Global Head of Protection and Resilience based in Romania/India/ Spain or Germany(m/f/d) Bucharest

Global Head of Protection and Resilience based in Romania/India/ Spain or Germany(m/f/d)
Bucureşti
Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Global Head of Protection and Resilience based in Romania/India/ Spain or Germany(m/f/d)

Allianz Services was established on January 1st, 2019, with the objective of bundling, harmonizing and industrializing core insurance processes of AZ Operating Entities. Since its start, Allianz Services has succeeded in becoming one individual business segment by combining various businesses from different parent companies and is successfully operating under the roof of Allianz Technology SE. Allianz Services is running service delivery operations in Romania, India, Mauritius, Morocco, Spain, Malaysia, and Portugal as well as is operating Consulting hubs in Germany, USA, Italy, France, and Singapore with almost 8000 colleagues globally.

The Global Head of Protection and Resilience leads the development and implementation of global protection and resilience strategies to ensure safety, security, operational continuity, and compliance with European digital regulations (e. g. , DORA). Manage risks, enhance crisis response, and ensure business continuity across global shared service centers.

What you do:
Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute a global protection and resilience strategy aligned with organizational goals and DORA compliance.
• Guide regional teams to ensure risk management consistency and adherence to regulations.

Risk Management & Crisis Response

• Assess and mitigate risks to operations, assets, and personnel.
• Develop crisis management protocols, lead responses, and ensure effective incident reporting per DORA guidelines.
• Oversee physical security and ensure compliance with digital operational resilience standards.
• Implement and test business continuity plans to safeguard critical services.
• Engage internal and external stakeholders to adopt best practices and address emerging threats.

Performance Monitoring

• Track KPIs, report progress, and ensure governance and compliance with DORA standards.

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s in Security, Risk Management, Business, or related fields (Advanced degree preferred).
• 8-10 years in senior resilience roles, ideally in global organizations.
• Expertise in DORA-compliant risk management, crisis response, and business continuity.
• Fluent in English (additional languages a plus).
• Certifications (e. g. , CPP, CBCP, CISSP) preferred; interest in technologies like Gen
  AI is a plus.

What we offer:

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between
  - person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

We highly welcome candidates with a genuine interest and affinity for Information Technology (IT) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen
AI), as these attributes are considered valuable assets to our team.

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 ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

Note: Diversity of minds is an integral part of Allianz’ company culture. One means to achieve diverse teams is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.

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