Senior Manager, Ops & IT Strategy Planning, Asia

Allianz SE; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

LinkedIn Learning access

Health and wellbeing benefits

Employee Share Purchase Program

Job summary

Allianz SE in Singapore seeks a Senior Manager of Ops & IT Strategy planning to drive annual planning, forecasting and long-term strategic roadmaps for Insurance Operations and IT functions across Asia Pacific regional offices and operating entities.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders to deliver market insights, craft regional strategies, and produce storyboards for leadership review, with a focus on transformation, performance, and cross-functional alignment.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience with at least 5 years in business planning and transformation.
• Experience in insurance operations and IT, regional or local entity.
• Excellent executive communication and business strategy proposition skills.
• Advanced data analytics with ability to translate metrics into insights.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing without direct authority.
• Willing to go the extra mile for quality deliverables under tight timelines.
• AI skills with ChatGPT and Copilot are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Plan and drive SD/PD activities for AZAP Ops & IT functions regionally.
• Be main contact for Ops & IT planning, ensuring timely submissions with quality.
• Provide market insights through networks and partners to the regional community.
• Build and review regional Ops & IT strategies aligned with Group direction.
• Deliver Regional Ops & IT Storyboards for RCOO leadership reviews.

Skills

Executive communication

Business strategy

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

AI skills (ChatGPT & Copilot)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics or Insurance

Masters or Insurance Operations Certification (bonus)

Job description

Job Purpose

As Senior Manager of Ops & IT Strategy planning in Asia Pacific Regional Office, he / she is responsible to drive annual planning, forecasting, and long-term strategic roadmaps with senior stakeholders, both in regional office and operating entities (OEs), for Insurance Operations and IT functions.

This role requires to produce business insights and recommend strategic Ops & IT Transformation roadmap to Head of Ops & IT Strategy Planning and Regional COO for endorsement & decision making. He / She is expected to work closely with Senior Performance Management Manager who deliver the KPIs tracking output to review and strengthen strategies on half-yearly basis.

What you do

• Plan and drive Strategic Dialogue (SD) and Planning Dialogue (PD) activities for AZAP Ops & IT functions, within Regional Office and all participating Operating Entities.
• Be the main contact point of Ops & IT function for AZAP Finance SD and PD coordinator, ensuring all Ops & IT planning activities aligned with overall timeline and responsible for all Ops & IT deliverables' timely submissions with quality completion.
• Provide market insights through industrial network, business partners, Group and market (countries) sharing to Regional Ops & IT community.
• Build, review and enhance Regional Ops & IT strategies, aligning with Group strategy & direction. Provide recommendations and support leadership steering to OEs on their Ops & IT strategy plans.
• Deliver Regional Ops & IT Storyboards as key SD and PD outputs for RCOO presentation to Group leadership.

What you bring

• Bachelors Degree, preferably majoring in Business, Finance, Economics or Insurance studies. Having a Masters or other Insurance Operations Certifications is a plus.
• 8-10 year of working experience of which at least 5 years are in business planning, management consulting, transformation program portfolio management, preferably in insurance operations and IT function, either Regional or local entity.
• Excellent executive communication and business strategy proposition skill
• Advanced data analytics skill with ability to navigate ambiguity and translate complex metrics into clear management insights
• Strong organisation and coordination skill
• Strong stakeholder management capability and able to influence without direct authority
• Good team player and interpersonal skill
• Hard-working, willingness to go the extra-mile for quality deliverables within short timeline AI skills, ChatGPT and CoPilot, an advantage

What we offer

• We are certified as one of The World’s Best Places to Work & Great Place to Work in Singapore.
• Be part of a team that’s open-minded, supportive, and genuinely focused on customer outcomes.
• A sense of belonging in the workplace, where you are welcomed and encouraged to bring your most authentic self to work.
• An employer that is committed to supporting hybrid work and readily provides flexible & remote work options.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning and Degreed and career opportunities across the world, to support your continuous learning and you taking control of your career development.
• Robust and comprehensive benefit offerings for your health and well being
• Initiatives to support your financial wellness through selected discounted Allianz insurance products, pension contributions and our referral bonus scheme.
• The opportunity to take part in our Employee Share Purchase Program - own a piece of your employer.

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. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and 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. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, 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.