Project Management – Vertical Lead / IT Delivery Lead — Job Description

Role Overview

The Vertical Lead / IT Delivery Lead oversees complex, multi-team IT delivery programs, ensuring roadmap execution, operational excellence, governance, and alignment with business outcomes. The role owns delivery pipelines, release trains, stakeholder communication, leading people and performance management while driving innovation, compliance, and continuous improvement across squads.

Experience

• 12+ years in IT delivery/program management.
• 7+ years leading multi-team or multi‑squad delivery programs.
• Strong stakeholder management across business, technology, and vendor ecosystems.
• Proven Agile/SAFe delivery experience; distributed team leadership in global environments.
• Hands‑on experience with change/release management and operational governance.
• An expert in leading people from different locations and doing their performance management

Key Responsibilities

• Own delivery pipeline, release trains, dependency mapping, and roadmap execution.
• Align with global functional/technology leads on strategy, OKRs, and business outcomes.
• Manage financials including budgeting, forecasting, cost optimization, and vendor relations.
• Build and lead high-performing delivery teams; drive capability uplift and coaching culture.
• Establish governance with KPIs/OKRs, delivery dashboards, and compliance/audit readiness.
• Ensure cross-squad synchronization, risk/issue resolution, and technology alignment.
• Drive reuse, standardization, and process excellence across programs.
• Oversee change/release management, post-release validations, and production readiness.

Skills & Experience

• Proficient in Jira/Confluence, MS Project, and ITSM platforms (ITIL/ServiceNow).
• CI/CD awareness and cloud fundamentals for modern delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of governance models, KPIs/OKRs, and delivery metrics.
• Security and regulatory compliance exposure in enterprise settings.
• Performance‑first mindset with focus on predictability and delivery excellence.
• Experience in using AI tools in day-to-day activities.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience in insurance/financial services domain.
• Exposure to automation, DevOps maturity models, and cloud transformations.

Soft Skills & Leadership Behaviors

• Strong leadership presence and ability to influence without authority.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills.
• Team-building, coaching, conflict resolution, and decision-making under ambiguity.
• Culture builder focused on innovation, continuous improvement, and accountability.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in technology or related field.
• MBA preferred.
• Certifications: PMP/PRINCE2, SAFe/PMI-ACP/CSM, ITIL Foundation.

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.