Manuel Schneider - Senior Project Manager and Scrum Master

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Cologne, Germany

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Experience

Jan 2026 - Mar 2026

3 months

Germany

Project Manager

Univention

Industry: digital sovereignty, public sector

Content:

Project steering (teams: consulting, development, testing, deployment/operations)

Products and standards:

Jira, Confluence, Asana, Miro, Mural
Open Source, Keycloak, Open Xchange, ownCloud

Nov 2020 - Dec 2025

5 years 2 months

Germany

Scrum Master / Project Manager

Zweckverband Kommunales Rechenzentrum Niederrhein

Implementation Scrum Master, project management, consulting
Logineo.NRW – Schools Online
Chat and video conferencing solutions
Requirements management, release and deployment planning, agile coaching
Coordination, presentations to the Ministry of Education and Schools of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Project coordination between the Ministry of Education and Schools of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Medienberatung NRW, service providers
Products and standards: Jira, Confluence, Xray, Grafana, Redmine, Miro
Technologies: Jitsi-Meet, Matrix-Synapse, Element-Web, BigBlueButton, Teams
Infrastructure: AWS (Amazon Web Service), Kubernetes

Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

4 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager

Digitas Pixelpark

Project management, consulting
Multi-brand portal for medical professionals (migration)
Single-brand portal product pages
German Medicines Advertising Act (HWG)
Products and standards: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Miro, Design Sprint, DocCheck, Sitecore

Dec 2019 - Jun 2020

7 months

Germany

Scrum Master

Landschaftsverband Rheinland

Agile project management
Consulting on agile ways of thinking and working
Consulting portal
Collaboration with the IT department
Setup and coordination of IT infrastructure
Structuring data and creating data models
Products and standards: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Pimcore, FirstSpirit, ElasticSearch, Servicekonto.NRW, OZG, LeiKa

May 2019 - Dec 2019

8 months

Germany

Project Manager (agile)

Renault Deutschland AG

Business Intelligence (BI) project management
Steering business stakeholders, development team, data sources, security, database architecture
Process optimization
Project management of the Datalake Team Germany
Collaboration with the IT department
Setup of data transfer routes and IT infrastructure
Concept creation
Products and standards: QlikView, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Datalake, Nifi, ETL (Datalake Loader)

Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

4 months

Germany

Technical Consultant / Agile Coach

Eurowings Digital

Technical concept for mobile customer touchpoints (iOS/Android app, mobile web portal)
As-is/to-be analysis and research of data flows and system landscapes
Workshops and coordination of workstreams: business requirements, design, UX, development, backend IT, testing
Building process models
Advice and support for Scrum team, Scrum Master, Product Owner
Collaboration with IT department
Creating concepts and modelling JSON APIs / endpoints
Integration of IT infrastructure and backends
Products: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, JSON

Feb 2017 - Dec 2018

1 year 11 months

Germany

Senior Requirements Manager, Senior Project Manager

REWE Group

Management of business requirements
PAYBACK customer loyalty program
Data privacy: EWE management, Permission Center, EU GDPR
Coordination of timing, budget, prioritization, and quality with stakeholders (IT, third-party providers, business teams)
POS systems and campaign management
Omni-channel projects (web, app, POS, store)
Collaboration with IT department
Expansion and migration of data sources
Concept creation and IT infrastructure model
Data flows and security and protection concepts
Products and standards: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Trello, Asana, SAS CI, SAS Real Time Decision Manager, MS TeamRoom

Jan 2016 - Feb 2017

1 year 2 months

Germany

Program Manager

Renault Deutschland AG

Program management "Customer Ambition", preparation and running of steering boards
Analysis and optimization of project management, workflows, release management, and process models
International communication
Data privacy, opt-in management
CRM targeting
Collaboration with IT department
Migration of data sources and systems
Concept creation: Golden Record, Match & Merge, CMDM
Products and standards: Atlassian JIRA, Adobe Campaign, Salesforce

