Associate Asset Manager Selection, Analytics & Engagement (m/f/d)

Job purpose/role

As part of the Asset Manager Management team, you will play a key role in selecting and overseeing asset managers for Allianz Group's insurance portfolios. You will engage with asset managers, challenging their investment performance or sustainability integration and ensuring the delivery of investment objectives. You will support investment decision-making through quantitative and qualitative analyses as well as develop tools and methodologies that strengthen investment oversight, manager selection, and portfolio governance.

Key responsibilities

• Select and oversee asset managers across all asset classes for Allianz Group's proprietary and unit-linked portfolios.
• Drive asset manager engagement by building strong relationships, challenging investment approaches and performance, and ensuring delivery of agreed objectives and commitments.
• Support the development and implementation of investment strategies in close collaboration with Allianz expert teams.
• Contribute to the integration of sustainability considerations into asset manager selection, monitoring, and review processes.
• Conduct fee negotiations and manage Family Pricing Agreements.
• Develop and maintain analytical tools and frameworks for assessing asset managers, investment strategies, and funds.
• Serve as an interface between asset managers and Allianz insurance entities, investment functions, and Group Centers in implementing and managing investment strategies.

Key requirements /skills/ experience

• Master's degree with excellent academic credentials in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field; CFA or a comparable professional qualification is beneficial.
• 3+ years of experience at an institutional investor, asset manager, investment consultancy, or in a comparable investment environment.
• Exposure to portfolio management, asset manager oversight, and/or unit-linked investment products is a strong advantage.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to derive actionable insights from complex investment data
• Drive to explore and apply AI tools to investment-related challenges.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive working style and willingness to take ownership.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken; German language skills are a plus.

What we offer

• Our buddy program, a welcome event and a structured onboarding to help you get started with AIM.
• A broad range of learning opportunities will help you staying relevant in your current role and growing into future workplace demands
• An open and international working environment with a diverse and inclusive culture will inspire your everyday work. A working model which balances remote and office based work will give you the flexibility to organize the way you work.
• A company pension scheme, well-being initiatives, sports offers and other local benefits will allow you achieving a positive work life balance

108147 | Asset & Investment Management | Professional Allianz Investment Management | 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.
We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers 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 customers 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 race, 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.

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