Allianz is a global leader in insurance and asset management, serving over 122 million customers in more than 70 countries. As one of the world's largest financial services providers, the company operates across diverse sectors including property-casualty insurance, life and health insurance, and asset management through major brands like PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors. In Spain, Allianz maintains a robust presence with major hubs in Madrid and Barcelona, supporting both local market operations and global service centers like Allianz Technology. The company is a significant employer for international professionals, particularly in tech-heavy roles such as AI, cybersecurity, and SAP engineering, offering a multicultural environment where English is often the primary working language for global functions.

Founded in Berlin in 1890, Allianz moved its headquarters to Munich after WWII. It has grown through international expansion and strategic acquisitions to become one of the most valuable insurance brands in the world.

IT Delivery Lead

Allianz

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About the Job

If you thrive in environments where technology delivery, stakeholder alignment, and execution excellence come together, this role could be a strong next step in your career.

As an IT Delivery Lead within Allianz Technology's BMP programme, you will take ownership of end‑to‑end technical delivery, acting as the key interface between BMP Retail, Allianz Technology senior stakeholders, and delivery teams.

You will ensure that technical solutions are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality and security standards, while working closely with Tribe Leadership and external delivery partners.

What You Do

Act as the primary interface to BMP Retail and Allianz Technology senior stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment.
Lead and oversee technical delivery, ensuring solutions meet quality, performance, and security requirements.
Manage relationships with external delivery partners, ensuring adherence to technical standards and best practices.
Own delivery budget and timeline management, including forecasts, cost tracking, and milestone control.
Collaborate closely with the Tribe Lead to plan and control costs related to development, infrastructure, and vendors.
Identify, manage, and mitigate technical risks and delivery impediments.
Champion engineering best practices, including CI/CD, coding standards, and test automation across squads.
Ensure consistent delivery governance and smooth coordination across teams.

What You Bring

Proven experience as an IT Delivery Lead, Technical Project Manager, or similar role in complex enterprise environments.
Strong background in technology delivery, preferably within large‑scale transformation or platform programmes.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging senior business and IT leaders.
Solid understanding of software engineering practices (CI/CD, quality assurance, security, automation).
Experience managing budgets, timelines, vendors, and delivery risks.
Ability to balance delivery pressure with quality and long‑term sustainability.
Strong communication and leadership skills in English.
Experience in insurance or financial services environments is a must.

What we offer

We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
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.
Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform, and innovate the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization - from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment for everyone. We embrace individuals of all gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, ages, nationalities, religions, disabilities, and philosophies of life. Ultimately, our greatest strength as a company lies in the unique skills, experiences, and backgrounds our employees contribute.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, 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.

To Recruitment Agencies:

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.