Principal Consultant

Joinimagine; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Paid parental leave

Employee shares program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Allianz Consulting in Minneapolis seeks a seasoned consultant to join our North America team, delivering strategic and operational insights for Life and Commercial Insurance clients. You will collaborate across client teams to design and implement transformative initiatives.

The role emphasizes process engineering, business architecture, journey mapping, and change management, with a track record of delivering measurable value. Enjoy a hybrid work model with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of consulting, corporate strategy or operational experience with an emphasis on Life and Commercial Insurance.
• Process Engineering (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma) to achieve efficiency and effectiveness targets.
• Business Architecture to align strategies and tactics for goal realization.
• Delivery of Customer / Persona Experience for multi-personas to deliver differentiated experiences.
• Journey mapping / model creation design.
• Organizational Change Management (OCM) for adoption of transformational investments.
• Value Chain Expertise.
• Training and Dashboards.
• Solid Life and Annuity insurance product and market knowledge and experience with key business processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagements delivering tangible client value.
• Drive strategy, roadmaps and initiatives across insurance domains.
• Manage cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders.
• Develop dashboards and data-driven analyses.
• Mentor junior staff and teach methodologies.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

5+ years consulting

Lean Six Sigma

Business Architecture

Customer/Persona Experience

Journey mapping

OCM

Value chain

Training

Dashboards

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Insurance qualification (professional)

Tools

Salesforce

PowerBI

Visio

Excel

Word

CoPilot

PowerPoint

Job description

Allianz Consulting is the internal consulting division of the Allianz Group. Functionally within the US, Allianz Consulting is part of Allianz Technology of America. Based in Munich, Paris, Milan, Trivandrum, Pune, Singapore, Barcelona, Minneapolis and New York, our dedicated global teams of consultants share a joint vision: to be the consulting partner of choice for Allianz Group core segments, transforming the future of Allianz from within. We bring deep industrial and functional expertise to fulfill our clients' needs, ranging from strategy, market management, sales and distribution, IT, organization, claims and operations to central functions

Allianz Consulting operates within a global-local framework, leveraging knowledge and expertise from within Allianz around the globe to provide exceptional service and value to our clients. Joining Allianz Consulting North America, consultants are offered an intellectually challenging opportunity to deliver tangible value to clients while also providing a strong support structure to further advance career development

What you do

Recent Engagement Examples:

• Global Pricing Tool Usage Program for Commercial Insurance
• Centralized Escalation Protocol Transformation for Life & Annuities
• IT Organizational Change Management Program
• Distribution Strategy Initiative for Commercial Insurance
• Enterprise Cross-Functional Customer Experience Roadmap and Strategy for Life & Annuities

What you bring

Allianz Consulting seeks candidates with a sense of curiosity and ambition who can excel through collaboration. The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of consulting, corporate strategy or operational experience with an emphasis on Life and Commercial Insurance
• Process Engineering (ex. Lean, Six Sigma) to achieve efficiency and effectiveness targets
• Business Architecture to align strategies and tactics for goal realization
• Delivery of Customer / Persona Experience for multi-personas to deliver differentiated experiences
• Journey mapping / model creation design
• Organizational Change Management (OCM) for adoption of transformational investments
• Value Chain Expertise
• Training
• Dashboards

• Solid Life and Annuityinsurance product and market knowledge and experience with key business processes

• Completion of a professional insurance qualification or previous experience working on portfolio solutions, wholesale insurance, E&S, Commercial Underwriting or insurance regulation a plus

• Strong analytical and conceptual skills to solve complex problems and challenges
• A track record of delivering tangible value to clients as well as generating revenue for consulting services
• Business finance skills, e.g., standard financial modelling, business case development
• Program / project management experience, leading teams and working with multiple stakeholders and dependencies
• Exhibits accountability and sense of urgency to help our clients to achieve their goals
• Ability to teach and mentor colleagues and help develop junior staff
• Embrace and apply data-driven methodologies to problem solving
• Outstanding communications skills: Writing, producing, and presenting deliverables
• Demonstrable proficiency with MS Office, especially Visio, Excel, Word, CoPilot, and PowerPoint. Salesforce, PowerBI and Underwriting (AI) solutions are a plus

Locations

• Hybrid 3 days/week in Golden Valley, MN

What we offer

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes health insurance, company bonus scheme, 401(K) with company match, company paid holidays, paid time off, paid volunteer days, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, an employee shares program and employee discounts 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.
• The annualized base pay range for this role is $110,000-140,000. The annual base salary range represents a nationwide market range. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role, and the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate. The base pay is just one component of the ATA total compensation package. As part of our comprehensive compensation and highly rated benefits programs, ATA also offers eligibility for an incentive-based annual bonus.

About Allianz Technology

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.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

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