Senior Consultant (m/f/d) - Allianz Consulting - Information Security

 

About Us / Who you will join:

 

Allianz Consulting is the internal consulting division of the Allianz Group. Based in Munich, Paris, Milan, Trivandrum, Pune, Singapore, and New York, our dedicated global teams of over 500 consultants share a joint vision: to be the consulting partner of choice for Allianz Group core segments, transforming the future of Allianz from within. We bring deep industrial and functional expertise to fulfill our clients' needs, ranging from strategy, market management, sales and distribution, IT, organization, claims and operations to central functions and Agile methodologies.

 

Allianz Consulting's structure focuses on competencies and delivery. Therefore, we are set-up in so called "practice areas" and "service clusters" that focus on the following topics:

 

Sales Excellence

Marketing & Customer Excellence

Agile@Allianz

Resilience & IT Excellence

Digital Ecosystems

Claims Excellence

Products & Pricing

Productivity Excellence

Finance Excellence & Strategy

Legal, Data Privacy & Compliance

People Excellence

 

Job role

 

Allianz is responsible to protect their business and reputation, as well as their customers, employees, and partners. Digital business has created a new ecosystem, one in which partners add new business capabilities and security complexities. Vision for risk and security must be based on an ecosystem that enables trust and resilience.

 

At Allianz Consulting we are looking for people to expand Information Security capabilities. We are looking for people with excellent project management skills, as well as strong communication, leadership and problem-solving abilities. Additionally, we look for people with understanding of Information Security, Cybersecurity and IT Risk Management concepts and interest to continue a consulting career in this field.

 

Responsibilities

 

•    Develop project scope, define deliverables, create project timelines and estimate budgets

•   Oversee the execution of projects, ensuring that project tasks are completed on time and within the budget and planning. Ideally in the area of Information Security

•    Identify the potential risk and develop strategies to mitigate those risks

•    Build and maintain a project communication and change management structure

•    Work Closely with stakeholders such as project sponsors, business owners and technical teams to ensure that project goals are aligned with organizational objectives

•    Create and maintain project artifacts such as project charter, project plan, project status reports

•    Manage project teams, including assigning tasks, providing guidance and support and monitoring team performance

•    Manage changes to the project scope, timelines, and budgets, ensuring that all changes are communicated to stakeholders and approved by project sponsors

•    Ensure that projects, deliverables, troubleshooting, problem resolution and conflict management are completed within agreed deadline and resolution time

 

Key requirements / skills / experience

•    University degree or equivalent experience

•    Minimum 3 years of experience in operational business or management consulting with a focus on Information Security, Cyber Security or Identity & Access Management topics

•    Previous exposure to Identity and Access Management, Information Technology Governance, or Information Security related topics

•    Previous exposure and knowledge of IT security technology and processes

•    Motivation to continue career in this field of expertise

•    Project management skills, good customer relationship management

•    Proven track record of successful project management in a fast-paced, dynamic, international environment

•    Excellent communication skills and customer-centric working style

•    Pro-active and solution-oriented behavior

•    Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

•    Knowledge of Microsoft Teams, KANBAN and other project management tools

•    Excellent verbal and written English required; additional foreign language skills are an advantage

 

Desired requirements / skills / experience

 

•    Strong conceptual thinking and creativity to design new and flexible solutions to complex problems, with high ownership to not only develop but also implement solutions end to end

•    Excellent interpersonal skills (communication, negotiation and mediation) and ability to develop strong business relationships with stakeholders

•    Good understanding or motivation to learn about Information Security concepts and technologies

•    Understanding or motivation to lea