Kossi A.-Project Manager
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Experience
Project Manager
Deutsche Bank
Migration of an existing application to a new IT infrastructure.
- Managed all project activities (infrastructure, applications, data, security, architecture)
- Planned complex network architectures with security requirements
- Designed and coordinated firewall configurations
- Planned and managed interfaces between ERP, cloud, and third-party systems
- Coordinated middleware solutions (e.g., SAP Integration Suite, MuleSoft, Boomi)
- Defined data flows, mapping rules, and integration architectures
- Managed data migrations and master data harmonization
- Coordinated with business departments, IT teams, service providers, and external partners
- Team size: International team of 35 employees – Germany | Poland | India | USA
- Languages: English
Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), Brainloop, Jira, Confluence, MS SharePoint
Scrum Master/Project Manager
HahnAir
NDC innovation at Hahn Air: Implementation of an IATA NDC-based airline retailing platform for the omnichannel marketing of flight and travel services, as well as the integration of personalized offers and additional services.
- Defined and implemented end-to-end processes for offer, order, and payment management
- Managed API, middleware, and cloud integrations
- Managed activities across the Flight Levels to ensure coherent program governance
- Planned and managed the integration of NDC interfaces with airline, GDS, OTA, and travel agency systems
- Coordinated the integration of Extended Travel Services (hotel, car rental, insurance, lounge, transfers)
- Performed key RTE functions (cross-team coordination, impediment removal, program board moderation) as part of the program responsibility
- Reported to stakeholders and management on program progress, goal achievement (OKR status), and risks
- Team size: International team of 15 employees | USA | Germany | India | France
- Languages: English, French
Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), Teams, Jira, Confluence, MS SharePoint
Demand Manager
Atotech
- Analyzed, identified, assessed, and implemented requirements through decision readiness
- Supported business units in capturing and detailing IT requirements
- Ensured smooth communication between departments
- Facilitated processes with solution-oriented task allocation
- Defined responsibilities and supported management with demand assessments when needed
- Precisely documented internal processes to take customer requirements into account
- Skills and tools used: Communication, reporting, presentation, project management, MS Exchange, MS Outlook
- Team size: 30 people
Finance Performance & Portfolio Manager
Deutsche Bank
IT portfolio management with a focus on financial analysis.
- KPI-driven monitoring of costs, risks, and project dependencies
- Portfolio optimization to ensure business objectives
- Roadmap planning with regional stakeholders
- Quality-assured status reports
- Team size: International team of 12 employees – Germany | India
- Languages: English, German
Tools: Microsoft Office, Jira, Confluence, MS SharePoint
Head of Program Management Office
Barclaycard Bank
- Established and managed the PMO
- Responsible for four subprojects and sub-PMOs
- Stakeholder and escalation management
- Represented overall project management internally and externally
- Project planning and execution of project and management reporting
- Skills and tools used: Communication, reporting, presentation, project management
- Team size: 45 people
Scrum Master & Project Manager
Landesbank Berlin AG
Introduction of multichannel credit card orders for cobranding partners (Amazon) via a central system.
- Moderation of all Scrum events (Daily, Planning, Review, Retrospectives)
- Subject-matter support for the Credit and Risk streams
- Derivation and tracking of team goals from overarching OKRs
- Support for program management as part of the overall program
- Coordination of internal and external project stakeholders
- Quality assurance in close coordination with test management
- Ensuring transparent and structured communication with management and the project team
- Team size: International team of 30 employees – Germany | India
- Languages: English, German
Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, OSPlus
Managing Director
Freelancer
Project & Program Manager, Agile Coach, Scrum Master
- Agile & classic project management in international project teams, agile coaching, project planning, stakeholder management, vendor management, business case management, budgeting.
Senior Project Manager
Exxeta
Management consultancy | €125 million in revenue | 1,200 employees
- Led and coordinated complex client projects, including using agile project management methods as a Scrum Master and Agile Coach.
- Built strong client relationships through long-term and successful project engagements.
- Worked as an in-house personal coach and communication trainer for employees.
- Established the nearshore model and bid management.
Software Release Manager
Deutsche Bank
Release management: Coordination of 8 applications (35/year), including SAP systems (S/4HANA). Responsible for SAP TMS, change requests, and timely updates in the release calendar.
- Managed the agile Release Train (ART), including end-to-end delivery in a SAFe environment
- Planned and moderated key SAFe events (PI Planning, System Demos, I&A)
- Identified and removed impediments and managed dependencies
- Performed key RTE functions (cross-team coordination, impediment removal, program board moderation) as an integral part of program responsibility
- Coached stakeholders and promoted continuous improvement, DevOps, and agile scaling
- Team size: International team of 30 employees – Germany | India
- Languages: English, German
Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, SAP CML, SAP BA, Oracle, SAP Solution Manager (Sol Man), MS SharePoint, SAP S/4HANA
Subproject Lead
Deutsche Bank
Introduction of a reporting platform as part of a BI program:
The goal of the project was to consolidate and harmonize the two different reporting platforms.
