Head of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics

We are looking for a Head of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics (m/f/d), based in Munich or London.

Your Team
Our team is committed to advancing the provision, usage and culture of Data in Allianz Commercial to a next level. We see ourselves as facilitators and enablers of a journey to equip the organization with better skills, cutting edge tools and a future-proof and resilient strategy for data in Allianz Commercial. We collaborate with all our data domains across the entire insurance value chain and experts from our global data office to achieve sustainable impact on our business by data.

The Impact You Will Have
As Head of AI & Advanced Analytics, you will be an executive in the Commercial Global Data Office, leading a team to enhance Allianz Commercial's data and AI capabilities. You will develop the AI Center of Excellence (CoE) into a strategic execution hub over three years. Your role involves shaping the data & AI culture, advancing analytics from descriptive to prescriptive and generative, and aligning the analytics strategy with Allianz Commercial's goals.

Responsibilities include establishing governance frameworks, building shared platforms, and positioning the CoE as a strategic partner. Collaboration with business stakeholders is essential, as is leading and mentoring a high-performing team.

Some Of Your Specific Responsibilities Could Include

• Develop and execute Allianz Commercial's analytics strategy, aligning with company goals and establishing the AI Center of Excellence as a strategic partner over a three-year roadmap.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify analytics opportunities, oversee project lifecycles, and ensure seamless AI integration into core systems with measurable impact.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of analysts and data scientists, guiding their professional development and consolidating AI talent into the CoE.
• Implement a governance framework for AI systems, harmonize toolstack and methodologies, and establish the Cross-Functional AI Council to ensure compliance and strategic alignment.
• Collaborate with analytics leads to realize synergies, maintain the AI Initiative Registry for transparency, and communicate complex findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for new technologies, support AI research agenda, and represent Allianz Commercial at conferences to establish thought leadership in AI for insurance.
• Manage the analytics technology ecosystem, providing shared platforms and coordinating vendor management for AI tools to enhance efficiency and value.
• Foster AI culture and community, sponsor the AI Community of Practice, and partner with leaders to drive data-driven decision-making across Allianz Commercial.

What You'll Bring To The Role

• Expertise in statistical modeling, machine learning, and data analysis tools, including Generative AI and Agentic Frameworks, with knowledge of major cloud providers like Microsoft and AWS.
• Familiarity with insurance industry concepts such as underwriting, claims, actuarial, and risk management, with minimum 5-7 years of experience in building or managing technology solutions for insurance operations.
• Experience with cloud platforms, API-driven architectures, and modern data infrastructure, including MLOps, with minimum 3-5 years in managing scalable cloud-native platforms and API ecosystems.
• Proven ability to manage data-driven product initiatives and analytics projects, understanding how analytics creates business value and drives decision-making.
• Strong business acumen to translate business challenges into analytical problems, providing data-driven solutions and recommendations.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with experience in mentoring high-performing analytics teams and leading cross-functional, globally distributed teams.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to effectively convey complex analytical findings to non-technical stakeholders and executive stakeholders, translating technical concepts into business value.
• Expertise in integrating AI into various business functions, enhancing efficiency, and fostering a culture of data-driven innovation is crucial.

87342 | Data & AI | Management | Allianz Commercial | Full-Time | Permanent

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, which recognizes 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 is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family-owned and medium-enterprises. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions. Our clients trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling. Allianz Commercial helps customers to prepare for what's ahead.

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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. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matters, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural 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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