Product Manager (m/f/d)* - Limited to 18 months

This role will be part of the Investment & Asset Management Tower for Group Technology, responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, and maintenance of all investment and asset management systems, applications, and platforms. The Tower manages the seamless transition of new systems or projects to steady-state operations and takes ownership of key business relationships, providing accurate metrics on uptime, issues, and resolutions.

Munich Re is a global market leader in re-insurance, global specialty insurance and digital solutions.  New technologies are disrupting the insurance value chain. Our innovative minds in IT spearhead the transformation and make change happen. We support clients with a comprehensive range of insurance and risk management products. Our goal is to become even more digital through the expertise of our IT & Tech specialists, and by leveraging data and insights to support innovation and client service. We are therefore making targeted IT investments and helping our insurance clients and partners to tackle problems in the modern digital world with innovative and forward-looking solutions.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated IT Product Manager for core investment management applications in the IT unit Business Solutions – Investment & Markets. As a Product Manager you will manage IT products that support one or more lines of business, including managing the demand process and consulting business colleagues to lead both tactical and strategic development. You’ll lead an agile team comprised of architects, business analysts, quality assurance and development resources, all focused on achieving the team’s goals.  In this role, you will own and manage the product lifecycle including functional releases and IT upgrades, to maintain compliance, performance and ‘fit for purpose’ business functionality. You will be responsible for the secure and stable ‘run’ of the product as well as for the product costs.

Your Job

• Partner with IT and business colleagues to manage product roadmaps and backlogs, ensuring that the product team delivers capabilities on time, on budget and per expectation
• Ensure stable operations of products and compliance with security and regulatory requirements
• Manage delivery processes including requirements discovery, solution design, user story writing, feature development, and user acceptance testing
• Initiate projects and implement change requests, plan and execute product releases, conduct sign-off procedures
• Partner with executive and subject matter experts to identify key capabilities needed as well as potential risks and issues
• Be responsible for the product costs and management of the involved external staff including procurement and provider management
• Monitor and evaluate product compliance and performance to facilitate continuous improvement

Your Profile

• University degree preferably in computer science, business administration, or similar qualification
• 3+ years product management experience working in a regulated industry such as Financial Services
• Demonstrated experience of working in a scaled/agile team, with team members in different global locations
• Preferably, you are already ITIL and Scrum certified or have the readiness to pursue one with our support  
• Customer focus
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Organization and prioritization 
• Project management and leadership experience
• Fluent spoken and written English, fluency in German is a plus

Application Instructions

In order to consider your application, we require your application to be submitted via our online applicant portal. In addition to uploading your CV, we recommend writing a cover letter to tell us more about why the position is of interest to you.

About us

As the world's leading reinsurance company with more than 11,000 employees at over 50 locations, Munich Re introduces a paradigm shift in the way you think about insurance. By turning uncertainty into a manageable risk we enable fundamental change. Join us working on topics today that will concern society tomorrow, whether that be climate change, major construction projects, medical risk assessment or even space travel. 

Together we embrace a culture where multiskilled teams dare to think big. We create the new and the different for our clients and cultivate innovation.

Sounds like you? Push boundaries with us and be part of Munich Re.

Our employees are our greatest strength. That’s why we offer them a wide range of benefits. You can find some examples below.

Unlock your potential

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: we embrace the power of differences and are convinced that diversity fosters innovation and resilience and enables us to act braver and better.
• Continuous Learning: we believe that continuous learning is a key differentiator and critical for building new skills and accelerating growth.
• Career Mobility: we actively support career mobility, and our strong global and regional presence offers a wealth of career growth opportunities for you.

Rewards & Recognition

• Competitive salary: appropriate compensation for your high level of commitment.
• Retirement provision: state of the art in-house pension solutions.
• Work-life balance: promoting the compatibility of family and work in addition to overall work-life balance.
• Health management: focus on your physical and mental health far beyond legal requirements.
• Hybrid working: living the best of both worlds – we offer you a very flexible approach as well as the opportunity to work from abroad on an occasional basis.

* Munich Re not only stands for fairness with regard to its clients; it is also an equal opportunities employer. Severely disabled candidates will also be prioritized, if equally qualified.