Agile Delivery Manager

Role Description

Allianz Specialty has a fantastic opportunity for an Agile Delivery Manager to join our family of talented people in the Transformation Change Team.

• Manage the delivery train activities (end‑to‑end delivery of multiple concurrent change initiatives and projects) on a day‑to‑day basis on behalf of the Programme Sponsor through the Change Management Framework.
• Support the Head of Change to meet the change portfolio responsibilities.
• Leadership of team members of the long‑lived team (Train) including objectives, performance and development.
• Define and be accountable for the approach and milestone dates and maintain the plan.
• Identify, secure and engage with internal and external resources to ensure programme/project delivery.
• Be responsible for relationships between the sponsor and the relevant change management functions (including third party providers) to include the commercial terms and conditions of change programmes for the sponsor.
• Create a sense of urgency and vision around the programme/project driving pace for delivery.
• Manage programme/project communication and engagement across all relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure programme/project/Train benefits are identified, aligned to strategic objectives at the beginning and measured throughout and after the programme/project.
• Develop, manage and ensure accurate progress analysis on a strategic programme/project of change, as agreed with the sponsor and consistent with the Change Management Framework/ Value delivery framework.
• Ensure that change is implemented with minimal adverse impact to business as usual &/or into the continuous change element of the long‑lived team.
• Define and own the programme/project budget, seeking ways to reduce cost and increase or bring forward benefits.
• Set challenging but achievable targets for programme/project/change staff, take responsibility for task and line management and ensure constructive feedback is shared.
• Take leadership responsibility for managing, coaching and developing team members to ensure that performance objectives are met and the team feels highly valued and motivated.
• Pro‑actively manage issues, risks and dependencies, acting as appropriate to achieve urgent resolution, escalating clearly and promptly as required.
• Take responsibility for identifying and managing additional operational risk introduced through implementing change.
• Ensure compliance with the rules & requirements of our regulators and any other relevant legal/regulatory/risk management frameworks, including the TCF (Treating Customers Fairly) framework.
• Ensure programmes and projects are closed properly, benefit managers are clear of their accountabilities and post‑implementation reviews are undertaken.
• Within the wider Change and Portfolio Community, take responsibility for process improvement and assist in the development and implementation of project management best practice.

To be successful for the role you will have an understanding of General Insurance end‑to‑end process and products with the ability to work alongside cross‑functional experienced teams.

You will thrive in multi‑stakeholder projects and be comfortable adapting your approach and language to work with colleagues of various disciplines and seniority.

You will already be a competent and effective change professional with a proven track record of managing large‑scale projects. Experience of a range of Project/Programme frameworks, including Agile, would be ideal.

You will have experience in managing Business Intelligence or Management Information projects and this will be evident in your CV. Ideal but not essential is experience or awareness of Azure Cloud Technologies and familiarity with Microsoft BI tools.

You will have experience of leadership and management of people with the willingness to lead, motivate and inspire others to achieve their full potential.

• Degree standard or equivalent or business experience.
• Project Management certified (Prince2, APM, PMI). Undertaking or qualified in MSP or other programme management best practice.

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance…