Senior Product Strategist (f/m/d)

This job is with Allianz Commercial, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Your team is part of the Product Solutions & Marketing (PSM) function which is dedicated to ensuring our product offering and market positioning best reflect the needs of our clients. This function serves as the nexus between Investments and Distribution to drive the success of the overall business. PSM is home to expertise spanning Products, Product Specialists, Marketing and Digital Business. It serves as a strategic centre of excellence within the firm for all product and solution dimensions.

You will join as a Director of Product Strategy within the PSM Strategy team reporting to the Head of PSM Strategy. You will have a strong commercial and strategic mindset with the ability to identify and frame the critical questions that underpin successful strategy development. Leveraging market intelligence, industry trends, and data-driven analysis, you will guide the team in testing hypotheses, challenging conventional thinking, and uncovering the drivers behind market dynamics. You are intellectually curious and motivated to understand the "why" behind the data, translating complex insights into compelling strategic narratives that influence decision-making and shape future direction. The successful candidate will lead cross-functional strategic projects, manage effective collaboration with internal stakeholders, design, and direct innovative initiatives, and collaborate with senior leadership to ensure our product offering is competitively positioned and forward-looking.

The role is based in our London office.

What you do

• Shape and drive the strategic agenda for PSM ensuring alignment with corporate strategy, firmwide priorities and long-term growth objectives.
• Develop strategic frameworks and oversee deep industry research on competitive market dynamics and industry developments (e.g., innovation trends or regulatory change).
• Craft persuasive, fact-based narratives and actionable strategic recommendations in partnership with the Head of PSM Strategy to inform executive decision-making.
• Build and influence relationships with senior stakeholders across PSM as well as cross-functionally with partners in Investments and Distribution.
• Lead strategic project initiatives, to assess and evaluate opportunities according to our business capabilities to support future growth.
• Advise senior management, provide direction on creation of decision papers for the Chief Product Officer and Executive Committee.
• Act as a senior representative of PSM in firmwide forums and, where appropriate, externally with industry bodies and market participants to strengthen the firm's strategic positioning and thought leadership.

What you bring

• Advanced degree or additional certifications (MBA equivalent or CFA preferred, not required).
• 10+ years of industry experience in a similar role or with transferrable skills from strategy consulting, asset management, or financial services.
• Demonstrable commercial fluency in the asset management industry, including the end-to-end value chain, competitive market dynamics, distribution landscape, and regulatory environment, with the ability to translate industry developments into strategic opportunities.
• Excellent English communication and collaboration skills. German language fluency, a plus.
• Familiarity with data visualisation tools such as Power BI, a plus.
• Regular user of AI (ChatGPT, Microsoft CoPilot or similar) with knowledge of building and deploying agents to scale research capabilities.

What we offer

• We empower our employees by ensuring flexible work arrangements that maintain a balance between performance, productivity, career development, and personal priorities (e.g., hybrid model/flexible working hours).
• Securing your future: Access to company pension/savings plans.
• Company share purchasing plan.
• Mental health and wellbeing programs.
• Career opportunities within the entire Allianz Group.
• Self-guided learning & development.
• Volunteering time... and so much more!

Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager, managing assets for individuals, families, and institutions worldwide. Our shared goal to shape a future of opportunity for our clients is foundational to our culture and our values. We look to attract, and actively nurture, individuals with the drive to achieve excellence at every stage of the investment experience.

We believe an inclusive culture is key to a flourishing workforce. Not only do we celebrate the broad range of experiences, backgrounds, and attributes that our workforce brings, but we support our people to live and work in a way that promotes their own wellbeing.

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. We are united by a shared commitment: to put our clients first and at the centre of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions. Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future - for our clients and for 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. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion, and trust are at the heart of our culture.

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. If you feel inspired to promote the active asset management experience, this is the place for you. Join our international, technology-enabled, and agile environment.

Simply upload your CV in English to apply for this position. If you need support to navigate our websites or at any stage during your application, please send an email with your request to recruiting@allianzgi.com.

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