Location: Flexible/hybrid with occasional travel to Guildford

Hours: Full-time or will consider 4 days per week

Salary: Dep on exp + car allowance + annual bonus + benefits

 

 

Role Purpose

 

The Data Strategy Manager’s purpose is to understand the priorities and drivers of value across the Allianz Commercial business and use this to develop data and analytics strategies, ensuring we maximise the value Allianz can generate from data. Working with a large group of stakeholders across the business including business domains, shared service functions, federated data teams, and central data and analytics teams, you will be responsible for developing and supporting the delivery of a strategic plan and roadmap for data in Allianz.

 

At Allianz we are one of the largest general insurers in the UK, which means we have lots of data to work with. We are on a transformation journey both with our business systems, and also harnessing Cloud capabilities and innovative data software. This is an incredible opportunity to help shape the role that data plays in our strategic vision for Allianz Commercial.

 

 

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Build strong relationships with leaders and peers across Allianz UK and Group to shape strategic plans.
• Work with business domains and data teams to translate business strategies into data deliverables and plans.
• Remain across industry and market trends both commercially and from a data perspective, using these to inform strategies and ideas and exploring new ways to drive value from data.
• Undertake analysis to internal and external landscape to shape our thinking, including SWOT analysis, competitor analysis.
• Develop and implement strategic frameworks and documents including a business model canvas and value chain proposition to outline our data strategy for Allianz Commercial and shared services.
• Support with the delivery of operating model design work, developing as is and to be blueprints for how we deliver value across the business.
• Collaborate with teams across Allianz to create a strategic roadmap of activities for how we will deliver our data strategy.
• Support with implementation, monitoring and measurement of our data strategy.
• Present updates about the data strategy progress to a range of stakeholders including at executive level.

 

About you:

 

• Ability to translate business strategies into data strategies, understanding detailed use cases and being able to identify key themes and data capabilities needed to support this.
• Previous experience working in a strategy role, ideally including data and analytics.
• Knowledge and/or awareness around data teams (Analytics and BI, Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Governance etc) with an enthusiasm to learn about other areas.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to express technical concepts in everyday language to stakeholders. Previous experience in creating presentations for Board and Executive level audiences.
• Able to gather, verify and assess large amounts of information to be able to formulate views/ conclusions in a simple and articulate way with strong attention to detail.
• Proactive self-starter with a results-oriented working style, and positive, pragmatic attitude.
• Organised, demonstrated strong work ethic, results driven and able to hit deadlines.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of the UK insurance market.

 

Technical Skills:

 

• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship management skills at all levels.
• Expert Microsoft Office skills, specifically PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset and curiosity to learn.
• Ability to get involved in the detail but also step back to understand and articulate how this feeds into the bigger picture.
• Good understanding of the Commercial Insurance industry and data use cases driving value.

 

 

What we will offer you

 

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

 

• Annual bonus scheme
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Car allowance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life cover
• Group Income Protection
• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Flexible working arrangements
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts

 

Our ways of working

Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.

Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

 

Our Purpose and Values

 

We secure your future

Be Brave | With Heart | Everyone Counts | Inspiring Trust

Our purpose and values are more than just words on a website - they are the why and how of Allianz. They influence everything we do and guide us how to do it. Created by our people, for our people, they shape our culture, bring us together, and inspire us to be the best. Building an inclusive culture for us all to succeed.

 

Diversity & Inclusion

 

At Allianz, we value diversity and inclusion and back this up with our accreditations. Allianz is EDGE certified for gender inclusion, members of the Women in Finance Charter, members of the Stonewall Diversity Champion programme, signatories of Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter, and an Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

 

We have a range of employee networks focusing on gender inclusion, cultural diversity, LGBTQIA+, disability and long term health conditions (including neurodiversity), intergenerational and life stages, parents and carers, mental wellbeing, menopause support and armed forces and veterans, all supporting you to bring your best and authentic self to work.

 

Join us - let’s care for tomorrow