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Dilara E.-Epic Owner

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Babenhausen, Germany

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Feb 2025 - Present
Munich, Germany

Epic Owner

Telefonica

Position summary
Epic Owner at Telefonica
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Customer Service
Finance
Project Management
  • As part of the program (RAITT Transformation/Inlife Tribe), efficient handling of all processes for existing customers during ongoing operations and in customer service, including payments and billing, with the goal of ensuring customer satisfaction through excellent service and efficient problem solving

  • Leading the Usage-to-Payments value stream and cross-functional teams as the responsible Epic Owner in the strategic RAITT transformation program

  • Managing, prioritizing, providing functional direction and driving decision-making processes between business, architecture, development and outsourcing partners

  • Backlog prioritization, strategic roadmap development and release readiness decisions

  • Establishing governance, quality assurance and delivery standards in the payment ecosystem

  • Communicating program-critical decisions to sponsors, Product Owners and technical control centers

  • Ensuring smooth payment processes, accurate billing and integration with financial systems

  • Optimizing payment methods, managing payment service providers and efficiently handling credit checks, dunning and debt collection

  • Focus on postpaid business models with bank transfers, direct debits, returned direct debits and payouts

  • Responsibility for alternative payment methods such as credit cards and PayPal, integration of payment service providers and risk management

Jun 2023 - Dec 2024
Düsseldorf, Germany

Program Manager EU, Product Management

GHX

Position summary
Program Manager EU, Product Management at GHX
Industries
Healthcare
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Planning, leading, coordinating and monitoring program activities and milestones across several project streams for migrating the hosting of customer-specific data within the EU

  • Managing country-specific regulations for data storage in the EU

  • Leading several project streams with European, US-based and offshore teams

  • Leading steering committees (steering committee, management audits, governance boards) as well as escalation and decision management

  • Budget responsibility, risk management, roadmap alignment, KPI tracking and communication management

  • Establishing program governance, documentation standards and decision papers for C-level management

  • Analyzing and optimizing business processes and service processes

  • Developing and implementing measures to minimize risks and optimize costs

  • Business process modeling (EPC, BPMN) and object-oriented analysis (OOA)

  • Managing data migration in cooperation with country-specific data managers

  • Moderating and leading program status, steering committee and management team meetings

  • Managing rollout activities with a focus on quality standards

Apr 2022 - Apr 2023
Würzburg, Germany

Support for Department Management, Project Manager, Change Manager, Process Manager

Deutsche Rentenversicherung

Position summary
Support for Department Management, Project Manager, Change Manager, Process Manager at Deutsche Rentenversicherung
Industries
Government and Administration
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Modernization of the DSRV project by introducing a Linux operating platform and migrating from zOS host systems to x86 with Linux and VMware as well as Oracle DB

  • Central interface for requirements between the target platform squad and the department across complex IT infrastructures

  • Operational and methodological leadership responsibility within the DSRV modernization initiative

  • Managing infrastructure, operations, security and compliance teams as well as external partners

  • Introducing agile methods, creating Kanban boards and IT service management processes

  • Coordinating migrations and service transition to an external provider

  • Modeling current and target processes (BPMN, UML) and documenting change requirements

  • Creating dashboards for real-time transparency and implementing a governance structure

  • Introducing Google Workspace and standardizing templates and workflows via Confluence or SharePoint

  • Supporting digitalization and automation initiatives and self-service solutions

May 2021 - Feb 2022
Leipzig, Germany

Product Manager in E-commerce/Online

Sixt Leasing SE

Position summary
Product Manager in E-commerce/Online at Sixt Leasing SE
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Project Management
  • Carve-out project to separate IT from the parent company and IT Product Owner for websites

  • Continuous optimization and design of the multilingual corporate homepage and web portals for new vehicle leasing

  • Formulating requirements as user stories in coordination with marketing and product management

  • Leading an IT team (7 employees) and an offshore development team in Kyiv (7 people)

  • Responsibility for SharePoint data, data control checks and access management

  • Defining test procedures, acceptance criteria and usability tests

  • Populating and prioritizing the backlog and developing the product roadmap

  • End-to-end management of the product development process and go-to-market strategies

  • National and international stakeholder management with reporting to C-level management

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Munich, Germany

Process Manager, Requirements Manager, Project Coordinator, Change Manager

FI-TS

Position summary
Process Manager, Requirements Manager, Project Coordinator, Change Manager at FI-TS
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Project coordination of a server migration from Windows 2008 to Windows 2016 for approximately 3,000 servers (virtual, physical and cloud solutions)

  • Planning SQL database migrations, creating firewall requests and registering assets

  • Change planning and coordination, creating operational work orders

  • Monitoring the project roadmap, resources, budget and dependencies

  • Developing strategies for scalable IT cabling and network infrastructure

  • Creating solution designs as a basis for technical implementation

Feb 2018 - Dec 2019
Munich, Germany

Senior Business Consultant

e-Aces

Position summary
Senior Business Consultant at e-Aces
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Product Development
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Conducting requirements analyses and creating functional specifications for the VW Group project to centralize brand-specific legacy processes in compliance with the GDPR

  • Creating customer journeys and data management concepts, and automating data deletion processes

  • Designing value propositions, business models, business services, and value stream analyses

  • Optimizing the Vehicle Connectivity Framework (VCF) and managing the product backlog

  • Change Owner and Product Quality Manager in the BMW ConnectedDrive project, including finance management and stakeholder management

  • Introducing new change requests, creating test cases and blueprints, and ensuring quality

