Regional Head of IT, Asia

ALLIANZ GLOBAL CORPORATE & SPECIALTY SE SINGAPORE BRANCH; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Private healthcare

Job summary

ALLIANZ GLOBAL CORPORATE & SPECIALTY SE SINGAPORE BRANCH is seeking a Regional Head of IT, Asia, based in Singapore. You will drive strategic IT initiatives, lead GenAI projects, and oversee IT cost management while collaborating with senior management across the region.

Responsibilities include aligning regional IT strategy with growth plans, managing enterprise-wide AI adoption, and ensuring compliance with local regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years minimum in IT management, strategic planning and change management.
• Global/regional leadership experience with remote teams (7–10 years).
• Strong stakeholder management and delivery of IT programs including AI initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Align regional IT strategy with growth plans and manage management communications.
• Lead region-wide AI adoption and change management with governance and ethics.
• Oversee IT operations and delivery with Allianz Technology, optimizing delivery models.

Skills

IT Management

Strategic Planning

Change Management

Stakeholder Management

Global Team Leadership

Project Management

Communication

AI & GenAI

Tools

AZ Works

Generative AI platforms

Job description

Let’s care for tomorrow.

Your ambitions. Your dreams.Your tomorrow

Whether it’s aircraft, international business or offshore wind parks, Allianz Commercial has an extensive range of risks covered when it comes to protecting businesses.

We are looking for a Regional Head of IT, Asia, based in Singapore.

The Impact You Will Have

As the Regional Head of IT, Asia, you are responsible for driving strategic IT initiatives aligned with the region's growth strategy. This includes transparent communication with region management on significant IT changes, leading the adoption and integration of Generative AI technologies, managing application portfolio renewal and decommissioning as appropriate, and overseeing IT cost management.

The role also provides leadership for GenAI projects, contributes to rapid productivity initiatives, and steers the IT operations and delivery of Allianz Technology of the region. The roles collaborates with senior management and AZT to implement strategic initiatives, optimize delivery models, streamline processes, and address IT legacy challenges.

Some of your specific responsibilities could include:

• Regional IT Strategy Alignment: Drive strategic IT initiatives aligned with regional growth strategies and maintain regular communication with regional and global management on IT changes, developments, and strategic priorities.
• IT Cost Optimization: Implement a region-specific IT cost optimization strategy that ensures sustainable growth, operational efficiency, and alignment with business priorities while maintaining innovation and service quality.
• AI Adoption & Change Management: Lead AI adoption across the region, prioritizing use cases with business stakeholders, driving implementation with Allianz Technology, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and ethical standards. Champion AI innovation to enhance operations, customer experience, and business value.
• Allianz Technology Steering: Oversee IT operations and delivery in collaboration with Allianz Technology, ensuring alignment with global strategies, optimizing delivery models, addressing legacy challenges, and driving initiatives like AZ Works.
• Compliance & Workplace Stability: Ensure compliance with local regulatory IT requirements and external audits. Maintain a robust IT workplace setup aligned with the Global Workplace strategy and enterprise tool landscape.
• IT Innovation & Legacy Transformation: Oversee application portfolio renewal and legacy platform transformation to modern, innovative solutions, piloting use cases with external vendors and aligning with global IT strategy and Enterprise Architecture.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Collaborate with senior management to set strategic priorities, drive execution of key initiatives, and provide visionary leadership for IT and AI-driven innovation across the region.

What You’ll Bring to the Role

• Management & Leadership Skills: Proven experience in IT management, strategic planning, and change management (7–10 years minimum).
• Technical Expertise: Strong IT professional background, preferably in the financial services sector.
• Stakeholder Management: Skilled in engaging and managing relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Global Team Leadership: Experience in working internationally and remotely managing global teams (7–10 years minimum).
• Project Management: Proficiency in project management, including budget and resource management (7–10 years minimum).
• Solution-Oriented Approach: Focused on delivering effective and innovative solutions.
• Communication & Presentation: Strong skills in communication, presentation, and influencing across various levels.
• AI: The ability to ensure ethical AI practices and stay updated with emerging AI technologies will be key to maintaining a competitive advantage.

What’s in it for you?

Let’s care about everything that makes you, you

We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We offer a hybrid working model, which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working. Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.

Let’s care for your financial wellbeing

We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.

Let’s care for your opportunities to progress

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.

Let’s care for life’s twists and turns

From our support for flexible working, health and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. We've got your back.

Let’s care for our society and our planet

With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry and our clients.

Care to join us?

Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family-owned and medium-enterprises. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions. Our clients trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling. AllianzCommercial helps customers to prepare for what's ahead.

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. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matters, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

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.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

People with disabilities:

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Recruitment Agencies:

Allianz Commercial has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Allianz Commercial does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact managers directly. Failure to comply could/may result in the disqualification of the candidates and/or the termination of our contract and/or fees not being paid.