AI Engineering Manager – Applied AI & Conversational Systems

Allianz Partners; Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Allianz Partners is seeking an Engineering Manager (AI) within Advanced Analytics to lead AI engineering teams delivering agent-based and voice AI services integrated with insurance products.

You will own people management, performance, hiring, resourcing, and delivery leadership, while senior engineers set technical direction. The role requires coordinating with governance, backend, and frontend teams in a regulated industry.

Qualifications

• 8+ years engineering experience with at least 3 years in people-management leading applied AI or conversational AI delivery teams.
• Track record managing 6 to 15 engineers across two or more teams or specialisations such as ML engineering or conversational/voice AI.
• Strong technical literacy in the AI stack to mentor but not override lead engineers; includes LLM-based agent systems and NLU/NLP design.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow the AI teams: hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and 1:1s for ML/AI engineers and related roles.
• Balance capacity across agent and voice surfaces and coordinate with senior leadership on team sizing and skill mix.
• Coordinate with backend/frontend teams and governance to ensure compliant, production-ready AI services.

Skills

People management

AI engineering leadership

Applied AI

LLM agent systems

Voice AI platforms

Kubernetes production

Structured hiring

Performance management

Tools

Kubernetes

API design

Observability

Job description

Allianz Partners is seeking an Engineering Manager (AI) within Advanced Analytics to lead AI engineering teams delivering agent-based and voice AI services integrated with insurance products.

You will own people management, performance, hiring, resourcing, and delivery leadership, while senior engineers set technical direction. The role requires coordinating with governance, backend, and frontend teams in a regulated industry.