Program Manager M/F
Join to apply for the Program Manager M/F role at Allianz Partners. Allianz Partners Health has a unique and exciting job opportunity for someone who enjoys challenging the status quo and seeks creative ways to support the company’s largest platform transformation program – Iris.
What you do
* Ability to manage and deliver multiple complex IT programs of work in parallel, responsible for business benefit realisation at program level and ensuring company strategic goals are delivered.
* Defined life cycle and milestones: map and define phases, deliverables, key milestones and sufficiency criteria for each stage in the project lifecycle.
* Stable requirements and scope: requirements, objectives and scope are documented and stabilized.
* Defined organization, systems, and roles: establish project charters, with clearly defined structures and roles for all involved.
* Quality assurance: establish and meet agreed commitments with a constant eye for improvement, ensuring clarity on standards and criteria set in each phase.
* Planned commitments: planning, scheduling, resource allocation, staffing, and budgeting.
* Scope and mission: define project boundaries, establish goals and objectives, ensuring a clear business case for decision making.
* Scheduling: capacity planning and evaluation, evaluation of activity sequences and duration plus resource requirements to create the project schedule.
* Budgeting: development of an overall cost estimate based on individual work items to be used as a cost baseline for measuring project performance.
* Personnel: determine recruitment, selection & training of project team members.
* Evaluation and control: provide a complete and transparent picture of the project’s progress.
* Risk and problems: systematically identify, assess and manage risks, issues, assumptions and decisions, being proactive for possible disruptive events.
* Quality: ensure delivered products meet expectations.
Strategy alignment
* Ensure alignment with strategic planning process so all programs align with the overall business strategy.
* Engage with business leaders on strategic program planning and prioritisation of initiatives, collaborating with the Strategic Project Office to ensure successful delivery of company strategy.
Project Methodologies
* Insure project methodologies (Agile), project delivery processes, and implementation management processes are followed.
Stakeholder Engagement
* Engage with executive level stakeholders across the business.
* Foster strong working relationships with business sponsors, key stakeholders, business analysis, development & testing teams.
Communication
* Provide clear and concise program communication; both written and verbal, often communicating with company executives regarding the status of programs and delivery of related business outcomes.
Team Leadership
* Foster a positive, open and supportive leadership team within OM.
* Promote OM team spirit.
* Derive and implement activities to support team motivation and engagement.
* Build a team of highly capable professionals that are empowered and self-sufficient.
Team Management
* Attract and hire top talent.
* Benchmark and standardise team objectives & measures.
* Maximise the potential of all team members, dedicating time to focus on development plans for high potentials in the team.
* Strengthen consequence management to address any lower‑than‑expected performance & handle it in a way that doesn't negatively impact team spirit / morale / reputation.
Team Ambassador
* Represent OM across the business; proactively engaging, facilitating workshops, sharing knowledge, and providing advice in terms of the most effective use of technology to support delivery of the business's strategic ambitions.
* Working with peers, proactively lead development of the OM team and its objectives.
Travel
* Some (on occasions significant) travel will be required for this role to support the needs of the business.
Behaviour / Values Required
Customer & Market Excellence
* Strives for excellence at every touch point with the customer.
* Foster state-of-the-art technical / operational knowledge and steer continuous simplification.
* Strive to be the benchmark.
Collaborative Leadership
* Empowers others and provides direction and purpose.
* Develops people, provides feedback and cares for employee wellbeing.
* Collaborates and exchanges best practice.
Entrepreneurship
* Acts on opportunities, anticipates trends, takes risks, and promotes a culture that allows honest failure.
* Takes ownership and responsibility.
* Embraces innovation and a culture that allows decisions without fear of retribution.
Trust
* Acts with integrity, honours commitments and tells the truth.
* Acts transparently and promotes corporate social responsibility.
* Fosters diversity and inclusiveness.
What you bring
* 15+ years of experience, running multiple complex programs of work.
* Educated to degree level.
* Knowledge of Financial Services / Insurance industry sector.
* Demonstrate experience of both waterfall and agile project delivery.
* Project Management Training such as PMI – a distinct advantage.
* Top‑Tier Consulting experience – a distinct advantage.
What we offer
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a growing multicultural company committed to empowering its employees and furthering their development. A competitive remuneration and benefits package is offered, including healthcare, pension, life & disability, travel subsidy, discounts on home and car insurance, sports & social club and support for professional studies.
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, grow and shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.
Location & Salary
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland – €60,000.00–€70,000.00 per annum.
Equal Opportunity Statement
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.
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