Manuel Schneider - Senior IT Project Manager and Agile Coach

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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

Responsibilities:

Project coordination (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 leadership, project management, consulting
Logineo.NRW – Online Schools
Chat and video conferencing solutions
Requirements management, release and deployment planning, agile coaching, scaled Scrum teams (SAFe)
Coordination and presentations for the Ministry of Schools and Education of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Project coordination between the Ministry of Schools and Education of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Medienberatung NRW, and service providers
Products and standards: Jira, Confluence, Xray, Grafana, Redmine, Miro, Mural, Open Source, Keycloak, SAML, SOGo (mail), edu-sharing
Technologies: Jitsi-Meet, Matrix-Synapse, Element-Web, BigBlueButton, Teams
Infrastructure: AWS (Amazon Web Service), Kubernetes, BITV 2.0

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
Setting up and coordinating IT infrastructure
Structuring data and creating data models
Products and standards: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Pimcore, FirstSpirit, ElasticSearch, Servicekonto.NRW, OZG, LeiKa, BITV 2.0

May 2019 - Dec 2019

8 months

Germany

Project Manager (agile)

Renault Deutschland AG

Business Intelligence (BI) project management
Coordination of business departments, development team, data sources, security, and database architecture
Process optimization
Project management for the Datalake Team Germany
Collaboration with the IT department
Setting up data transfer pipelines and IT infrastructure
Concept development
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 design for mobile customer touchpoints (iOS/Android app, mobile web portal)
AS-IS/TO-BE analysis and research into data flows and system landscapes
Workshops and coordination of workstreams: business requirements, design, UX, development, backend IT, testing
Development of working models
Consulting and support for Scrum teams, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners
Collaboration with the IT department
Creation and modeling of 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 protection: EWE management, Permission Center, EU GDPR
Coordination of timing, budget, prioritization, and quality with stakeholders (IT, third-party service providers, business departments)
Point-of-sale systems and campaign management
Omnichannel projects (web, app, POS, stores)
Collaboration with the IT department
Expansion and migration of data sources
Creation of concepts and IT infrastructure models
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 for "Customer Ambition", preparation and execution of steering boards
Analysis and optimization of project management, workflows, release management, and working models
International communication
Data privacy, opt-in management
CRM targeting
Collaboration with the 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 for "Digital Strategy"
Corporate identity and corporate design
Process and workflow consulting, project coaching
Web portals (corporate website, global corporate intranet)
EU GDPR: process management, consulting
Software deployment
Collaboration with the 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), tablets
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Projectile, Merlin, Ganttic, Redmine, Bugzilla, HP Quality Center, Hybris, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, AJAX, responsive web
Customers:
comdirect bank AG: Mobile portal mobile.comdirect.de, iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8 (WP8) web app / hybrid app; account and portfolio management, services (including real-time prices, charts, ATM locator), web tracking
Automobil-Bank Braunschweig: Mobile web portals (tablet, phone), coordination of requirements, design, development, quality assurance, and rollout management
Automotive Group Stuttgart: International responsive web portals (tablet, phone, in-car), rollout management, coordination with agency service providers

Mar 2013 - Aug 2013

6 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master

i22 internetagentur GmbH

Multi-project management, Scrum (traditional, agile), requirements management
Progress monitoring, project controlling, milestone analysis
Web portals (Internet, extranet, intranet)
Responsive web design (Twitter Bootstrap), payment, SLA (Service Level Agreement)
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Merlin, Redmine, Jira, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, SSO
Clients:
Deutsche Telekom AG: Europe & Technology - Business Excellence: Mobile Device Management; Brand Management: CI/CD Portal (intranet, extranet), PSA, GIS; Group Procurement Communications: Intranet Portal
Telekom Deutschland GmbH: Sales and Service: Broadband Internet landing page; Marketing: Telekom Miles & More Portal (Internet)
T-Systems International GmbH: Corporate IT, Payment & Segments: Mobile payment systems

