Manager, Agency Transformation Office

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly driven and analytical professional to join our team, leading strategic initiatives and cross-divisional projects that support business growth, enhance customer experience, and strengthen agency productivity. This role involves evaluating project feasibility, managing stakeholders, and driving execution of initiatives that shape the future of our agency force. It is an excellent opportunity for a strategic thinker who enjoys turning ideas into impactful results in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive strategic projects and initiatives that support divisional sales aspirations, business growth, customer experience, agency productivity, and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate project feasibility through strong analytical assessment, including business impact, resources, risks, and execution readiness; recommend data-driven action plans and strategies.
• Manage and influence stakeholders across multiple functions and divisions, ensuring alignment, collaboration, and successful project delivery.
• Formulate and execute strategies to develop, activate, and retain agents, focusing on productivity and sustainability.
• Drive agency transformation initiatives, strengthening supervision standards and building a disciplined, high-performing, and professional agency force aligned with Allianz standards.
• Develop and implement strategies to achieve national agency productivity targets.
• Lead organic and inorganic recruitment strategies to meet business growth and expansion objectives.
• Champion cultural transformation to adapt to changes in the recruiting and agency landscape.
• Ensure effective and consistent communication with internal teams and the agency force, providing regular updates on business and project progress.
• Plan and manage resources efficiently to support business and development needs.
• Ensure strict adherence to regulatory, legislative, and internal compliance requirements, upholding the Company’s brand values and customer service standards.

Key Requirements

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to work across functions and levels.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, especially in assessing project feasibility and business viability.
• Proven experience in project management, strategy execution, or business transformation.
• Solid understanding of agency management, sales strategy, or distribution (insurance/financial services experience is an advantage).
• Ability to translate strategic objectives into structured plans and measurable outcomes.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and execution skills.
• Self-driven, adaptable, and thrives in a performance-oriented environment.
• Familiar with the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT for tasks simplication

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. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and 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. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, 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. 

Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow. 

Note: Having different strengths, experiences, perspectives and approaches is an integral part of Allianz‘ company culture. One means to achieve this is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.