Service Portfolio Manager

About the job

The Portfolio Manager is responsible for assessing, managing and reporting a portfolio of projects or services and assesses strategic business alignment, manages evaluation of demand, prioritisation and approval of projects/services. He/She monitors portfolio performance including risks and dependencies and ensures appropriate reporting. He/She ensures the accurate decision making preparation and ensures proper stakeholder communication. The Portfolio Manager provides procedural guidance to all involved stakeholders and is responsible of establishing and maintaining a framework and methodology for portfolio management. 

What you do 

•  Identifies, evaluates and selects projects or services, based on business strategy and requested approvals
• Plans and executes the pipeline, reviews funding and planned amortization 
• Plans, monitors, controls and reports portfolio performance, portfolio risk and escalates issues if necessary, initiates corrective action and/or recommendations 
• Resolves and/or prepares resolution of inter-portfolio dependencies and risks from a strategic perspective and in a business continuity context 
• Ensures the accurate decision making preparation, prioritzation and stakeholder communication on senior management level 
• Establishes and maintains a framework and methodology (a governance body of policies and procedures) for project/service portfolio management within the organization 
• Advises project managers, service owners, stakeholders and actively clarifies the process guidelines/ supports them along the approval process and reporting lifecycle 

What you bring

• Applying strategic, analytical and sustainable thinking and problem solving capabilities 
• Possessing assertiveness and conflict management skills 
• Experienced in organizational transformation and change management 
• Knowledge of relevant products / services, as well as internal standards, processes, rules and procedures (e.g. NBM/CBM) 
• Understanding of risk management, quality management and delivery management 
• Living the four Allianz People Attributes: Customer & Market Excellence, Collaborative Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Trust 
• Basic knowledge in AI technologies, principles and their practical use

 What we offer

• 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.

102262 | Operations | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform and innovate the infrastructure, applications and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

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 strong inclusive culture that encourages people to speak their minds, get involved and question the status quo. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and 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 race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

To Recruitment Agencies

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.