May 2011 - Jul 2012

1 year 3 months

Germany

Multi-Project Manager, Scrum Master

Sevenval GmbH

Multi-project management, Scrum (traditional, agile)
Management of internal and external teams/agencies (concept development, usability, layout, design, architecture, security, development, progress monitoring, support, quality assurance)
Project controlling (budget, time, performance, quality), project reporting, test and release planning
Management summaries, decision papers, presentations, workshops
Mobile marketing: integration of AdServer (device-specific content), integration of tracking analyses (e.g. geo-data, search terms, AGOF)
Mobile portals (Internet, extranet), web apps, native apps (iOS, Android)
Management of ongoing projects, change management, maintenance, coordination - 1st-level support
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Merlin, Ganttic, WebTrends Analytics, WIPE, Axure, Visio, Redmine, Bugzilla, HP Quality Center, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON
Clients:
comdirect bank AG: Mobile portal, iOS & Android web app, account and securities account management, services (including real-time quotes, charts, ATM locator), web tracking
INTERSPAR GmbH: Mobile portal, porting of the existing online shop to mobile devices, payment integration, end-customer tracking
Spar Österreichische Warenhandels-AG: Mobile portal, product presentations, QR code campaigns, end-customer tracking, competition, customer- and device-specific content, backend integration, shop finder
Deutsche Post AG: efiliale.de mobile portal, payment system integration, product catalog, integration of processes and backend interface
Central Krankenversicherung AG: Mobile portal, advisor search, contact form

May 2011 - Jul 2012

1 year 3 months

Germany

Multi-Project Manager, Scrum Master

YOC AG

Multi-project management, Scrum (traditional, agile)
Management of internal and external teams/agencies (concept development, usability, layout, design, architecture, security, development, progress monitoring, support, quality assurance)
Project controlling (budget, time, performance, quality), project reporting, test and release planning
Management summaries, decision papers, presentations, workshops
Mobile marketing: integration of AdServer (device-specific content), integration of tracking analyses (e.g. geo-data, search terms, AGOF)
Mobile portals (Internet, extranet), web apps, native apps (iOS, Android)
Management of ongoing projects, change management, maintenance, coordination - 1st-level support
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Merlin, Ganttic, WebTrends Analytics, WIPE, Axure, Visio, Redmine, Bugzilla, HP Quality Center, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON
Clients:
comdirect bank AG: Mobile portal, iOS & Android web app, account and securities account management, services (including real-time quotes, charts, ATM locator), web tracking
INTERSPAR GmbH: Mobile portal, porting of the existing online shop to mobile devices, payment integration, end-customer tracking
Spar Österreichische Warenhandels-AG: Mobile portal, product presentations, QR code campaigns, end-customer tracking, competition, customer- and device-specific content, backend integration, shop finder
Deutsche Post AG: efiliale.de mobile portal, payment system integration, product catalog, integration of processes and backend interface
Central Krankenversicherung AG: Mobile portal, advisor search, contact form

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
Preparation of user training sessions, presentations, workshops
Multi-tenant concept development, 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
CRM call center migration, tracking, Psyma surveys, competitions, analyses
Concept development and solution design
Review planning (technical, business, security, data protection, testing), prototyping, workshops
Usability engineering, user experience (UX) testing
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: Replacing a Vignette system with CoreMedia
Requirements engineering, business pages, IT, operations management
Setting up CoreMedia CMS, data modeling
Mapping business components (tariffs, options, newsletters, articles)
Project coordination with development team (Ukraine)
Tool analysis: modeling, business concepts, 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 pages, IT
Interface analysis (SOA backend), release planning
Coordination with development, testing (QA), and operations teams
Status management of release units (packages)
Documentation, business concepts
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
Focus on Lotus Notes Content Management System (CMS)
Preparing specifications, resource planning, customer support, support
Products and standards: MS Office, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Eclipse, XML (XSLT), HTML, JavaScript, SVN, Lotus Notes
Customers:
Bayer MaterialScience: Project management, international Lotus Notes projects (Asia, Europe, USA), product presentations, consulting, support, development of intranet portals (knowledge databases, staff directories), role and permission concepts, workflow systems, web analyses (statistics), evaluations
Bayer Business Services: Intranet portal project - IBM WebSphere, design and implementation of customer portlets, HR database, web services

