About this role

130 years of trust, time to shape what's next. Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers - built on over a century of stability, expertise, and financial strength. Allianz Services is where that legacy meets the future. 8,200+ people. Eight countries. Three continents. We deliver specialized services to clients within Allianz Group, powered by AI, advanced analytics, and a mindset that refuses to stand still. From core insurance operations to engineering and consulting services, we reimagine how insurance works. What truly sets us apart are our people and the trusted partnerships we build, anchored in our values of expertise, integrity, and empowerment. We don't support the business. We shape it.

Role Overview

Lead and shape Allianz Services’ Lisbon Service Delivery organization, driving operational excellence, client satisfaction, and business growth. Oversee a diverse portfolio of services across Customer Care, Compliance, Data Protection, Legal Operations, Financial Controlling, UAT, and other business support functions.
Build and empower high-performing, multicultural teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. Drive transformation through innovation, automation, digitalization, and AI-enabled solutions, creating scalable capabilities and new opportunities for Allianz businesses across markets. Make service quality and client satisfaction a natural outcome of operational excellence, empowered people, and continuous innovation, while strengthening Lisbon’s role as a strategic European Service Delivery and Transformation hub.

What you do

- Lead the Service Delivery organization, ensuring alignment with business strategy, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.
- Drive service performance, delivering high-quality services that meet KPIs, SLAs, customer satisfaction, and financial targets.
- Build strong partnerships with stakeholders across Allianz and act as the key point of contact for strategic service delivery matters.
- Lead, develop, and inspire high-performing multicultural teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Drive operational excellence through process optimization, standardization, automation, and digitalization initiatives.
- Promote innovation by leveraging AI, analytics, and emerging technologies to enhance efficiency and customer experience.
- Ensure compliance with Allianz standards, regulatory requirements, governance frameworks, and audit obligations.
- Oversee risk management, data protection, compliance, and financial controlling activities across the organization.
- Champion digital transformation and continuous improvement to support business growth and operational resilience.
- Deliver measurable results through improved productivity, stakeholder satisfaction, employee engagement, and service performance.

What you bring

- Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Law, Economics, or a related field.
- 8+ years of leadership experience in SSC, GBS, Contact Center, or similar environments.
- Proven track record in leading large-scale operations and multicultural teams.
- Strong stakeholder management, transformation, and operational excellence expertise.
- Solid knowledge of service management, governance, and process optimization.
- Experience in Compliance, Data Protection, Financial Controlling, Legal Operations, or UAT is an advantage.
- Good understanding of GDPR and regulatory compliance frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Knowledge of automation, digitalization, and AI-driven solutions.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills, including Power BI/Tableau.
- Advanced MS Office proficiency.
- Transformational leader with a growth mindset and change management capabilities.
- Strategic thinker with strong execution, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing abilities.
- Results-driven, resilient, and highly accountable.
- Fluent in English and Portuguese.
- We highly welcome candidates with a genuine interest and affinity for Information Technology (IT) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), as these attributes are considered valuable assets to our team.

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.

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 center 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 Internal 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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