Senior Transformation Manager (m/w/d)

Allianz Commercial; Münchenbernsdorf; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor program

Buddy program

Global welcome event

Continuous learning opportunities

Flexible remote/office model

Company pension

Job summary

Allianz is seeking a Senior Transformation Manager (m/f/d) to join our Transformation team in Munich. You will shape strategic digital initiatives, drive execution, and influence cross‑functional outcomes across the organization.

With strong mentorship and strategic thinking, you will lead complex transformation projects, manage stakeholders, and oversee adoption of new tools and processes. A Master’s degree and 6–8 years of relevant experience are expected.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required; PMP is advantageous.
• 6–8 years of relevant transformation experience.
• Proven success managing complex projects with limited supervision.
• Mentorship capability and junior staff oversight.
• Strong strategic thinking aligning initiatives with goals.
• Ability to drive transformative solutions and innovation.
• Excellent project management and stakeholder skills.
• Solid change-management expertise and adoption leadership.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify opportunities and lead change-management efforts.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets; report progress and risks.
• Lead tasks and projects with minimal supervision and escalate when needed.
• Oversee implementation of digital tools and process improvements with long-term adoption.
• Monitor transformation performance and link results to KPIs.
• Introduce transformative ideas aligned with business strategy and drive innovation.
• Influence peers and junior colleagues, shaping standards and best practices.
• Stay informed about industry trends to continuously enhance the transformation roadmap.

Skills

Leadership

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Change management

Strategic thinking

Education

Master's degree in Business Administration / IT

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Transformation Manager (m/f/d) to join our Transformation team at the earliest possible date, based in Munich. The Senior Transformation Manager (m/f/d) plays a significant role in advancing the firm's digital transformation program by shaping initiatives, driving execution, and influencing cross-functional outcomes.

You demonstrate established mentorship, strategic alignment, and the ability to introduce transformative ideas with precise execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify transformation opportunities, prioritize initiatives, and lead change-management efforts.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets; independently communicate progress and risks to stakeholders.
• Lead complex tasks, projects, and issues with minimal day‑to‑day management, escalating only when necessary.
• Oversee implementation of digital tools and process improvements, ensuring operational alignment, rigorous testing, and long-term adoption.
• Monitor and evaluate transformation initiative performance through data-driven analysis, linking results to business KPIs.
• Introduce transformative ideas, ensuring alignment with business strategy and driving innovation within the function.
• Influence peers and junior colleagues, shaping standards and best practices within the team.
• Act as a subject‑matter contributor, staying informed about industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance the transformation roadmap.

Key Requirements

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or related field.

• Professional certifications such as PMP are advantageous.
• 6-8 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated success managing complex transformation projects with limited supervision.
• Established mentorship capability, occasionally including oversight of junior staff.
• Strong strategic thinking that aligns initiatives with broader organizational goals.
• Ability to introduce transformative solutions and drive innovation.
• Highly developed project management skills with minimal supervisory needs.
• Experienced understanding of the business line, firm, and specialized discipline.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to influence both peers and junior colleagues.
• Solid change‑management expertise with proven ability to lead adoption.

Benefits

• Onboarding: A mentor, a buddy program and a global welcome event will help you getting started.

• Learning: A large portfolio of continuous learning opportunities will help you staying relevant in your current role and growing into future workplace demands.
• Working place: An open and international working environment with a diverse and inclusive culture will inspire your everyday work. A working model which balances remote and office based work will give you the flexibility to organize the way you work.
• Benefits: A company pension scheme, well‑being initiatives, sports offers and other local benefits will allow you achieving a positive work life balance.

A leading global real estate investor and manager, PIMCO Prime Real Estate is a PIMCO company and part of the PIMCO real estate platform, focusing on the Core and Core+ segments of the market and managing the Allianz Group’s $89B real estate mandate.

We manage a global investment portfolio $93.5B AUM, with an international team of over 455 employees working in 16 offices in Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the U.S.

PIMCO’s real estate platform is one of the largest and most diversified in the world, with $174B+in assets and a broad set of solutions that leverage decades of expertise across public and private equity and debt markets.

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 centre 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 background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Great to have you on board. Let’s care for tomorrow.