Eiko Sommer - Parental Leave Project

Q: Where is Eiko based?

Eiko is based in Wakendorf II, Germany .

Q: What languages does Eiko speak?

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

Q: How many years of experience does Eiko have?

Eiko has at least 11 years of experience. During this time, Eiko has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 10 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months . Note that Eiko may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Eiko's latest experience?

Eiko's most recent position is Parental Leave Project .

Q: What companies has Eiko worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Eiko has worked for Dataport AöR , DB Systel , matrix Systems & Consulting GmbH , and IT-Dienstleister .

Q: Which industries is Eiko most experienced in?

Eiko is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Government and Administration , and Transportation . Eiko also has some experience in Manufacturing and Professional Services .

Q: Which business areas is Eiko most experienced in?

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

Q: Which industries has Eiko worked in recently?

Eiko has recently worked in industries like Information Technology , Government and Administration , and Professional Services .

Q: Which business areas has Eiko worked in recently?

Eiko has recently worked in business areas like Product Development , Information Technology , and Project Management .

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Wakendorf II, Germany

Experience

Oct 2024 - Oct 2025

1 year 1 month

Parental Leave Project

Self-directed learning of WordPress
Sketching goals and creating the first draft using the Design Thinking method
Setting up and launching the MVP [link]

Dec 2023 - Oct 2024

11 months

Hamburg, Germany

Technical Coordinator / Technical Product Owner

Dataport AöR

Operational coordination of solutions for technical challenges in developing and using the online service in production
Troubleshooting via log analysis in Log Insight and steering technical development with consideration of third-party systems
Ensuring data protection compliance for production errors (e.g., meeting the 72-hour deadline for reporting a data breach under Art. 33 GDPR) with root cause analysis, fixing via hotfix deployment, and restoring the online service
Targeted communication with internal and external stakeholders and management of technical expectations
Ensuring nationwide scalability in the rollout of the online service
Clarifying technical requirements for additional features during ramp-up and nationwide rollout
Setting up unified technical monitoring with Grafana
Developing, coordinating, and implementing technical processes (technical & functional logging, e.g., with VMware Log Insight and Matomo)
Preparing and coordinating the technical transition of the online service from development (project) to maintenance (operations)

Apr 2023 - Nov 2023

8 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Project Manager

DB Systel

Defining and structuring project deliverables and work packages, and coordinating with clients
Scope management: aligning the initial project scope, actively monitoring scope, creating change requests
Scheduling project deliverables, creating project plans, and aligning schedules with stakeholders
Conducting resource planning; managing dependencies and resources across parallel projects
Monitoring and controlling project deliverables in terms of meeting deadlines, quality, and budget
Analyzing issues and challenges in the project to identify risks, and developing/prioritizing options to ensure project goals and reduce risks
Aligning these options with stakeholders, facilitating decision-making by the client, and monitoring the implementation of actions
Ensuring timely billing of services
Organizing and moderating project meetings and workshops
Ensuring the execution of relevant quality gates
Creating project status reports, presentations, and documentation of project results
Delivering project status and topic presentations in steering committees and at management level

Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

4 months

Bonn, Germany

Managing Consultant

matrix Systems & Consulting GmbH

Process and strategy consulting
Designing operational sales processes
Optimizing procurement processes
Contract management – tendering process for new framework agreements
Coaching in agile project management

Jun 2021 - Dec 2022

1 year 7 months

Hamburg, Germany

Product Owner

Dataport AöR

Implementing development with a Scrum team (9 members)
Building the Scrum team and processes in collaboration with the Scrum Master
Coordinating and accepting development deliverables
Budget planning and reporting
Collecting, analyzing, clarifying, and estimating user stories in the product backlog, considering a variety of stakeholders
Tracking and prioritizing the product backlog by value and customer requirements in common tools
Conducting requirements workshops to compare current and target states, involving parts of the team and relevant stakeholders
Reporting sprint results in customer reviews
Creating the first MVP (Minimum Viable Product – smallest deliverable product) and coordinating its launch into production
Aligning sprint planning and focusing the team on sprint goals
Release planning, go-live, rollout, and operations management

Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

6 months

Hamburg, Germany

Cross-Functional Product Manager and EFA Project Manager

IT-Dienstleister

Product manager responsible for successfully positioning products and managing platform-wide topics
Aligning the overall budget framework, project phases, and milestones with the Product Owners and preparing budget proposals for BWI
Developing decision-making materials for the state CIOs

Aug 2019 - Dec 2020

1 year 5 months

Hamburg, Germany

Scrum Master, Requirements Manager, Process Manager

Dataport AöR

Coaching the team in Scrum and ensuring compliance with the Scrum process
Gathering, redesigning, and documenting processes within the scope of replacement according to BPMN 2.0
Conducting requirements workshops for current vs. target state assessments, requirements analysis, and prioritization with the business unit
Specifying functional and non-functional requirements using user stories
Creating mock-ups for better visualization of requirements
Planning and coordinating interface implementation
Aligning sprint planning and focusing the team on sprint goals
Developing strategic objectives and prioritizing goals
Ensuring communication, transparency, and ownership within the team
Aligning project objectives and managing change
Planning and executing the pilot phase of the process