Jul 2002 - Aug 2005

3 years 2 months

Germany

Java Developer, Subproject Manager (Employee)

kingmedia GmbH

Software development, requirements analysis, project responsibility
CVS repository administration, Lotus Notes databases
Products and standards: MS Office, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Eclipse, NetBeans, XML (XSLT), HTML, JavaScript, Lotus Notes, CSV, SVN
Projects:
Technische Akademie Wuppertal: Subproject manager, developer, online seminar booking, extranet portal (participant area, personalized document management)
Cosmopolitan Cosmetics (Procter & Gamble): Subproject manager, developer, employee portal, marketing, campaigns, personalized newsletter, tracking customer behavior, collecting and ensuring the quality of customer data, promotional gifts, competitions
Employers' association: Developer, intranet applications, design and implementation of security model (SSL), role-based permission concept
Schukat Electronic: Subproject manager, developer, eCommerce, shopping cart, wish list system, online ordering from data warehouse system
Total Walther: Developer, intranet / extranet applications, Active Directory, LDAP integration
Cora Verlag: Developer, eCommerce, shopping cart system, data warehouse system interface

Jan 2002 - Jun 2002

6 months

Germany

Java Developer (Employee)

Change-IT Gesellschaft für digitales Prozessmanagement mbH

Software development for SMS competitions 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, Payment Gateway Team Lead

Mannesmann TeleCommerce

Payment gateway team leadership and administration
Design, setup, and implementation
Quality management on IBM AIX mainframes
Products and standards: MS Office, Visio, NetBeans, XML, CSV, SVN

Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

3 years 1 month

Germany

Student Assistant

NOC Cologne University of Applied Sciences

Hardware setup and router configuration
Kiosk POI development
Operating systems: HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux
Products and standards: MS Office, Visio, NetBeans, Redmine, XML, HTML, FTP, Telnet

Industry experience

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

Media and Entertainment

Information Technology

Education

Government and Administration

Retail

Telecommunication

Business area experience

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

Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Strategy, Product Development, Marketing, and Quality Assurance.

Information Technology

Project Management

Strategy

Product Development

Marketing

Quality Assurance

Skills

Areas Of Expertise

Project Management: Agile And Traditional Approaches
In-Depth Experience: Requirements Management, Conception, Process Models
Systems/Technology: Portals (Intranet, Banking, Shops), Cms, Chat And Video Conferencing

Products

Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence, Redmine, Bugzilla, Hp Quality Center
Idm, Iam: Keycloak
Miro, Mural
Microsoft 365, Google Suite
Ms Project, Merlin, Teamwork, Ganttic, Projectile
Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics
Qlikview, Mail & Deploy, Grafana, Kibana
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
Macos, Windows, Linux

Standards

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

Industries

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

Experience / Knowledge

Managing: Project Management, Team Management, Defining Objectives, Phase Plans, Effort Planning, Resource Planning, Project Plans, Risk Analysis, Milestone Analysis, Budget Controlling, Quality Assurance / Test Planning, Deployment / Release Planning, Project Status, Progress Tracking, Outsourcing – Various External Project Partners (Conception, Layout, Development), Offshoring – Development And Qa Partners Abroad (India, Ukraine)
Analyzing: Customer Requirements, Feasibility Studies, Proof Of Concept, Rapid Prototyping, Design Sprint
Moderating: Collaboration Between Business And Development Departments, Management Summaries, Presentations, Workshops, Decision Papers For Management / Executive Board
Documenting: Creating And Quality-Checking Concepts (Requirements Specifications, Technical Specifications, Functional Concepts)
Supporting: Development Steps, Test Cases, Verification And Coordination Of Tests, Usability
Protecting: Creating Data Protection And Deletion Concepts (Gdpr)
Using: Usability Of User Interfaces (Customer Surveys, Workshops, Analyses, Deriving Improvements)
Standardizing: Creating And Optimizing Project And Team Processes, Coordination, Controlling, Designing Generic Solution Models
Coaching: Strengthening Team Spirit, Providing Support With Problems And Crises, Establishing Agile Ways Of Thinking And Working
Communicating: ...What It Ultimately Comes Down To!

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

FH Köln

Diplom-Ingenieur in Communications Engineering · Communications Engineering · Cologne, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Scrum Alliance

Data Protection in Local Government

Basic Information Security Course

TÜV Rheinland

PeopleCert

Scrum Alliance

GPM / IPMA

SAFe by Scaled Agile, Inc.

Boris Gloger

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 22

Experience in Media and Entertainment 15.5 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 Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Education

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Strategy

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 10

Profile

Member since

February 2025

Last update

September 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 Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, and Education. Manuel also has some experience in Retail, Government and Administration, and Telecommunication.

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

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 Master in Communications Engineering from FH Köln.

Manuel has 10 certificates. Among them, these include: Certified Scrum Product Owner, Data Protection in Local Government, and Basic Information Security Course.

Manuel is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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