Innovation Experience Technologist - R&D Center Europe (m/f/d)

About the Job

The Innovation Experience Technologist is a senior role within the R&D (Research & Development) Center Europe at Allianz Technology. You design and maintain immersive technology experiences that inspire visitors and demonstrate the art of the possible — blending deep IT expertise with creative experience design to turn the R&D Center into a dynamic, showroom-like innovation environment.

What you do:

• Design, build, and continuously evolve immersive technology showcases integrating AI, AR/VR, robotics, and other emerging technologies into interactive visitor experiences.
• Monitor technology trends and act as the R&D Center's technology scout — rapidly prototyping and testing new concepts for compelling demonstrations.
• Manage the R&D Center's Content Management System (CMS) and full technical infrastructure, including hardware, software, and network operations for all installations.
• Define the R&D Center's showcase strategy in collaboration with leadership, ensuring alignment with company priorities and innovation opportunities.
• Engage with technology vendors, startups, and academic partners to evaluate and integrate cutting-edge tools and ideas.
• Bridge complex technologies and visitor understanding — gathering feedback and continuously refining experiences to maximize engagement.
• Identify opportunities to scale successful showcase concepts into broader business applications or customer-facing solutions.
• Document technical specifications, user guides, and operational procedures for all showcases and installations.

What you bring:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in IT, software engineering, systems integration, or technology implementation.
• Strong technical knowledge across emerging technology domains including AI/ML, AR/VR, cloud platforms, and mobile technologies; programming and scripting capabilities to build prototypes.
• Proven ability to design engaging, interactive experiences that make complex technologies accessible — portfolio of successful technology experience projects is a plus.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with resilience and creativity to drive projects independently from concept to completion.
• Continuous learning attitude — passionate about staying ahead of technology trends and active in innovation communities.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive visitors.
• Willingness to work predominantly on-site at the Allianz Campus in Unterföhring; strong alignment with global R&D Center locations.
• Fluent English required; German language skills are a plus.

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.

97701 | Project Management | 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 centers, 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 Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment for everyone. We embrace individuals of all gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, ages, nationalities, religions, disabilities, and philosophies of life. Ultimately, our greatest strength as a company lies in the unique skills, experiences, and backgrounds our employees contribute.

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.