In 2019, the German insurer identified that it was running the risk of not having enough managers specialized in IT and organization management over a five to ten year horizon. Instead of recruiting the skills, HR teams set up a 10-month internal reskilling programme, the success of which was evidenced by the results of the first ‘2020 intake’. With the 2021 candidates in the course of being selected, Planet Labor interviewed Renate Braun, Allianz's Head of Operations & IT Capability Building and responsible for this 5-stage, 3-rotation based project.
Relying on internal resources. The idea for the ‘Global accelerator program’ came about in 2019, when some of the company’s subsidiaries realized, through their workforce forecasting analyses, that in the medium term they were going to find themselves insufficiently staffed with IT management and organization management specialists. “This is due to the new tasks and challenges created by the rise of digitalisation and, of course, the fact that more and more ‘baby boomers’ will be retiring in the coming years,” Renate Braun explains.
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