Corporate Resilience / Crisis & Issues Communications Strategist (m/f/d) at Allianz SE
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Who will you be joining?
Allianz is the world’s leading insurance brand, with approximately €162 billion in annual revenue, €1.7 trillion under management, and over 160,000 employees who offer solutions in insurance and investments to more than 125 million private and corporate customers worldwide.
Allianz Group Communications drives competitive advantage across Allianz’s diversified businesses, helping the company to realize the value of its scale with expertise in communications intelligence, strategy, trust capital, issues management, public and media relationships, financial communications, publishing, employee engagement, and operational excellence.
This role serves as the strategic authority for crisis management across Allianz Group, ensuring proactive risk intelligence, coordinated response, and continuous resilience-building. By setting the strategic direction, providing expert guidance, and leading immersive training programs, the role strengthens the organization's ability to anticipate, navigate, and mitigate trust risks at scale. As crises grow in complexity in a globally interconnected world, this position ensures that Allianz’s crisis preparedness, response, and recovery efforts are best-in-class, data-driven, and trust-building.
Functioning as the central orchestration/coordination point in high-stakes situations, this role ensures seamless alignment across business entities, regions, and functions. It integrates advanced risk monitoring, predictive analytics, and AI-driven intelligence to enable a data-informed, forward-looking approach to crisis management. The role requires deep analytical expertise to decode emerging trends, assess stakeholder sentiment, and refine crisis strategies in real-time.
Given its strategic influence, direct collaboration with senior leadership, and cross-functional reach, this role is integral to the global corporate structure of Allianz. It demands organizational leadership skills, personal resilience, rapid decision-making, and the ability to operate under pressure, ensuring that Allianz remains trusted, agile, and prepared in an evolving risk landscape. As a position requiring close stakeholder engagement and leadership influence, the role is Munich-based and Allianz SE-internal.
How can you make an impact?
You will:
ORCHESTRATE AND EXECUTE: Crisis Leadership & Coordination
* Serve as a central point of coordination during crises, providing strategic communications guidance
* Advise senior management on reputational risks and mitigation strategies
* Build strong relationships with key business units to foster a culture of preparedness and alignment
* Ensure smooth collaboration across media intelligence, media relations, legal, risk management, sustainability, and public affairs teams
BUILD: Crisis Preparedness & Training
* Design and implement a crisis communication playbook, ensuring alignment with broader issues management strategies
* Develop and execute crisis simulation exercises and training sessions for key teams and senior leaders
* Ensure all relevant teams are trained in crisis communication protocols and response mechanisms
DELIVER: Real-Time Crisis Response & Support
* Draft and refine crisis messaging, Q&As, and stakeholder communications under tight deadlines
* Provide strategic crisis response guidance to ensure messaging consistency and reputational protection
* Support senior management in navigating high-stakes situations by providing clear and actionable communications advice
ANTICIPATE: Monitoring & Intelligence
* Track and analyze emerging issues, risks and crises, using data and insights to inform proactive strategies
* Leverage media and social listening tools to detect early warning signals and guide responses
* Continuously refine crisis response processes based on post-crisis debriefs and lessons learned
What are you made of?
* 5+ years of experience in crisis communications, corporate affairs, reputation management, or related fields, preferably in a global corporate environment
* Ability to design and drive processes for outcomes and problem-solving
* Strong academic background in communications, politics, business, a related discipline, or any field of academic rigor
* Strong ability in pro-active scenario planning
* Excellent writing and messaging skills, particularly in high-pressure scenarios
* Proficiency in stakeholder engagement, including advising internal stakeholders and working cross-functionally
* Experienced in developing crisis simulations, trainings, and preparedness initiatives
* Experienced leveraging data and analytics for crisis monitoring and response
* Deep understanding of media relations, digital crisis response, and reputational risk management
* German and English fluent (min C level)
* Previous experience in business related functions (i.e. Sales, Operations, Claims, Underwriting, Investment Management, Asset Management, Consulting, Product Development, Finance, Market Management, Digital / Tech etc.) is a plus
Do we have what you need?
* Flexible working arrangements
* Excellent career development opportunities
* Family friendly working environment
* Health and well-being offerings
* Company pension and health insurance
* Multinational, diverse and inclusive community
* Opportunity to affect our sustainability initiatives
And there is much more! Find out more here: Allianz SE Benefits
More information regarding our recruitment process: Allianz Careers
For more information contact Mr. Nasir Mehrzad Balach: +49 89 3800 51671
People with disabilities:
We want to give all our candidates the best opportunity to succeed. If you need any adjustments to be made during the application and selection process, please email to RECRUITING-SERVICES@allianz.com
69228 | Communication & Public Relations | Management | Allianz SE | Full-Time | Permanent
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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. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.
We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.
Note: Diversity of minds is an integral part of Allianz’ company culture. One means to achieve diverse teams is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.