Head of Data Management(m/f/d)

98780 | Finance & Accounting | Management | Allianz Executive | Allianz Services | Full-Time | Permanent

Allianz Services is proud to serve and be part of Allianz Group, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers. Our global footprint, with more than 8,800 employees located across ten countries and four continents, enables us to unlock value for our partners across the insurance value chain and deliver superior client experience within Allianz Group. At Allianz Services, we have a strong specialization in core insurance operations, shared services, business analytics, engineering, and management consulting. Our people and our trusted relationships with partners are what matter most. These are rooted in our values of compassion, integrity, and expertise and we strive to continuously evolve, improve, and deliver excellence while contributing successfully to the transformation of Allianz. Caring actively for the environment, for people, and for our customers is what makes us a great place to work and together we are shaping a better and more caring tomorrow.

Allianz Services is a company which belongs to the legal entity, Allianz Technology SE.   

Role Overview

The Head of Data Management is the global executive leader responsible for building and governing the Finance data architecture required to enable a digital, automated, and AI-powered Finance function. This includes establishing enterprise-grade data governance, ensuring master and reference data consistency, and enabling the data foundations needed for analytics, automation, machine learning, and GenAI-driven use cases across Finance.

What you do

1.Finance Data Strategy, Governance & AI Readiness

• Define the global Finance data strategy incorporating AI-readiness and GenAI guardrails.
• Establish policies, ownership models, and controls enabling responsible and compliant use of AI-driven capabilities.
• Drive the definition of master data, reference data, and semantic data layers optimizing AI/ML consumption.
• Lead global governance forums ensuring transparency, accountability, and data stewardship across all Finance entities.

2. Data Architecture & Digital Platform Enablement

• Shape the Finance data architecture powering S/4HANA, cloud data lakes, analytics platforms, and AI/GenAI accelerators.
• Partner with Technology and Group Data to ensure alignment with enterprise data models and AI platform strategy.
• Define data integration patterns, feature pipelines, and strategies for structured/unstructured data supporting automation and intelligent workflows.
• Ensure Finance data is accessible and fit for AI-enabled decision support, smart reconciliations, automated controls, and GenAI content generation.

3. Data Quality, Controls, Compliance & AI Safety

• Implement a data quality framework with automated checks, ML-based anomaly detection, and risk scoring.
• Ensure data lineage, auditability, and explain ability to support regulatory, audit, and AI governance requirements.
• Oversee secure data handling and access controls aligned with GenAI usage policies.
• Ensure Finance data meets IFRS, Solvency II, internal controls, and emerging AI regulatory standards.

4. AI, GenAI & Advanced Analytics Enablement

• Identify AI/ML and GenAI opportunities across Finance, such as automated narratives and predictive forecasting.
• Enable creation of Finance-specific GenAI knowledge bases, semantic search, and RAG architectures.
• Build data assets and metadata structures optimized for AI/GenAI model training, fine-tuning, and safe deployment.
• Promote self-service analytics, AI copilots, and automation tools backed by governed data.

5. Capability Building & Organizational Data Literacy

• Drive Finance-wide data literacy, upskilling teams on data governance, AI safety, and responsible GenAI usage.
• Foster a culture of data ownership, transparency, and innovation around AI and analytics.
• Support transformation rollouts by ensuring teams are AI-ready and able to leverage data-driven capabilities.
   

What you bring

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Finance data management, enterprise data governance, or large-scale AI-enabled transformation.
• Strong expertise in Finance data structures, S/4HANA master data, data lakes, and integration patterns.
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML platforms, GenAI architectures, and enterprise AI governance frameworks.
• Deep familiarity with DAMA, metadata management, lineage, cataloging, and cloud data architectures.
• Proven leadership in implementing global data standards in complex organizations.
• Strong communication skills to translate advanced AI/data concepts into business impacts for senior executives.
• We highly welcome candidates with a genuine interest and affinity for Information Technology (IT) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), as these attributes are considered valuable assets to our team.

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.

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.

We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions.

Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future – for our customers and for 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. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural Internal 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: Diversity of minds is an integral part of Allianz’ company culture. One means to achieve diverse teams 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.

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