Technical Release Manager

About the Job: As a Technical Release Manager, you will oversee end-to-end release and rollout management for a complex, business-critical application landscape. You will plan, monitor, and control release setup processes; coordinate across customers, IT units, and architecture; and continuously optimize release and deployment workflows. Your work ensures the reliable, high-performance operation of systems in both online and batch modes, while strengthening our tooling, automation, and quality standards across major, minor, and hotfix releases. What You Do: Plan, monitor, and control set-up processes for each release. Coordinate and consult with internal customers, IT units, and architecture stakeholders. Optimize and document release and deployment processes for the ABS platform. Model and package application software (including third-party components). Provide client, server, and host components for testing and production using existing tools. Create installation masters; verify functionality and installability of software. Support and further develop release/workflow tools to manage major, minor, and hotfix releases. Document release/deployment processes and defects in Confluence/Jira. Approve pull requests during hotfix phases. Automate release processes, integrating AI-based tools where applicable. Drive cross-department communication and coordination of defined processes. What You Bring: IT education or a degree in (business) informatics, and 4–5 years of proven IT professional experience. Strong knowledge of insurance-related IT processes (e.g., batches, backups, online dependencies with web/client applications); interest in challenging technical topics and further developments. Excellent analytical and entrepreneurial mindset with high quality awareness and customer focus; confident communication and conflict-handling skills in complex situations. Team player with flexibility, resilience, and strong interpersonal skills; able to work autonomously with structured problem-solving using multiple information sources. Proficiency with release/workflow tooling and documentation (e.g., Confluence, Jira) and willingness for on-call duty/weekend assignments when needed; skillful use of modern automation including AI-based tools. Language skills: very good English; project management experience and agile methods (Scrum/Kanban) and German skills are a plus. Basic knowledge of AI technologies, principles, and their practical use. 100945 | IT & Tech Engineering | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent What We Offer: We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-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. Access to over 10,000 on-demand learning resources and programs, to support you in taking control of your career development. Access to the AYMC Sportpass with the opportunity to engage in various sports and fitness activities. Parking support, ensuring a seamless and stress-free commuting experience to and from the workplace. About Allianz Technology: With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked with running, optimizing, transforming, and innovating the infrastructure, applications, and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience. We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks, and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction. In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz. Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology . Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion: Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment for everyone. We embrace individuals of all gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, ages, nationalities, religions, disabilities, and philosophies of life. Ultimately, our greatest strength as a company lies in the unique skills, experiences, and backgrounds our employees contribute. To Recruitment Agencies: Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. When we engage with recruitment agencies, the partnership is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate is ultimately employed by Allianz.