Project Portfolio Manager

About the Job

Based in Barcelona and part of Allianz Technology SL, you will own the governance and continuous improvement of our project portfolio to ensure strategic alignment, value realization, and transparency. Acting as the portfolio's day-to-day owner, you will operate proactively and independently to maintain portfolio processes, coordinate demand intake, support prioritization, manage dependencies and risks, and provide clear reporting that enables effective investment and delivery decisions.

You will collaborate closely with project managers, product owners, finance, security, and operations to ensure an integrated view of the portfolio across scope, schedule, capacity, and financials. This role is ideal for a motivated professional with experience thriving on taking ownership, driving outcomes, and working with minimal supervision.

What you do

• Operate the end-to-end project portfolio lifecycle, including intake, prioritization, planning, execution tracking, and sunsetting of initiatives.
• Maintain the portfolio inventory and roadmap, ensuring accurate metadata (scope, KPIs, risks, dependencies, milestones, financials) and audit-ready documentation.
• Prepare and facilitate governance forums (agenda, materials, minutes, actions), ensuring timely follow-up on decisions, risks, and dependencies.
• Track portfolio performance through KPIs and dashboards; highlight trends and recommend corrective actions to leadership.
• Coordinate with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, cost transparency, and benefits realization tracking.
• Drive cross-team alignment (Technology, Security, People & Culture, Procurement, Operations) to resolve blockers and optimize delivery flow.
• Improve portfolio practices and tooling (e.g., PPM tools, Jira, ServiceNow, Power BI/Tableau), standardizing processes and templates.
• Support decommissioning and rationalization to focus investment on the highest-value initiatives.

 

What You Bring

• +3 years of experience in project portfolio management, PMO, or a related delivery governance role within technology.
• A proactive, self-starter mindset with strong ownership; able to work independently and "run with the role" with minimal supervision.
• Working knowledge of PPM and ITSM frameworks (e.g., Agile/SAFe, ITIL) and experience with tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, or PPM suites.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills; proficiency with Excel and at least one visualization tool (Power BI or Tableau).
• Stakeholder management and clear communication skills across business, technology, and leadership levels; experience facilitating governance forums.
• Basic financial acumen (budget tracking, cost/benefit, benefits realization) and fluency in English and Spanish.
• Basic knowledge of AI technologies, principles, and their practical use.

 

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.

97090 | Procurement | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent

 

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 to run, optimize, transform, and innovate 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 centers, 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 agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement 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 was ultimately employed by Allianz.