What if your AI expertise could shape the future of innovation at one of the world's leading insurers?

As our AI Architect, you will define and drive the AI architecture strategy for Allianz Benelux. You bridge business ambitions and technology capabilities — ensuring that every AI solution we build is scalable, secure, compliant, and aligned with our long-term vision.

Working within the AI & Data domain, you'll collaborate with business leaders, data experts, enterprise architects, and Allianz Technology teams to design and govern enterprise-grade AI solutions. From Generative AI and agentic frameworks to cloud platforms and MLOps, you'll accelerate AI adoption while safeguarding architectural consistency and responsible usage across the organization. This role is for you if you combine strategic thinking with hands-on technical expertise and enjoy influencing stakeholders across business and technology.

What We Offer?

A unique opportunity to shape Allianz Benelux's AI strategy and architecture roadmap
High visibility and close collaboration with senior stakeholders across business and IT
A dynamic, international environment within a leading global insurer
Access to cutting-edge AI technologies, platforms, and innovation initiatives
Professional development opportunities, training, and certifications
Flexible hybrid working model with a healthy work-life balance
Competitive salary package with comprehensive benefits
A chance to make a tangible impact on Allianz's digital transformation journey

Your Responsibilities:

Define and maintain the AI architecture framework — including principles, capability models, design patterns, and target-state architecture
Translate business use cases into end-to-end AI architecture designs aligned with Allianz standards and objectives
Design scalable and reusable AI solutions by selecting appropriate platforms, integration patterns, and technology components
Collaborate closely with business, data, IT, and Allianz Technology stakeholders to ensure successful solution delivery
Drive AI platform and vendor strategy decisions — evaluating internal and external solutions while balancing scalability, speed to market, and cost
Promote the adoption and reuse of enterprise AI platforms, capabilities, and services across the organization
Contribute to AI governance and Design Authority processes by reviewing and validating architecture designs
Ensure compliance with Responsible AI principles, data privacy requirements, security standards, and regulatory obligations
Provide architecture leadership throughout the AI lifecycle — from ideation and design to deployment and continuous improvement
Monitor emerging AI technologies, market trends, and Allianz Group initiatives to strengthen our architecture maturity

Your Profile:

You hold a Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field and bring extensive experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, AI platforms, or advanced analytics environments.
You have proven experience designing enterprise-scale AI or data-driven solutions, including conceptual data modelling, ontology design, and architecture frameworks. You're comfortable working with data-intensive processes within complex organizations and have delivered large-scale business intelligence, AI, or advanced analytics initiatives.
Your technical expertise spans AI architecture and system design, Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic frameworks, cloud and AI platforms (Azure, AWS, Allianz Data Platform), data and machine learning engineering (data pipelines, MLOps), as well as AI governance, security, and Responsible AI.
You combine this with excellent stakeholder management skills — communicating complex architectural concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. You understand cloud-native architectures, integration patterns, and platform strategies, and you're familiar with AI governance, risk management, and regulatory requirements.
Experience in financial services or insurance is highly desirable. You are fluent in English; Dutch and/or French is considered a strong asset.
At Allianz, we're always on the lookout for individuals who are enthusiastic about AI and Data Analytics to shape the future and drive innovation across our organization.

Ready to architect the future of AI at Allianz? Apply today and join us in shaping tomorrow. We'd love to hear from you.

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.

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

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