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Overall Objectives of the Job

The Demand & Requirements Manager (Workplace Services) manages the full lifecycle of workplace-related demands across intake, Requirements clarification, feasibility assessment, prioritization, quality-gate readiness, approvals, and handover to execution.

The role ensures accuracy, transparency, and timely progress in ServiceNow, aligns stakeholders and service owners, validates financials with commercial partners, and provides regular portfolio visibility through status reporting and dashboards.

The objective is to enable consistent, efficient delivery and operational stability across Workplace Services.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in IT or related fields.
• Minimum 4+ years in demand management, project management, business analysis, or ITSM processes.
• Strong understanding of IT Service Management (especially Service Operation and Service Transition).
• Experience collaborating with international, cross-functional teams across locations.
• Ability to work independently with ownership, prioritization, and structured documentation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable in fast-paced environments.
• Proficiency with ServiceNow and Microsoft Office 365.
• Preferred certifications: ITIL® 4 Foundation; PRINCE2® Foundation/Practitioner
• Basic AI knowledge is mandatory

Skills / Specific Tasks / Activities performed

Technical / Process

Manage end-to-end demand creation and lifecycle in ServiceNow, ensuring data accuracy and traceability

Validate Requirements against quality gates (scope, assumptions, dependencies, artifacts).

Coordinate feasibility and impact assessment with relevant service owners and SMEs

Ensure clear and accurate financial details in alignment with commercial/finance teams.

Maintain audit-ready documentation; prepare dashboards and portfolio status reports.

Functional / Domain

Clarify Demand objectives, acceptance criteria, and prioritization logic with stakeholders

Track Demands through approval forums and ensure timely decisions and handovers

Identify risks, dependencies, and resource constraints; escalate with clear context when needed.

Contribute to continuous improvement of Demand  & Requirements workflows and templates

Business / Client Engagement

Act as the structured interface for requestors; set expectations and SLAs for information readiness

Provide concise, periodic status updates and management reporting

Present Demands or support service owners with approval-meeting materials and context.

People Engagement

Use active listening and clear, respectful communication across locations and cultures.

Facilitate small working sessions to align stakeholders on scope and next steps

Build strong relationships with service teams and partners for smoother handovers

Administrative / Compliance

Maintain accurate records of decisions, approvals, and rationale for auditability

Adhere to governance, information security, and data protection requirements

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.