  • Project management for remote software upgrades, New Offer Structure, and auto-renewal projects

Sep 2016 - Dec 2017
Munich, Germany

IT-Business Consultant

Acando GmbH

Position summary
IT-Business Consultant at Acando GmbH
Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Education
Banking and Finance
Information Technology
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Project manager for the launch of an e-wallet at VW Financial Service (Audi) and for business process optimization to expand an e-wallet institution in Luxembourg

  • Stakeholder management, creation of the target vision, and technical collaboration with DevOps

  • Project manager for a Wi-Fi authentication project at the Goethe-Institut, including network analyses and capacity management

  • Setting up vCenter for backup and restore functions and migrating backups to virtual infrastructures, with budget responsibility of up to EUR 187 thousand

  • Process manager and single point of contact for Telefonica during the introduction of a software asset management tool and validation of cloud middleware

  • Project manager at Airbus Defence and Space for a CRM implementation (Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016), with budget responsibility of up to EUR 114 thousand

Feb 2016 - Aug 2016
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

IT-Business Consultant

Commerzbank AG

Position summary
IT-Business Consultant at Commerzbank AG
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
  • Product Owner, process and change management, and PMO for the introduction of a multi-channel online banking platform with MS Dynamics CRM

  • Interface between business departments and IT, gatekeeper process, and work package definition

  • Project controlling, coaching of business departments, and validation of CRM solutions

  • Gathering change requirements for securities, advisor, and online banking processes

Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

Student Assistant

Hochschule Darmstadt

Position summary
Student Assistant at Hochschule Darmstadt
Industries
Education
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Developing a campus tour guide application in PHP, MySQL, and HTML
Jul 2011 - Jul 2015
Babenhausen, Germany

Working Student Software Development

Continental Automotive GmbH

Position summary
Working Student Software Development at Continental Automotive GmbH
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Designing, testing, and developing diagnostic tools for driver information systems

  • Deploying modules to test, integration, and production environments and conducting developer tests

  • Documenting technical implementations, specifications, and presentations

  • Developing web tools for parsing proprietary file formats and file converters (ODX, BIN, HEX)

  • Programming in C++, C, JavaScript, and PHP

Aug 2007 - Jul 2008
Babenhausen, Germany

Intern

Hamburg Mannheimer Versicherung

Position summary
Intern at Hamburg Mannheimer Versicherung
Industries
Insurance
Business areas
Customer Service
Sales
  • Customer consulting and sales

Industry experience

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Experienced in Automotive, Telecommunication, Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Healthcare, and Aerospace and Defense.

Automotive
Telecommunication
Information Technology
Banking and Finance
Healthcare
Aerospace and Defense
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Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development, Operations, Customer Service, and Quality Assurance.

Information Technology
Project Management
Product Development
Operations
Customer Service
Quality Assurance
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Skills

Expertise

  • Requirements Management / Change Management
  • Process Management
  • Project Management / Project Leadership
  • Project Coordination
  • Interface Between Business Departments And It
  • Needs / Target Group Analysis
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Online Banking / Multi-Channel Platform
  • Risk & Issue Management
  • Microsoft Dynamics / Salesforce Crm
  • Sales Platform
  • Servicenow
  • Payment Processes
  • Gdpr
  • E-Commerce
  • Test Management
  • Network Programming
  • Software Development

Industries

  • Automotive / Finance
  • Services
  • Telecommunications
  • Aerospace
  • Financial Services
  • Automotive Industry
  • Insurance
  • Healthcare

Areas Of Expertise

  • Program Manager
  • Project Lead
  • Process Management
  • Requirements Management
  • Business Analysis
  • Project Management
  • Change Management
  • Agile Software Development
  • Payment Processes

Experience

  • 4 Years Of Software Development
  • 8 Years Of Business Analysis
  • 9 Years As An It Business Consultant
  • Project Manager
  • Process Manager
  • Requirements Manager
  • Change Manager
  • License Manager
  • Finance Manager
  • Payment Process Optimization
  • Consent Manager

Methods

  • Scrum
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • V-Model
  • Prince 2
  • Itil
  • Safe

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2008 - Jul 2015

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor's degree · Computer Science · Darmstadt, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 11
Experience in Automotive 6.5 y
Avg length 1 y 4 m
Longest experience 4 y

Global experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Epic Owner, Program Manager EU, Product Management, Support for Department Management, Project Manager, Change Manager, Process Manager
Main industries Automotive, Telecommunication, Information Technology
Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor
Certifications earned 4

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Dilara is based in Babenhausen, Germany.

Dilara speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

Dilara has at least 14 years of experience. During this time, Dilara has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 11 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Dilara may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Dilara would be well-suited for roles such as: Epic Owner, Program Manager EU, Product Management, Support for Department Management, Project Manager, Change Manager, Process Manager.

Dilara's most recent position is Epic Owner at Telefonica.

In recent years, Dilara has worked for Telefonica, GHX, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, and Sixt Leasing SE.

Dilara is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Telecommunication, and Information Technology. Dilara also has some experience in Banking and Finance, Education, and Healthcare.

Dilara is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development. Dilara also has some experience in Operations, Customer Service, and Quality Assurance.

Dilara has recently worked in industries like Telecommunication, Healthcare, and Government and Administration.

Dilara has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Operations.

Dilara holds a Bachelor in Computer Science from Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences.

Dilara has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Prince 2 Foundation, Professional Scrum Master, and Professional Scrum Product Owner.

Dilara will be available full-time from September 2026.

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