At Allianz Life, we are guided by our mission – we secure your future – and by our common goal of caring for tomorrow. We care for our employees by promoting an inclusive culture where everyone has the opportunity to grow and be rewarded for their success. We care for our customers by creating new products that help them protect their families and pursue their retirement goals. We care for our community by giving time, resources, and donations. And we care for the future by supporting sustainability, protecting the local environment, and promoting social equity.
Define and lead initiative level readiness and change management function and product portfolio management to ensure end-to-end coordination for initiatives. Partner with the Program manager and AVP, Readiness & Transformation to direct and lead all aspects of change management for the strategic initiatives. You will report to the AVP Product Readiness and Transformation.
You will have background in:
Readiness assessment: Lead end-to-end readiness capability across Operations, Distribution, Technology, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Reporting and other areas Leads to support major initiatives and programs. Manage the alignment of all functional areas to program goals, activities and deadlines. Conduct stakeholder and organizational readiness assessments to determine gaps in capabilities, resources and alignment. Collaborate with cross functional teams to evaluate business processes, system capabilities and training needs. Readiness planning and execution: Develop comprehensive readiness plans, including milestones, resource allocation and timelines. Coordinate training programs, pilots and simulation activities to validate organizational readiness. Stakeholder management: Build relationships across all levels of leadership to drive visibility, accountability and resolution of barriers. Lead readiness facilitation to help execute the end-to-end readiness activities, and ensure the process to approve the functional milestones are in place before capabilities are deployed into the marketplace. Risk identification and mitigation: Identify risks related to organizational readiness and create and drive mitigation strategies. Ensure issues are promptly escalated and resolved. Monitoring and reporting: Track readiness metrics, report progress to senior leadership and adjust plans as necessary to meet program goals. Provide timely reports to ensure program timelines remain on track. Dependency Management: Identify and manage dependencies between products, capabilities, and implementations within the Retirement Solutions Platform (RSP). Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address dependencies and optimize resource utilization for product and capability implementations. Identify collision points between products and facilitate resolution through and collaboration. Cultivate a culture of collaboration to address conflicts and ensure the smooth execution of initiatives across the RSP Cross functional collaboration: Work with teams including RSP, Pi, tech, Digital and operations to guide the successful execution of projects on the Retirement Solutions Platform. Foster a collaborative environment where teams work together seamlessly to achieve collective goals and deliver value to customers. Facilitate regular meetings and communication channels to ensure agreement and transparency across teams and partners
What you bring:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience Minimum of 10+ years' experience in product/portfolio management with a minimum of 8+ years' progressive leadership experience
What we Offer:
At Allianz Life, we’re proud to provide a benefits package that supports the True Balance of our employees and their families. We offer a choice of comprehensive medical and dental plan options, a g time off plan and an outstanding 401(k) company match. Plus, our employees enjoy an award-winning campus with an array of discounted amenities, including an onsite health center, child development center, fitness facility, convenience store and two cafeterias. Our employees and leaders take an active role in shaping our culture through our Employee Resource Groups, whose activities and advocacy contribute to an environment that celebrates diversity. Our great benefits, campus amenities and inclusive, engaged culture are among the many reasons we’re recognized as a top workplace employer.
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 diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We 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 ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
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