Feb 2019 - Jul 2019

6 months

Bonn, Germany

Project Manager, Scrum Master

apomex.net

Coaching the team in Scrum
Ensuring compliance with the Scrum process
Identifying, tracking, and removing impediments
Preparing and conducting workshops for requirements gathering
Gathering, analyzing, describing, aligning, and documenting functional and non-functional requirements
Evaluating and specifying user stories (epics)
Prioritizing backlog items
Analyzing the affected business processes
Implementing and testing the rule set
Ensuring communication, transparency, and ownership within the team

Nov 2018 - Dec 2018

2 months

Essen, Germany

Business Analyst

DB Schenker

Analyzing and planning milestones and activities
Representing the business unit's interests to the IT service provider
Planning migration with the IT service provider, considering the numerous interfaces to partner systems
Ensuring communication channels to the affected business units
Conducting risk analysis of critical points and defining downtimes
Planning test scope and resource allocation
Planning test strategy for acceptance-relevant interfaces
Planning prioritization and categorization of interfaces for configuration before migration
Reporting migration planning to the management team

May 2018 - Dec 2018

8 months

Aachen, Germany

Innovation Manager

Frauenhofer Institut KeX

Developing use cases considering future challenges for companies in the IT environment (Industry 4.0; IoT)
Defining and designing deployment criteria for blockchain technology
Conducting workshops for use case analysis and description using the Use Case Canvas
Gathering use cases and determining business cases
Creating a preliminary concept "Blockchain in Asset Management" (SAP PM/PP environment) using UML diagrams

Feb 2018 - May 2018

4 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Emergency Manager

DB Regio Bus

Coordination of system switchovers on the planned go-live dates in the maintenance environment (SAP PM/CO)
Conducting workshops (as-is/to-be comparison)
Emergency project planning
Cutover planning for SAP ISI cost centers
Risk management
Coordination with affected workshops for each conversion wave
Aligning and initiating the transformation process
Continuous communication and coordination with involved stakeholders
Ensuring knowledge transfer (Lessons Learned) for the next conversion wave

Jul 2017 - Mar 2018

9 months

Mainz, Germany

Project Manager

DB Cargo

Managing the project team
Setting up a subproject manager and transferring tasks
Closing and handing over the project to the regular organization
Preparing a European follow-up project based on project experience in France
Developing a European overall strategy with additional SAP rollout projects focusing on SAP ISI
Preparing the overall strategy for approval of planned follow-up projects
Quality assurance of project progress
Coaching and advising the project manager (follow-up project)

Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

6 months

Paris, France

Project Manager

DB Cargo / ECR

Managing the project team
Reporting to management
Monitoring and tracking workflow
Coordinating the SAP ISI interfaces with parallel projects for the introduction of additional SAP modules
Organizing specialist workshops for more effective system use in line with existing corporate requirements
Fit & gap analysis of the current system data status
Analyzing and aligning integrative processes
Coordinating the data migration of foreign-language material masters
Harmonizing affected business processes, defining interfaces, and setting a valid standard
Presenting and finalizing the processes
Coordinating and executing integrative system tests in close alignment with the parallel project and considering international aspects (language; currency; cross-border)
Defining and monitoring the cutover plan
Strategic planning of project activities regarding acceptance, data quality, and operational system use
Evaluating and prioritizing analysis and cost estimation for language adaptations
Coordinating and overseeing the migration
Aligning project closure with top management

Feb 2016 - Dec 2016

11 months

Paris, France

Project Manager, Product Owner

DB Cargo / ECR

Managing the project team
Managing the product backlog
Reporting to management
Monitoring and tracking workflow
Designing and conducting requirements workshops
Requirements analysis and specification definition
Planning and overseeing the data migration of work plans
Strategic planning of project activities regarding acceptance, data quality, and operational system use
Compiling and aligning the minimum viable product and mapping the minimal process
Evaluating and prioritizing analysis and cost estimation for language adaptations
Reporting with fit & gap analysis, potential risks, and action options to the CEO
Managing the on-site rollout of SAP ISI
Aligning the project closure approach with top management
Ensuring post-implementation support and transformation into the standard process

Aug 2015 - Feb 2016

7 months

Paris, France

Project Manager

DB Cargo / ECR

Managing the project team
Reporting to management
Project and rollout planning
Monitoring and tracking workflow
Aligning and harmonizing digital business processes with the department
Designing training concepts and managing the creation of training materials, including translation
Coordinating the data migration of assets and maintenance plans into SAP ISI
Change management
Managing additional system developments
Managing the IT service provider and creating the product backlog for them
Monitoring and prioritizing the product backlog as the product owner
Overseeing and managing the testing of development results
Creating a rollout guideline as a blueprint for further SAP rollouts
Managing on-site rollout activities
Ensuring knowledge transfer through rollout closure documentation

