Project Manager
Role Description
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Allianz Transformation team as a Project Manager. You will be supporting the Commercial Lines Business within Digital Trading and Mid-Markets, which is responsible for our Commercial Insurance products and the customers/brokers who use them.
You will lead and manage complex, cross-functional projects that deliver strategic or transformational change, ensuring alignment with business objectives and overall strategy. You will oversee execution within defined cost, time, and quality parameters to drive successful delivery.
This is a hybrid role based in the Guildford office, with an expectation to be on-site as required, depending on the needs of the project. Occasional travel may also be necessary for workshops and other project-related activities.
Salary Information
Pay: Circa £50,000 per year. Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.
Key Accountabilities
* End-to-end delivery of multiple complex change projects, ensuring alignment with business goals.
* Defining and managing project plans, milestones, budgets, and resource needs using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies.
* Engaging internal and external stakeholders, including managing third-party relationships and commercial terms.
* Driving urgency, pace, and clarity while maintaining strong communication and engagement across all stakeholder groups.
* Monitoring project benefits and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives throughout the lifecycle.
* Managing risks, issues, dependencies, and operational impacts to ensure minimal disruption to business-as-usual.
* Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, supporting project closure, and contributing to continuous improvement in delivery practices.
Essential Skills
* Experience in delivering complex, multi-workstream projects, supported by a recognised project management qualification (e.g. APM, PRINCE2).
* Understanding of project lifecycles, tools, and delivery frameworks to effectively manage scope, risk, and timelines.
* Stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decisions and build trusted relationships at all levels.
* Advanced communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, including experience engaging executive and board-level audiences.
* Commercial and technical acumen, with the ability to deliver IT-centric change and align solutions to business needs and emerging technologies.
We support the government scheme “Access to Work” please feel free to ask us about the access to work scheme.
Desirable Skills
* Experience working with both Agile and Waterfall project delivery methodologies.
* Background in the financial services industry.
* Experience engaging with C-suite stakeholders on strategic initiatives such as digital transformation, migrations, or digitisation projects.
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:
* Flexible buy/sell holiday options
* Hybrid working
* Annual performance related bonus
* Contributory pension scheme
* Development days
* A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
* Retail discounts
* Volunteering days
Our Ways of Working
Do you need 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.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.
We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.
We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.
Accessible Application for All
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.
Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.
Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk
For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Scott Burns
Closing date: 12/09/2025
We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.
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79791 | Project Management | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz UK | Full-Time | Permanent
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