AddressWho we are
Allianz is a global insurance company serving across 70 different countries, from the very first day you join our team you’ll know that your contributions are valued. We offer world class learning and career development opportunities, offer hybrid working and we celebrate an inclusive culture.
About the Role
In line with our Global strategy and purpose, we have an opportunity for a Programme Planner to join the UK Transformation Programme, the largest business Transformation Programme at Allianz, it's purpose to harmonize, simplify and scale Allianz assets across the entire Group to the benefit of OEs, employees and, ultimately, customers. This is a massive undertaking in every respect that puts Allianz at the forefront of industry innovation.
About the Role:
Key accountabilities:
- Creating and managing the UK Transformation Integrated Programme Plan, including all UK workstreams and alignment with Global build plans where necessary
- Driving the strategic and tactical development of dependent Jira activities that are required to fully implement effective Programme Planning outcomes
- Liaising with stakeholders to ensure adherence to their workstream plans, which will feed into the Integrated Programme Plan
- Tracking deliveries across the various Programme workstreams to identify and communicate impacts of plan changes on the critical delivery path. This includes identifying and communicating both financial and resourcing impacts that deviate from the original plan
- Proactively escalating and mitigating issues impacting the critical delivery path
- Creating a plan in an appropriate planning tool to fit the various tracking and reporting needs, as well as ensuring the format of plan is appropriate for the broad variety of stakeholders (e.g. SteerCo’s, Board Papers…)
- Supporting the creation of benefits realisation plan aligned to core delivery plan timelines
- Challenging and influencing the broad stakeholder groups across the UK and wider Programme
- Leading other members within the Programme Planning team of the TMO, specifically in relation to Jira/programme tooling
- Working closely with the rest of the TMO domains to deliver collective TMO outcomes and ensure plan priorities are clearly articulated and well understood by all.
Technical skills:
- Strong expertise in Jira and Confluence
- Project Management technical skills including organisation, governance, estimation, planning, scheduling, tracking, reporting and risk/issue management.
- Proficient in change management skills including communications and ability to effectively manage stakeholders up to board (C-suite level).
- Proficient in Project Management & Office tools such as MS Office Suite, MS Project and MS Excel.
- Experience:
- Planning experience in large scale Transformation Programmes with proven ability to manage integrated programme plans.
- Managing actions cross-function and cross-border from teams that successful planning outcomes are dependent on
- Owning and communicating integrated plan progress to Board level forums
- Planning across long term horizons and across multi-geographical teams.
- Previous experience of driving the Jira strategy across the programme and the wider business in alignment with the programme plan
- Planning in the context of external vendors and ensuring a holistic integrated plan aligning to vendor solutions.
- Experience of challenging senior stakeholders in event of plan deviation.
- Commercial insurance experience preferred
Qualifications:
- Professionally qualified within Project Management – APM PMQ, MAPM or PMI/equivalent preferred.
- Professionally qualified in Project, Programme or Portfolio Methodologies –minimum Practitioner Level in at least one of Prince2, Agile, MSP, MOP or equivalent
What We Will Offer You
This is an exciting time to join the Transformation Programme, we're in our 3rd year and writing the next chapter, which will revolutionise how we do business in the future. The expectation of the business is high, we work at pace and you'll be busy, however, this is a great opportunity to work with a highly talented team and showcase your expertise.
You'll combine working from home with working from our Guildford office (approx. 1 x a week)
Benefits
Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from, including, retail discounts, discounted insurance cover (upto 50%) and our newly launched ElectriX car purchase scheme, so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Annual performance related bonus
- Contributory pension scheme
- Excellent career and development opportunities
Our Ways of Working
Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.
Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.
Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.
Our Purpose and Values
We secure your future
Be Brave | With Heart | Everyone Counts | Inspiring Trust
Be Brave | With Heart | Everyone Counts | Inspiring Trust
Our purpose and values are more than just words on a website - they are the why and how of Allianz. They influence everything we do and guide us how to do it. Created by our people, for our people, they shape our culture, bring us together, and inspire us to be the best. Building an inclusive culture for us all to succeed.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Allianz, we value diversity and inclusion and back this up with our accreditations. Allianz is EDGE certified for gender inclusion, members of the Women in Finance Charter, a Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion members, signatories of Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter, and an Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.
We recognise the strength of neurodiversity in the workplace, and the far-reaching benefits of embracing a spectrum of thinking styles and innovative capabilities. We proudly welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, and can offer tailored adjustments to remove barriers and set you up for success in your career.
At Allianz, we encourage our people to advocate for what they need, we listen, and we act – this could include providing assistive technology, ergonomic specialist equipment, mentoring and coaching, or flexibility in the way you work, among a wide range other adjustments.
Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.
Job Level:
Professional
Location:
Guildford, ENG, GB, GU1 1DB
London, ENG, GB, EC3V 0HR
Area of Expertise:
Project Management
Unit:
Allianz UK
Employing Entity:
Allianz Management Services Ltd
Job Type:
Full-Time
Remote Job:
Hybrid working
Employment Type:
Permanent
ID:
42861
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