Katharina (Kristina) Vnoucek-Transformation & Operations Leader With 10 Years Of Experience Driving Performance And Change In Global Tech.
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Business Transformation & Organizational Effectiveness
Independent
Supporting organizations and leadership teams in business transformation, organizational effectiveness and strategic initiatives.
FOCUS AREAS: Business Transformation | Organizational Effectiveness | Strategy & Operations | Executive Advisory & Partnership | AI & Technology Organizations
Senior Technical Product Manager, AI & LLM Systems
Amazon, Alexa AI
Led AI/LLM initiatives for Alexa+ across European markets, contributing to global AI strategy, governance and large-scale GenAI deployments.
- Scaled GenAI experiences across 24 markets by aligning cross-functional teams across Product, Science, Engineering, UX and Localization.
- Defined operating mechanisms, KPIs and governance structures for multilingual AI products.
- Led Alexa+ integration into BMW's in-car voice assistant and supported major launches across EMEA.
Manager, Language Engineering & Analytics (Senior)
Amazon, Alexa AI
Ramped up and led a global cross-functional organization of 30+ professionals (Engineers, Analysts, Linguists, Program and Operations Managers) supporting AI-powered customer experiences across 18 international markets (58% of global Alexa traffic). Promoted to Senior level in 2020. Assumed additional leadership responsibility for a globally distributed analytics organization in 2022.
- Designed and operationalized executive KPI reporting, performance management systems and quality metrics covering 18 markets and 58% of global Alexa traffic, enabling VP-level decision-making and strategic planning.
- Delivered 8+ analytics, automation and process improvement initiatives, including solutions reducing operational capacity requirements by 52% and model failure rates by 76%.
- Owned performance, quality and release management across 3 languages, 6 markets (20% of global Alexa traffic) and 41 business domains, supporting the delivery of 250+ customer-facing features and improvements annually.
- Led and coordinated execution across 5 global teams, successfully delivering 9+ company-wide strategic goals and contributing to approximately 30% improvement in AI model quality.
- Scaled, restructured and developed teams through workforce planning, organizational design and recruiting, conducting 300+ interviews and rebuilding underperforming teams to restore delivery performance and operational stability.
Language Engineer
Amazon, Alexa AI
- Developed and launched multilingual AI/NLU capabilities for German and French customer experiences, including new voice experiences for audiobooks and audio dramas.
- Led model quality improvement initiatives and provided functional leadership for 12+ cross-functional peers involved in language data, model training and evaluation.
Program Coordinator
Amazon, Alexa AI
- Coordinated global cross-site AI/ML and NLP software development initiatives across engineering, language and operations teams.
- Led planning, prioritization, stakeholder alignment and execution for tooling and infrastructure projects supporting Alexa AI development.
Lead German Data Analyst
Amazon, Alexa AI
- Led a team of 20 language data specialists supporting AI/NLU model development.
- Defined data processing strategies and quality standards for semantic and phonetic datasets used in machine learning model training.
Assistant to the Management
!khwa ttu - San Culture and Education Centre
Coordinated educational programmes and international student visits.
Intern
Gruner + Jahr
Conducted media research and usability analysis for print publications.
Research & Teaching assistant
Universities of Passau / Berlin
Research in linguistics and cognitive science; taught undergraduate courses.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Education, Automotive, and Media and Entertainment.
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Experienced in Research and Development, Information Technology, Project Management, Operations, Strategy, and Quality Assurance.
Summary
Transformation & Operations leader with 10 years of experience driving performance and change in global tech.
I improve how organizations execute by bringing structure to complexity and turning strategy into measurable outcomes.
Over nearly 10 years at Amazon, including five years in people leadership, I led global cross-functional organizations of 30+ people and transformation initiatives across AI, analytics, operations and language technology, partnering with senior leaders and external partners to drive organizational change in complex environments.
Skills
- Business Transformation
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Strategy & Operations
- Performance Management
- Business Analytics
- Executive Stakeholder Management
- Leadership & Team Development
- Ai & Technology Organizations
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Education
Humboldt-University of Berlin
MA · Linguistics · Berlin, Germany · 1,4
University of Passau
BA · Language and Text Science · Passau, Germany · 1,4
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Katharina is based in Berlin, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Katharina speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Czech (Intermediate).
Katharina has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Katharina has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 11 months. Note that Katharina may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Katharina would be well-suited for roles such as: Business Transformation & Organizational Effectiveness, Senior Technical Product Manager, AI & LLM Systems, Manager, Language Engineering & Analytics (Senior).
Katharina's most recent position is Business Transformation & Organizational Effectiveness at Independent.
In recent years, Katharina has worked for Independent, Amazon and Alexa AI.
Katharina is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Education, and Automotive. Katharina also has some experience in Media and Entertainment.
Katharina is most experienced in business areas like Research and Development, Information Technology, and Project Management. Katharina also has some experience in Operations, Strategy, and Quality Assurance.
Katharina has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Automotive.
Katharina has recently worked in business areas like Operations, Strategy, and Information Technology.
Katharina holds a Master in Linguistics from Humboldt-University of Berlin and a Bachelor in Language and Text Science from University of Passau.
Katharina is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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