Senior Innovation Partner_2578

Role overview

Senior Innovation Partner_2578 at Allianz

This role focuses on making the lives of innovation teams easier by offering tailored coaching, addressing impediments, and facilitating smooth progress in innovation sprints.

Responsibilities

• Provide innovation methodology and coaching to teams, ensuring they have the tools and guidance needed to succeed in innovation sprints.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and integration of innovation efforts across the organization.

Required qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in coaching, innovation management, or a similar role, with expertise in methodologies such as Human-Centered Design, Open Innovation, and Lean Startup.
• Possess an entrepreneurial mindset and spirit, demonstrating resilience and positivity while adeptly navigating organizational processes and structures to drive swift and effective outcomes.
• Excel in finding solutions to complex problems and overcoming challenges that involve multiple stakeholders.
• Exhibit a strong customer-centric approach, consistently keeping the needs and perspectives of our Operating Entities (OEs) and end-customers at the forefront of all innovation efforts and decision-making processes.
• By doing so, we aim to systematically enhance our customers' trust in our innovation capabilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities.
• Basic knowledge of AI technologies, principles, and their practical use.
• Experience in implementing innovation methodologies and frameworks.
• Knowledge/experience with the Allianz IT landscape and/or insurance knowledge.
• 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.
• Join us.
• Let's care for tomorrow.

Employment details

• Location: Pune [Maharashtra] [India]

About the employer

• About the Job.

Additional role details

• The Innovation Partner position is integral to empowering Allianz's innovation teams by providing expert guidance and support throughout their innovation journey.
• The Innovation Partner is committed to collecting and aggregating learnings from these sprints to identify insights and opportunities for systemic improvements.
• By proactively suggesting changes, the Innovation Partner enables faster and more effective innovation processes.
• Embracing innovation methodologies and fostering a culture of experimentation and learning are essential, as they drive the continuous evolution of ideas and solutions.
• What you do.
• Take full ownership of the Innovation Council, AzT's internal innovation process modelled after venture capital practices.
• This involves screening ideas, preparing promising concepts for presentation to the Council, and providing coaching to teams that receive seed funding from the Council.
• Accompany teams throughout their innovation journey, simplifying their path by resolving obstacles and ensuring smooth progress.
• This may also involve integrating team members from outside the Allianz Group, such as those from startups.
• Collect and aggregate learnings from innovation sprints to identify patterns, insights, and areas for improvement.
• Make proactive suggestions on systemic changes to enable innovation to happen faster and better within the organization.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and learning, encouraging teams to experiment and innovate.
• Communicate insights and recommendations to senior leadership and other stakeholders to drive strategic decision making.