Feb 2015 - Jul 2015

6 months

Mainz, Germany

Project Manager

DB Cargo

Managing the project team using Scrum
Reporting to management
Project planning
Monitoring and tracking the workflow
Creating a rollout process
Defining project communication (work packages, status meetings, escalation levels)
Defining coordination processes with the French subsidiary (status meetings, weekly reporting, escalation paths)
Establishing collaboration for data collection at the French corporate headquarters (Paris)
Setting up communication lines for the distributed project organization
Analyzing the SAP PM process in SAP ISI, considering the required transactions

Jun 2014 - Jan 2015

8 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Requirements Engineer, Business Analyst

DB Systel

Conducting workshops to gather requirements for SAP ISI
Capturing and structuring requirements for the SAP input interfaces
Analyzing the maintenance process with field observation
Designing interfaces considering the requirements of the overall digital process
Conducting workshops to design processes and optimize information flow
Adjusting the overall process in ARIS
Performing fit & gap analysis with SAP PM/SD/MM
Aligning and prioritizing requirements with the business unit
Change management for designing SAP PM interfaces
High-level design of business use cases and requirements for the SAP interfaces to be developed
Modeling use cases in UML
Detailed functional design of the interface requirements as input for the technical interface design

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Government and Administration, Transportation, Professional Services, and Manufacturing.

Information Technology

Government and Administration

Transportation

Professional Services

Manufacturing

Business Area Experience

See which departments and functions this freelancer has contributed to most.

Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development, Operations, Procurement, and Strategy.

Information Technology

Project Management

Product Development

Operations

Procurement

Strategy

Summary

Communicative senior project manager, product owner, and requirements engineer with a focus on process optimization, international rollouts, and digitalization.

Over 10 years of experience in agile and traditional IT projects.

Skills

Sap Focus

International Rollout
Sap Pm Functional Design And Testing
Project Management (Traditional & Agile)
Sap Mm Test Management
Product Owner
Sap Co Business Processes
Scrum Master
Sap Fi Fundamentals
Software As A Service (Saas)
Sap Sd Fundamentals
Digitalization
Sap Eam Basics
Process Analysis And Optimization
Requirements Analysis And Specification

Software

It Infrastructure Platforms
Jira & Confluence
Ms Project
Ms Visio
Ms Office 365
Ms Teams
Team Foundation Server (Tfs)
Azure Devops Server
Aris (Uml) Enterprise Architect 10
Cad Solidworks

Soft Skills

Communicative And Goal-oriented
Self-reflective Empathetic Approach
Diplomatic Skills And Team Awareness

Industry Experience

Public Sector
Logistics
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Pharmaceuticals
Aircraft Manufacturing

Methodology

Project Management
Traditional: Prince2
Agile: Safe, Kanban, Scrum, Prince2 Agile
Requirements Management (Ireb)
Process Modeling Using Bpmn 2.0
Work Organization (Refa)
Quality Representative (Tüv) For Iso 9000 Ff
Process Model (V-model Xt)

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Certifications & licenses

SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM)

Scrum Master (PSM II)

Certified Professional For Requirements Engineering (CPRE)

IREB

SAP Certified Application Associate – Business Process Integration With SAP S/4HANA 1709

SAP Training for SAP Maintenance & Repair with ERP 6.0 EHP7

PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner (AXELOS)

AXELOS

Product Owner (PSPO I)

Scrum Master (PSM I)

PRINCE2 (AXELOS)

AXELOS

TÜV Quality Representative for ISO 9000 ff

TÜV

REFA Basic Training in Work Organization

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 17

Experience in Information Technology 7.5 y

Avg length 8 m

Longest experience 1 y 6 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, France)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Parental Leave Project, Technical Coordinator / Technical Product Owner, Project Manager

Main industries Information Technology, Government and Administration, Transportation

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Qualifications

Certifications earned 11

Profile

Created

January 2026

Last Update

March 2026

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Eiko based?

Eiko is based in Wakendorf II, Germany.

What languages does Eiko speak?

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

How many years of experience does Eiko have?

Eiko has at least 11 years of experience. During this time, Eiko has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 10 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months. Note that Eiko may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Eiko be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Eiko would be well-suited for roles such as: Parental Leave Project, Technical Coordinator / Technical Product Owner, Project Manager.

What is Eiko's latest experience?

Eiko's most recent position is Parental Leave Project.

What companies has Eiko worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Eiko has worked for Dataport AöR, DB Systel, matrix Systems & Consulting GmbH, and IT-Dienstleister.

Which industries is Eiko most experienced in?

Eiko is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Government and Administration, and Transportation. Eiko also has some experience in Manufacturing and Professional Services.

Which business areas is Eiko most experienced in?

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

Which industries has Eiko worked in recently?

Eiko has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Government and Administration, and Professional Services.

Which business areas has Eiko worked in recently?

Eiko has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Information Technology, and Project Management.

Does Eiko have any certificates?

Eiko has 11 certificates. Among them, these include: SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), Scrum Master (PSM II), and Certified Professional For Requirements Engineering (CPRE).

What is the availability of Eiko?

Eiko will be available full-time from March 2026.

What is the rate of Eiko?

Eiko's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.