May 2014 - Present

12 years 5 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager, Consultant

DuMont Mediengruppe

Multi-project management (traditional, agile)
Digital transformation (print, online)
Program management "Digital Strategy"
Corporate identity and corporate design
Process and workflow consulting, project coaching
Web portals (company internet, global company intranet)
EU GDPR: process management, consulting
Software deployment
Collaboration with IT department
Migration of data sources and systems
Network security, intranet, SSO, Active Directory
Products and standards: Sharepoint, Typo3, Active Directory, JIRA, Confluence, Otris Privacy, Bitbucket, Responsive Web, BPM

Sep 2013 - May 2014

9 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master

Sevenval GmbH

Multi-project management, Scrum (traditional, agile)
Mobile portals (internet, extranet), web apps, native apps (iOS, Android), tablet
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Projectile, Merlin, Ganttic, Redmine, Bugzilla, HP Quality Center, Hybris, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, AJAX, Responsive Web
Clients: comdirect bank AG (mobile portal web app/hybrid app), Automobile Bank Braunschweig (mobile web portals), Automobile Group Stuttgart (international responsive web portals)

Mar 2013 - Aug 2013

6 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master

i22 internetagentur GmbH

Multi-project management, Scrum (classic, agile), requirements management
Progress tracking, project controlling, milestone analysis
Web portals (internet, extranet, intranet)
Responsive web design (Twitter Bootstrap), payment, SLA
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Merlin, Redmine, Jira, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, SSO
Clients: Deutsche Telekom AG (mobile device management, CI/CD portal, intranet portals, broadband internet landing page, Telekom Miles & More portal), T-Systems International GmbH (mobile payment systems)

May 2011 - Jul 2012

1 year 3 months

Germany

Multi Project Manager, Scrum Master

Sevenval GmbH

Multi-project management, Scrum (classic, agile)
Coordination of internal and external teams/agencies (concept, usability, layout, design, architecture, security, development, progress tracking, support, quality assurance)
Project controlling (budget, time, performance, quality), project reporting, test and release planning
Management summary, decision papers, presentations, workshops
Mobile marketing, ad server integration, tracking analyses
Mobile portals, web apps, native apps
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Merlin, Ganttic, WebTrends Analytics, WIPE, Axure, Visio, Redmine, Bugzilla, HP Quality Center, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON

May 2011 - Jul 2012

1 year 3 months

Germany

Multi Project Manager, Scrum Master

YOC AG

Multi-project management, Scrum (classic, agile)
Coordination of internal and external teams/agencies (concept, usability, layout, design, architecture, security, development, progress tracking, support, quality assurance)
Project controlling (budget, time, performance, quality), project reporting, test and release planning
Management summary, decision papers, presentations, workshops
Mobile marketing, ad server integration, tracking analyses
Mobile portals, web apps, native apps
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Merlin, Ganttic, WebTrends Analytics, WIPE, Axure, Visio, Redmine, Bugzilla, HP Quality Center, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON

Apr 2010 - Dec 2010

9 months

Germany

Senior Analyst, Deputy Head of Analysis

Telekom Deutschland GmbH

CoreMedia competence team
Requirements engineering, change requests, usability improvements
Preparing user training sessions, presentations, workshops
Tenant concept, integration of intranet portals
Analysis of process definitions, review, approval, document management
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Jira, HP Quality Center, oXygen, Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, Rational Rose, UML, XML, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, DITA

Oct 2009 - Apr 2010

7 months

Germany

Senior Analyst

T-Mobile

Requirements engineering
CRM processes (customer hotline)
Sales partner portals: interface processes, tariff and option structures
Migration of CRM call center, tracking, Psyma surveys
Concept and solution design
Review planning, prototyping, workshops
Usability engineering, user experience tests
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Jira, HP Quality Center, oXygen, Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, Rational Rose, UML, XML (WSDL), SOA, HTML, JavaScript, SQL

