Manager/Senior Manager Business Operations | Hybrid (Minneapolis)

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What you do:

You will partner with the Director/Senior Director to operationalize strategic goals and lead a team within an assigned business function of the Enterprise Operations business unit. You will execute key business priorities, achieves business performance targets, and delivers a superior experience to both policyholders and producers. **Securities licensing is generally required for those directly involved with activities related to Variable products, Broker Dealers, and Registered Representatives.**

• Executes department plans to ensure successful coordination of team activities (on and offshore). Achieves performance targets while effectively executing controls and managing risks.
• Promotes a customer-centric environment within the team and builds successful customer relationships. Demonstrates responsiveness by proactively gathering input and feedback from customers. Implements continuous process improvements to deliver and maintain a high-quality end-to-end customer service experience and achieve overall customer satisfaction targets.
• Maintains a solid controls framework through oversight, monitoring, assessing risk and validating results. Supports business system owners through a thorough understanding of process, system, and control capabilities. Identifies, reports, and escalates risks and implements mitigation strategies.
• Coordinates key change initiatives within assigned business function to support the evolving service strategy. Ensures flexibility, change readiness and adaptability of the team to achieve business goals into the future.
• Coaches and develops team members to support the service delivery strategy. Partners with employees to create development plans and conduct regular career coaching conversations. Solicits employee feedback and builds/executes employee engagement action plans. Leverages workforce planning models to assess staff needs and deliver results.
• Establishes strong and successful working relationship with peers, Operations leaders, key business partners, and vendors to deliver a high-quality end-to-end customer experience aligned with the service strategy and company-wide priorities.
• Utilization of artificial intelligence tools and resources (e.g. generative AI).

What you bring:

• 4 or more years' experience required: financial, insurance and/or operations; proven successful strategic leadership, business acumen, relationship and customer service skills
• Four-year degree required: business/related field or equivalent experience
• Licensing/Certification/Other: if Securities licensing is required as outlined above, the deadline to obtain is 90 days from the date Variable-related activities commence.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes holders of H-1B, H4, L-1, L-2, TN, OPT, CPT, and other nonimmigrant visas.

Base Salary Range: $69,000 - $124,000

Actual base salary may vary based upon factors such as relevant experience, qualifications, internal equity of peers, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for an annual incentive program. 

What we offer:

At Allianz Life, we're proud to provide a benefits package that supports the True Balance of our employees and their families. We offer a choice of comprehensive medical and dental plan options, a generous time off plan and an outstanding 401(k) company match. Plus, our employees enjoy an award-winning campus with an array of discounted amenities, including an onsite health center, child development center, fitness facility, convenience store and two cafeterias. Our employees and leaders take an active role in shaping our culture through our Employee Resource Groups, whose activities and advocacy contribute to an environment that welcomes, includes and celebrates diversity. Our generous benefits, campus amenities and inclusive, engaged culture are among the many reasons we're routinely recognized as a top workplace employer.

103217 | Operations | Management | Allianz US Life | Full-Time | Permanent

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. We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable laws and regulations.

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