- Worked closely with IT, Procurement, Operations, and business departments
- Defined and implemented project management methods and processes
- Continuously tracked project status, including the preparation of management reports
- Planned and ensured the quality of project deliverables
- Team size: International team of 35 employees – Germany | India
- Languages: English, German
Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, Jedox, DB2, SAS, MS SharePoint
PMO Lead
Deutsche Bank
Implementation of a Basel II-compliant credit lending system: The existing Italian Basel II solution (IRB approach) was adapted for the Netherlands, including adaptation to local EU regulations and ensuring data quality throughout the entire lending process.
- Coordinated various stream reports
- Project planning and project status reporting
- Analyzed trend data for the development and testing dashboard
- Monitored defect management
- Team size: International team of 12 employees – Germany | India | Italy
- Languages: English, German
Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, MS SharePoint
Process Analyst
Telekom
- Developed a new corporate portal system, "MyPortal," to consolidate more than 20 departmental portals
- Responsible for the Governance & Compliance stream
- Coordinated the integration process
- Conducted workshops with business departments
- Defined SLAs
- Status tracking and reporting
- Skills and technologies used: Documentation, business requirements analysis, communication, solution design, presentations, project management, ITIL, SAP NetWeaver, LDAP
- Team size: 25 people
Sub-Project Lead
Deutsche Bank
- Modeled service and staffing processes for a pooling concept as part of the Postbank acquisition
- Prepared the project initiation document
- Planning and reporting
- Staff allocation
- Jira customization
- Skills and technologies used: Documentation, business requirements analysis, communication, solution design, presentations, project management (waterfall), MS Office, MS SharePoint, JIRA
- Team size: 10 people
Project Manager
Deutsche Bank
- Reported secured loans as part of the balance sheet statistics and sent monthly XML files to the Deutsche Bundesbank
- Managed internal and external service providers
- Project and budget planning, management, and documentation
- Quality management
- Test management
- Skills and technologies used: Documentation, business requirements analysis, IT coordination, communication, solution design, presentations, project management (waterfall), MS Office, MV Host, MS SharePoint
- Team size: 12 people
Project Manager
Deutsche Bank
- Reported credit sales and purchases in accordance with the Deutsche Bundesbank's reporting requirements as of December 31, 2009
- Led and managed the project
- Managed collaboration with the client
- Conducted workshops and presentations for senior management
- Provided process consulting and prepared business concepts
- Skills and technologies used: Requirements analysis, documentation, IT coordination, communication, solution design, presentations, project management, banking, MS Office, MV Host, MS SharePoint
- Team size: 8 people
Project Manager
Deutsche Bank
Global rollout of a compliance system for MiFID requirements:
Integration of bank data (including from Asia and Europe) into a unified reporting system to efficiently meet regulatory requirements.
- Designed and coordinated business acceptance tests
- Managed internal and external service providers
- Managed offshore partners
- Coordinated the activities of globally operating delivery units as part of the integration
- Team size: International team of 20 employees – Germany | India | Belgium | Netherlands
- Languages: English
Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Cognos, MS SharePoint
Business Analyst
Deutsche Bank
- Developed a securities indicator index reporting system for the early detection of negative developments in investment advice
- Requirements analysis, design, testing, and acceptance of new software developments and enhancements
- Selection, management, and coordination of third-party vendors and offshore units
- Preparation of functional specifications
- Skills and technologies used: Requirements analysis, design, presentations, project management, MV Host, MS Office, MS SharePoint
- Team size: 8 people
Senior Managing Consultant
CGI
Management consulting | €12 billion in revenue | 90,000 employees
- Led and coordinated various large-scale projects within the company and for clients.
- Built strong client relationships through long-term and successful project assignments.
- Bid management and sales consulting.
Business Consultant
Mundipharma
Optimized revenue planning by introducing rolling planning in Cognos TM1 with automated planning cycles and consolidated real-time results.
- Designed and implemented the data model
- Mapped business logic
- Team size: 5 people
- Languages: German
Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, Cognos TM1, MS SharePoint
Business Analyst
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
Implementation of an integrated planning and management tool.
- Built the data warehouse: created and adapted DTS packages
- Created dimensions and planning front ends
- Team size: 5 people
- Languages: German
Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Cognos TM1, MS SharePoint
Business Analyst
T-Systems
Introduction of a new portal to replace 20+ existing decentralized portals with modularized services and unified access.