Jul 2008 - Oct 2009

1 year 4 months

Germany

Senior Analyst

T-Mobile

CMS migration: replacement of a Vignette system with CoreMedia
Requirements engineering, business teams, IT, operations management
Setup of CoreMedia CMS, data modeling
Mapping of business components (tariffs, options, newsletter, articles)
Project management with development team (Ukraine)
Tool analysis: modeling, business concept, requirements management
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Jira, HP Quality Center, oXygen, Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, Rational Rose, Innovator, Erwin, Dia, UML, XML (WSDL), HTML, JavaScript, SQL

Mar 2008 - Jul 2008

5 months

Germany

Senior Analyst

T-Mobile

Change request team for TMD Web
Requirements engineering, business teams, IT
Interface analysis (SOA backend), release planning
Coordination with development, test, and operations teams
Status management of release units
Documentation, business concept
SEO, accessibility, self-service interfaces, functional enhancements
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Jira, HP Quality Center, oXygen, Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, Rational Rose, Innovator, Erwin, Dia, UML, XML (WSDL), SOA, HTML, JavaScript, SQL

Aug 2005 - Jul 2007

2 years

Germany

Project Manager (Employee)

TIMETOACT Software & Consulting GmbH

Project management, project acquisition, proposal preparation
Main focus on Lotus Notes Content Management System (CMS)
Preparation of specifications, resource planning, customer support, support
Products and standards: MS Office, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Eclipse, XML (XSLT), HTML, JavaScript, SVN, Lotus Notes
Customer projects for Bayer MaterialScience, Bayer Business Services: intranet portals, customer portlets, HR database, WebServices

Jul 2002 - Aug 2005

3 years 2 months

Germany

Java Developer, Subproject Lead (Employee)

kingmedia GmbH

Software development, requirements analysis, project responsibility
Repository CVS administration, Lotus Notes databases
Products and standards: MS Office, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Eclipse, NetBeans, XML (XSLT), HTML, JavaScript, Lotus Notes, CSV, SVN
Projects for Technische Akademie Wuppertal, Cosmopolitan Cosmetics (Procter & Gamble), employers' association, Schukat Electronic, Total Walther, Cora Verlag

Jan 2002 - Jun 2002

6 months

Germany

Java Developer (Employee)

Change-IT Gesellschaft für digitales Prozessmanagement mbH

Software development for SMS contest and customer database
Products and standards: MS Office, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Eclipse, NetBeans, XML (XSLT), HTML, JavaScript, Lotus Notes, CSV, SVN

Jan 2000 - Oct 2000

10 months

Germany

Subproject Manager, Team Lead Payment Gateway

Mannesmann TeleCommerce

Team leadership and administration of the Payment Gateway
Planning, setup and implementation
Quality management on IBM AIX mainframe systems
Products and standards: MS Office, Visio, NetBeans, XML, CSV, SVN

Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

3 years 1 month

Germany

Student Assistant

NOC FH Cologne

Hardware setup and router configuration
Development of Kiosk POI
Operating systems: HP-UX, Redhat Linux, Suse Linux
Products and standards: MS Office, Visio, NetBeans, Redmine, XML, HTML, FTP, Telnet

Industry experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Education, Government and Administration, Telecommunication, and Automotive.

Information Technology

Media and Entertainment

Education

Government and Administration

Telecommunication

Automotive

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Strategy, Marketing, Product Development, and Customer Service.

