Senior Business Process Architect (f/m/d), Paris

Die Allianz Gruppe gehört zu den größten und renommiertesten Finanzdienstleistern der Welt und bietet ein internationales Netzwerk bekannter Marken mit erstklassigen Produkten. Vor allem streben wir nach Spitzenleistungen in unserem Alltag - das heißt, in den Beziehungen zu unseren Kunden, unseren Aktionären, unseren Mitarbeitern und zur Gesellschaft. Die Allianz Gruppe ist für über 76 Millionen Kunden in rund 70 Ländern tätig.

Als verlässlicher Partner verwaltet Allianz Global Investors Vermögen in allen wesentlichen Anlage-klassen und -regionen. Unsere Experten sind in 19 Märkten weltweit vertreten, mit umfassender Prä-senz in Europa, den USA und in Asien. Mit rund 650 Anlagespezialisten deckt unser Investment-Ma-nagement alle wichtigen Finanz- und Wachstumsmärkte der Welt ab. Erstklassiger Service vor Ort sorgt dafür, dass die globale Expertise beim Kunden ankommt.

Tasks

• Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the process improvement strategy aligned with AllianzGI’s business goals, focusing on process culture, workflow re-engineering, and documentation as a whole, with a particular emphasis on agentic AI readiness and orchestration, and a special focus on operations (incl. outsourced processes), to meet FTE/Cost reduction and scalability KPIs
• Team Lead: Manage and mentor the process improvement team, including other Business Process Architects and cross-functional contributors, ensuring high engagement and capability growth
• Drive business process assessments for identifying improvement opportunities and change implementations for AI and agentic automation
• Document (with metrics), understand, identify and analyse business processes requiring enhancement as part of the reviews
• Lead continuous improvement culture: design and execute Kaizen/Lean Six Sigma trainings as well as outside-the-box continuous improvement initiatives (e.g. gamification) to foster a mindset of ongoing enhancement and cross-functional collaboration across AllianzGI
• Own and promote the AllianzGI documentation framework including ongoing maintenance of Business Process Inventory (BPI).
• Represent AllianzGI in the market via Process / Automation events
• Coordinate and network within Allianz Group to ensure E2E Operational efficiency
• Other duties as assigned

Profile

• Master Black Belt (preferred), or Black Belt (minimum) in Lean Six Sigma. Other process methodologies certifications are a plus
• 10+ years previous experience in the process domain, ideally in Financial Services
• Demonstrated ability to think outside the box and find creative ways to approach challenges
• Strong change management experience
• Previous team management experience is plus
• Basic knowledge of financial instruments and the investment value chain in asset management
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, or related field
• Master’s Degree is a plus
• Leadership and mentoring of team members
• Ability to think critically, ask good questions, and work autonomously
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Creative problem solving
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Power Point, TEAMS, Word)
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI is a plus
• Hands-on experience in applying AI/ML tools or agentic AI orchestration platforms
• Excellent communication
• Full fluency in English both spoken and written required, French or German are a plus