IT environments.
• Experience managing change in a highly regulated industry (financial services, insurance, banking, or similar)
• Hands-on experience with One Identity or a comparable enterprise IAM platform.
• Strong working knowledge of ServiceNow ITSM, particularly Change & Release modules and CAB workflows.
• Practical understanding of Segregation of Duties (SoD) and how to operationalize controls.
• Comfort operating in a complex, multi-instance environment with legacy systems, while supporting a move toward modern delivery.
• Strong customer-service mindset and the ability to balance operational reality with development ambition.
• Proven ability to coordinate across development, product, and operations functions in globally distributed teams.

Your benefits

·        We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad

·        We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location)

·        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

·        Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach

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 11,000 employees located in 20 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

D&I statement

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the working environment. We are interested in your strengths and experience. We welcome all applications from all people regardless of gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, age, nationality, religion, disability, or philosophy of life

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