Information Technology

Project Management

Strategy

Marketing

Product Development

Customer Service

Skills

Main Areas Of Expertise

Project Management: Agile And Classic Methods
Deep Experience: Requirements Management, Concept Creation, Process Models
Systems/Technology: Portals (Intranet, Banking, Shop), Cms, Chat And Video Conferencing

Products

Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence, Redmine, Bugzilla, Hp Quality Center
Miro
Microsoft 365, Google Suite
Ms Project, Merlin, Teamwork, Ganttic, Projectile
Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics
Qlikview, Mail & Deploy, Grafana
Otris Contract
Photoshop
Visio, Rational Rose, Signavio
Adobe Campaign, Salesforce Datacloud, Sas Ci, Sas Real-Time Decision Manager
Bitbucket, Gitlab, Github, Jenkins
Kubernetes
Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino Server
Content Management Systems
Typo3
Coremedia
Firstspirit: Sitearchitect, Contentcreator
Adobe Day Cq

Standards

Uml, Bpmn
Xml, Html, Java, Javascript, Json, Sql

Industries

Automotive
Public Sector
Chemical Industry
Pharmaceutical Industry
Aviation
Telecommunications
Grocery Retail
Banking
Media (Digital, Print)
Agencies

Experience / Knowledge

Managing: Project Leadership, Team Leadership, Goal Setting, Phase Planning, Effort Planning, Resource Planning, Project Plan, Risk Analysis, Milestone Analysis, Budget Controlling, Quality Assurance / Test Planning, Deployment / Release Planning, Project Status, Progress Tracking, Outsourcing – Various External Project Partners (Concept, Layout, Development), Offshoring – Development And Qa Partners Abroad (India, Ukraine)
Analyzing: Customer Requirements, Feasibility Studies, Proof Of Concept, Rapid Prototyping, Design Sprint
Facilitating: Partner Between Business Departments And Development Teams, Management Summaries, Presentations, Workshops, Decision Papers For Management / Board
Documenting: Creating And Checking The Quality Of Concepts (Requirements Specification, Functional Specification, Business Concept)
Supporting: Development Steps, Test Cases, Verification And Control Of Tests, Usability
Protecting: Creating Data Privacy & Deletion Concepts (Gdpr)
Using: Usability Of User Interfaces (Customer Surveys, Workshops, Analyses, Deriving Improvements)
Standardizing: Creating And Improving Project And Team Processes, Steering, Controlling, Designing Generic Solution Models
Coaching: Strengthening Team Spirit, Helping With Problems And Crises, Anchoring Agile Ways Of Thinking And Working
Communicating: ...What It All Comes Down To In The End!

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

FH Köln

Diplom Engineer in Communications Engineering · Communications Engineering · Cologne, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Scrum Alliance

Data protection in municipal administration

Basic course in information security

TÜV Rheinland

PeopleCert

Scrum Alliance

GPM / IPMA

SAFe by Scaled Agile, Inc.

Boris Gloger

Advanced Scrum Master Certified

Boris Gloger

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 22

Experience in Information Technology 14 y

Avg length 1 y 8 m

Longest experience 12 y 4 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Project Manager, Scrum Master / Project Manager, Senior Project Manager

Main industries Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Education

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Strategy

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

Certifications earned 10

Profile

Member since

February 2025

Last update

August 2026

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Manuel is based in Cologne, Germany and prefers 100% remote projects.

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

Manuel has at least 27 years of experience. During this time, Manuel has worked in at least 18 different roles and for 18 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 3 months. Note that Manuel may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Manuel would be well-suited for roles such as: Project Manager, Scrum Master / Project Manager, Senior Project Manager.

Manuel's most recent position is Project Manager at Univention.

In recent years, Manuel has worked for Univention, Zweckverband Kommunales Rechenzentrum Niederrhein, and DuMont Mediengruppe.

Manuel is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, and Education. Manuel also has some experience in Government and Administration, Telecommunication, and Automotive.

Manuel is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Strategy. Manuel also has some experience in Customer Service, Product Development, and Marketing.

Manuel has recently worked in industries like Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, and Government and Administration.

Manuel has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Strategy.

Manuel holds a Bachelor in Communications Engineering from FH Köln.

Manuel has 10 certificates. Among them, these include: Certified Scrum Product Owner, Data protection in municipal administration, and Basic course in information security.

The availability of Manuel needs to be confirmed.

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