Global People Operations Manager (m/f/d)

About the Job

The Integral People Operations Manager drives operational excellence, governance, compliance, and end-to-end process management across the People & Culture (P&C;) function at Allianz Technology. Acting as the central coordination point between P&C; business stakeholders, safeguarding functions, and technology and operational delivery teams, you will ensure that P&C; services, processes, and applications are effective, compliant, scalable, and aligned with organizational objectives.

You will own P&C; process governance, lead global standardization and continuous improvement, orchestrate safeguarding and compliance requirements, and oversee governance of the P&C; application and service portfolio. Core to this role is strengthening data governance and operational controls, ensuring P&C; requirements are embedded in enterprise-wide governance, and facilitating alignment between global and local P&C; teams to achieve consistent, high-quality delivery.

What you do

- Own and coordinate end-to-end P&C; process governance, including process mapping, redesign, ownership alignment, and documentation. Drive process standardization and continuous improvement across People Operations; maintain published documentation and quality standards with process owners and governance teams. Serve as the central coordinator for safeguarding initiatives impacting P&C; align with frameworks including DORA, DIRM, TPRM, BCM, ITSCM (BIA), NFRM, as well as data privacy and audit.
- Ensure P&C; processes and applications meet internal control, regulatory, risk, and compliance requirements; support audits, regulatory reviews, gap assessments, remediation, and evidence collection.



Maintain oversight of associated entities (metafinanz, POS, AZT Iberolatam, AZT Austria) and ensure safeguarding activities are covered by their P&C; functions.
- Oversee governance of the P&C; application landscape and third-party solutions; coordinate business ownership responsibilities and lifecycle governance. Manage application safeguarding requirements, service ownership transitions, and vendor documentation; partner with IT service owners and platform teams to ensure operational resilience and compliance of P&C; technology.
- Establish and improve controls related to employee data management and P&C; operations; support data quality, data governance, and data privacy compliance. Coordinate ownership models, reporting structures, and accountability mechanisms for people data and processes.
- Represent P&C; in corporate policy and standards reviews; assess operational impacts and provide business feedback during policy vetting. Ensure P&C; requirements are reflected in enterprise-wide governance documentation.
- Act as a trusted advisor across P&C;, Risk, Data Privacy, Information Security, Audit, Legal, IT, and external partners; facilitate alignment between global and local P&C; teams. Lead discussions on ownership models, governance responsibilities, and operational improvements.




- Lead strategic People Operations initiatives and transformation activities; coordinate implementation of new operating models, governance structures, and process improvements. Support organizational changes affecting People Operations, talent processes, global mobility, employee lifecycle management, and people data management.

What you bring

- Deep experience in global people operations process governance and continuous improvement, with a strong track record of standardizing and documenting end-to-end P&C; processes.
- Practical expertise coordinating safeguarding frameworks (e.g., DORA, DIRM, TPRM, BCM, ITSCM/BIA, NFRM), data privacy, internal controls, and audit readiness.
- Strong background in P&C; application and service portfolio governance, including HR technology resilience, lifecycle management, and third-party oversight.
- Proven data governance skills: data quality, privacy-by-design, operational controls, and ownership/accountability frameworks.
- Strong policy and standards literacy with the ability to assess operational impacts and embed requirements into P&C; processes and technology.
- Exceptional cross-functional stakeholder management and change leadership skills, operating effectively across global and local teams.
- Familiarity with AI technologies and GenAI platforms is a strong advantage.

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 emplo

📌 Global People Operations Manager (Barcelona)
🏢 Allianz Technology SE Spain Branch
📍 Barcelona