Role Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for an innovative and strategic leader to join Allianz Personal as the Director of Product and Proposition.

This new role is essential to shape our future strategy, the propositions we offer to our customers and enhancing the suite of products that support them. You will be responsible for ensuring our products are competitive and stand out in a crowded market, identifying opportunities for improvement and driving the development of new offerings to meet market demands.

The role reports directly to the AZP Managing Director and sits on the AZP Leadership Team.

Location: London, Birmingham or Leeds.

Salary Information

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

Role Description

This role will be accountable for:

• Ownership, development and simplification of the Allianz product suite across all personal lines products and channels, ranging from the top-level product distribution strategy down to the detailed specification of the products - including inner limits of products, fees, charges and excesses
• Operation of product governance including value assessment, NPAPs and submissions to CIC, CCC, ExCo and Board on product matters, and simplification of product governance where appropriate. The ownership of product governance frameworks overall remains with the CUO as SMF23
• Driving a product line focus across all areas of AZP including the setting and execution of the Home strategy and Motor strategy for AZP

This role will additionally be responsible for:

• Designing and driving the long-term proposition development across AZP, working in conjunction with Trading and Customer teams
• Ensuring consistency in the delivery of product developments across Retail, Broker and Partnerships where appropriate
• Product mapping and development of new products for new Partners and Brokers where required
• Monitoring trading performance by product and coordinating deliveries across functions to drive growth in key product lines. (Note that Trading sits with Distribution teams, but this role reports and assesses performance by product lines across channel)
• Providing the business input into Claims and ensuring that Claims delivers the improvements required for both Motor and Home
• Servicing the products requirements of the Retail, Partnerships and Broker Distribution teams

Technical skills

• Deep knowledge of UK car and home insurance markets.
• Detailed understanding of how insurance products are manufactured, sold and maintained
• Understanding of UK regulation including GIPP and Consumer Duty.

Experience

• Significant experience of working in UK personal lines
• Leadership experience in UK personal lines
• Prior experience of working in the development of products and propositions within insurance
• Experience of managing and influencing different stakeholders across different business areas
• An excellent communicator, capable of engaging and collaborating at all levels of seniority and building strong relationships

We support the government scheme "Access to Work" please feel free to ask us about the access to work scheme.

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that's perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That's on top of enjoying all the benefits you'd expect from the world's number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts
• Volunteering days

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it's right for our customers, our business and for you, then we'll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it's assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications. Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk

For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Matthew Mckevitt 

Closing date 07/04/26

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

94913 | Product Management | Management | Allianz Executive | Allianz UK | Full-Time | Permanent

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