Business Transformation Expert

Let’s care for tomorrow.

Your ambitions. Your dreams. Your tomorrow

At Allianz Commercial (AzC), we are the global leader for insuring corporate and specialty risks in the Allianz Group. Whether it’s aircraft, satellites, the world’s biggest ships and tallest building, cyber-attacks, or climate change impacts, AzC has the major risks covered when it comes to protecting businesses.

We are looking to hire (3) Business Transformation Experts for our property insurance line of business. These are temporary roles, hybrid working schedules, and based in our Chicago, Illinois or New York City office.

Your Team

Allianz Commercial (AzC) specializes in corporate property insurance for the most complex and challenging risk exposures in more than 200 countries and territories. With a focus on larger international risk portfolios, we offer tailor-made 'All Risks' property damage and business interruption insurance through our global network.

Our experience speaks for itself, ensuring the majority of Global Fortune 500 companies, managing over 1000 global property insurance programs, and fielding an underwriting team averaging over 20 years’ experience, backed by a worldwide team of risk consultants and claims specialists. When it comes to underwriting insurance products for well-known famous sports venues, sports/entertainment facilities, major airlines, retail/wholesale companies, banks and manufacturers, we do it all!

The Impact You Will Have

Reporting to the Chief Underwriting Officer, North America, the Business Process Transformation Expert will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing strategic initiatives across the Lines of Business, focusing on implementing change initiatives such as task transfer, BMP, Submission Intake, Salesforce, and others. This role will independently drive transformational initiatives, enhance operational efficiency, and ensure alignment with business goals across all Lines of Business in North America. The position requires a blend of strategic thinking, technical skills, project management, and the ability to collaborate with leadership and peer groups.

Some of your specific responsibilities could include:

• Oversee, develop and implement strategic transformation projects (including BMP, task transfers, IT platforms and tools, data quality projects, Salesforce) across all Lines of Business at Allianz Commercial North America, ensuring alignment with business objectives and growth ambitions.

• Represent North America in relevant global projects, working with global project stakeholders to ensure alignment with Group goals.

• Lead all underwriting process improvement initiatives to ensure productivity benefits are delivered to underwriting across all Lines of Business.

• Collect feedback and business requirements for all tech stack relevant projects allowing for full transparency on the needs of North America and drive the implementation with relevant global teams.

• Act as a change manager and liaison between underwriters, operations, distribution, finance, and claims, as well as other Transformation Managers, maximizing harmonization and maintaining high-quality standards across all Lines of Business.

• Lead trainings and provide guidance on new processes and systems to underwriters and other stakeholders in relation to new system initiatives/processes.

• Lead relevant task transfer initiatives in close collaboration with Operations and other relevant stakeholders.

• Lead process improvement initiatives, including the design and implementation of underwriting process changes, developing new workflows and deploying new tools to underwriting teams.

What You’ll Bring to the Role –

• A minimum of 3 years’ proficiency in data analytics tools and advanced knowledge in Excel and database applications. Minimum 7 years’ experience in managing large, complex projects with a successful track record. Minimum 1 year experience working internationally and with international teams.

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to make data-driven decisions.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Actuarial Studies, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, or a related field.

• Underwriting know-how, customer analytics, interconnection with other functions, and IT know-how for products.

• Project steering, change management, training, communications & presentation, and Allianz know-how.

• A deep knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), with the ability to leverage AI-driven insights to shape strategic decisions and drive innovation across the organization.

The annualized base pay range for this role is $121,188 to $217,550. The actual salary for this position may be above and is determined by several factors, including the scope, complexity, and location of the role, the skills, education, training, credentials, and experience of the candidate. The base pay is just one component of the total compensation package. As part of our comprehensive compensation and highly rated benefits programs, employees are also eligible for annual performance-based cash incentive awards.

What’s in it for you?

Let’s care about everything that makes you, you

We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We offer a hybrid working model, recognizing the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working. Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.

Let’s care for your financial wellbeing

We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.

Let’s care for your opportunities to progress

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.

Let’s care for life’s twists and turns

From our support for flexible working, health, and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. We’ve got your back.

Let’s care for our society and our planet

With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive, and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry, and our clients.

Care to join us?

Allianz Commercial (AzC) is a global corporate insurance carrier and part of Allianz Group. We provide risk consultancy, Property-Casualty insurance solutions and alternative risk transfer for a wide spectrum of commercial, corporate, and specialty risks across 10 dedicated lines of business.

Allianz is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. Diversity of thinking is an important part of our company culture.