- Analyzed and optimized IT-supported processes for managing the data privacy clause relating to customer data
- Took responsibility for the “Governance & Compliance” stream
- Coordinated the integration process
- Moderated workshops with the business departments
- Defined SLAs, status tracking & reporting
- Team size: 12 people
- Languages: German
Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, MS SharePoint
Market Analyst
T-Systems
IT and communications technology service provider | €8.6 billion in revenue | 37,500 employees
- Identified competitors. Benchmarking: prices, services, market positioning. SWOT & gap analyses.
- Created structured market and competitor reports
- Maintained market and competitor databases
- Used BI tools and analytical instruments for data-based decision-making
Industry experience
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Experienced in Professional Services, Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Tourism, Chemical, and Manufacturing.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Project Management, Strategy, Information Technology, Finance, Sales, and Business Intelligence.
Summary
Experienced IT Project Manager and Scrum Master with many years of practice in the banking sector and in managing complex IT and transformation initiatives. Focused on agile process support and the continuous improvement of Scrum and Kanban workflows, building high-performing teams, and facilitating and structuring demanding change processes.
Experienced in using modern agile scaling approaches — especially Flight Levels, OKR (Objectives & Key Results), and agility metrics — to increase transparency, alignment, and end-to-end flow. Coaches teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders and actively drives the sustainable development of agile ways of working and organizational structures.
Extensive experience in test management, test coordination, and release management: planning and managing test scenarios, execution and documentation, and supporting changes and releases. Confident in analyzing complex banking requirements and implementing them through the interaction of application systems and IT processes.
Also coordinates migration, release, and integration activities and supports vendor management through performance and quality monitoring. Structured, analytical, and solution-oriented way of working, combined with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Skills
Areas Of Expertise
- Project Management
- Process Management
- Requirements Management
- Business Intelligence & Performance Measurement
Industries
- Banking
- Telecommunications
- Energy Supply
- Utilities And Waste Management
It Skills
- Standard Products And Sap
- Jira
- Ms Excel
- Ms Project
- Ms Visio
- Hp Quality Center (Alm9)
- Sharepoint
- Sap Solman
- Ms Exchange
- Ms Outlook
- Confluence
- Servicenow
- Os Plus
- Qliksense
- Kanban
- Spira-Plan
- Proxy
Methods
- Scrum
- Project Management (Prince2 Methodology)
- Communication
- Concept Development
- Customer Analysis
- Facilitation
- Process Analysis
- Presentation
- Workshops
- Crisis Management
- Requirements Analysis
- Change Management
- Requirements Management
- Coaching
- Document Management
- Functional Concept Design
- Interviewing
- It Organization
- Conflict Management
- Marketing
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Offshoring
- Outsourcing
- Problem Management
- Quality Management
- Risk Management
- Software Development
- Statistics
- Team Leadership
- Test Coordination
- Test Management
- Uml
- Project Methodologies
Modeling
- Epc
- Swim Lane
- Activity Diagram
- Uml
Project Management
- Project Management According To Prince2
Software Development
- Requirements Analysis
- Functional Concept Design
Languages
Education
University of Freiburg
Diploma in Economics, specializations: Business Information Systems & Econometrics · Economics · Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
University of Togo
Studies in the humanities · English · Lomé, Togo
Certifications & licenses
PeopleCert
Certified S/4HANA Foundation Level User
SAP
Certified S/4HANA Implementation Consultant - End-to-End Business Processes for SAP Business Suite
SAP
Conflict Management
Scrum Alliance
Steinbeis-Certified Business Process Manager
Certified Business Process Manager
Steinbeis
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
Profile
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Kossi is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Kossi speaks the following languages: German (Native), French (Native), English (Advanced).
Kossi has at least 23 years of experience. During this time, Kossi has worked in at least 17 different roles and for 12 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 1 month. Note that Kossi may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Kossi would be well-suited for roles such as: Project Manager, Scrum Master/Project Manager, Demand Manager.
Kossi's most recent position is Project Manager at Deutsche Bank.
In recent years, Kossi has worked for Deutsche Bank, HahnAir, Atotech, and Freelancer.
Kossi is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Banking and Finance, and Information Technology. Kossi also has some experience in Tourism, Chemical, and Manufacturing.
Kossi is most experienced in business areas like Strategy, Project Management, and Information Technology. Kossi also has some experience in Finance, Sales, and Business Intelligence.
Kossi has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Banking and Finance, and Tourism.
Kossi has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Finance, and Strategy.
Kossi holds a Master in Economics from University of Freiburg.
Kossi has 13 certificates. Among them, these include: COBIT, IT Governance in Practice, Certified ITIL V3 Foundation, and Certified PRINCE2 Foundation PM.
Kossi is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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