Principal Consultant - Allianz Services - Operational Risk and/or Resilience (m/f/d)

Allianz Services; Unterföhring; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Bonus scheme

Pension

Employee shares program

Job summary

Allianz Services is seeking a senior consultant to lead safeguarding engagements in operational risk management and resilience. You will guide projects, manage client relationships, and promote continuous learning within the team.

Fluency in English is essential; German is a plus. A hybrid work model with global collaboration and a focus on innovation, IT, and GenAI is offered to enable impactful client solutions.

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent experience required.
• Minimum 7+ years in safeguarding functions (operational risk management, resilience or project management).
• Experience in ERM/Operational Risk Management or Internal Risk & Controls Systems; knowledge of risk methodologies.
• Experience with risk assessments, monitoring, reporting, or testing controls is preferred.
• Proven track record in project management, change management, or business transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagements and client accounts, ensuring quality deliverables and milestones.
• Lead projects, manage workstreams, and guide consulting teams.
• Coordinate communications and timelines, aligning with Allianz strategic framework.
• Support business development and lead client pitches with Engagement Manager.
• Foster knowledge sharing and service development within safeguarding domains.
• Oversee internal Allianz Services projects and strategic development of the team.
• Collaborate with international clients and adapt communication to diverse audiences.

Skills

Strong communication

Excellent English

Project management

Agile mindset

Analytical thinking

Presentation skills

Client management

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Team leadership

Education

University degree or equivalent experience

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

GRC tools

Job description

130 years of trust, time to shape what's next. Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers - built on over a century of stability, expertise, and financial strength. Allianz Services is where that legacy meets the future. 8,200+ people. Eight countries. Three continents. We deliver specialized services to clients within Allianz Group, powered by AI, advanced analytics, and a mindset that refuses to stand still. From core insurance operations to engineering and consulting services, we reimagine how insurance works. What truly sets us apart are our people and the trusted partnerships we build, anchored in our values of expertise, integrity, and empowerment. We don't support the business. We shape it.

Role Overview

Our global service line (GSL) provides project and RUN services to Allianz entities. As an inhouse consulting team, we proactively advise our clients (entities) on strategic developments, leverage our internal knowledge of the organization and implement innovative solutions in the area of safeguarding. Our team focusses on projects and engagements in the domains of (1) operational risk management with focus on Non-Financial Risk Management (NFRM) and (2) resilience, which covers topics as Business Continuity Management, Incident Coordination, IT Service Continuity Management and others. If you are experienced in either operational risk or resilience and have a strong background in consulting or project management, the following responsibilities and tasks might interest you…

What You Do

• Lead engagements and accounts with clients and ensure quality of own and the team’s deliverables and milestone achievements
• Lead projects and engagements, manage workstreams and guide teams of consultants on projects
• Manage communications and project timelines, while providing advice for clients and linking the project and activities to the strategic framework of Allianz
• Take responsibility of business development and lead client pitches in collaboration with an Engagement Manager.
• Ensure continuous learning of the team and manage active knowledge sharing within your domain. Drive service development for safeguarding areas and create / follow leads for project and service opportunities
• Manage internal projects within Allianz Services, including internal knowledge sharing, team events, strategic development of the service and team, etc.
• Contribute to the day-to-day operations of the assigned tasks and support other consultants with expertise and strategic orientation

What You Bring

• University degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 7+ years of experience in safeguarding functions (e.g. operational risk management with focus on Non-financial risks, resilience, or project management).
• Relevant business experience on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Operational Risk Management or Internal Risk & Controls Systems which preferably includes designing and implementing risk & control frameworks, understanding risk methodologies. Alternatively, relevant business experience in Business Continuity Management, IT Service Continuity Management, Incident or Crisis coordination, or other resilience relevant areas.
• Experience in conducting risk assessments, monitoring, reporting, internal controls testing or implementing mitigation solutions is preferred.
• Proven track record and relevant experience in either project management, change management, business transformation or initiative development and implementation is a requirement.
• Experience with managing internal or external clients (consulting) and client focus is required.
• Great communication skills to communicating with a broad range of audiences and seniority levels in every international set up and excellent command in English to prepare and deliver presentations and reports (other languages are a plus). The ability to change communication and leadership style according to audiences or situations is desired.
• Solving problems mindset, experienced in agile and flexible approaches to manage unforeseen or uncertain situations, and a pronounced capacity for analytical thinking
• PowerPoint and Excel skills (can perform complex functions) are required and experience in other GRC tools are preferred.
• Working language is English, but German language skills are desired and a clear plus as many of our customers are based in Germany.
• 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

About Allianz

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.