Matthias Schmerl-Project Manager
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Project Manager
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
- Ensuring maintenance and further development of the tool in coordination with the involved stakeholders
- Working on cross-cutting topics of data protection and digitalization
- Operational management (individually and in a team) of the processes in order management as well as project control and further development
- Coordination and management of the IT vendor
- Preparation and presentation of results documents for management
- Conducting workshops with the tool users
- Actively addressing questions related to data protection and digitalization in the program
Cutover Manager
Deutsche Universalbank
- Coordination and execution of cutovers of master releases for applications in the retail and corporate banking segment
- Creation of a central runbook for all migration and implementation relevant projects
- Management of project dependencies
- Tracking open issues and preparing status reports
- Managing change requests to ensure a stable deployment
- Coordination with involved stakeholders, including senior management
- Running the control center during the cutover weekend
- Early life support for critical business applications
Freelance Management Consultant
Freelance Management Consultant
Subproject Manager
Deutsche Universalbank
- Working with classic waterfall project management combined with agile project methodologies for products to be integrated
- Analyzing the current state of the customer and their product portfolio and developing options for pricing and billing
- Internal project management, including project planning, budget planning, forecasting, and risk management
- Gathering business requirements and creating the RfP
- Conducting vendor selection
- Business analysis of IT processes
- Managing software providers for the implementation project
- Analyzing and designing business processes in the department
- Liaising with regulatory control units in committee support
- Coordinating user acceptance testing and implementation management
- Change management
- Preparing management presentations and decision papers
- Organizing and moderating project meetings and workshops, including documenting minutes
Manager
Accenture GmbH, Kronberg
- Leading working groups to address topics in the context of digitalizing end-to-end credit processes
- Responsible for providing feedback and coaching to team members
Head of PMO and Functional Task Force Team
Foreign Universal Bank
- Establishing and leading the Project Management Office (PMO), taking on program planning and account administration tasks
- Preparing and organizing project steering committee meetings, including drafting decision papers
- Managing project plan updates and risk & issue logs
- Preparing status updates and management presentations
- Leading a task force team to implement functional change requests
- Planning and creating the project rollout and handover plan
Consultant
Accenture GmbH, Kronberg
- Responsible for onboarding new team members
- Organizing practice group meetings
- Supporting resource planning for team members
Program Roadmap Development
German Universal Bank
- Aligning subproject plans with the program roadmap
- Introducing KPIs for better monitoring of program progress
- Implementing and rolling out project management standards in delivery projects
- Creating a handbook for the project management tool as a template for involved projects
- Planning and implementing communication activities
Senior Consultant
KE Associates GmbH & Co.KG
- Employer branding and conducting candidate interviews
- Designing employee development initiatives
(Junior) Consultant
KE Associates GmbH & Co.KG
Program Management Support
Deutsche Universalbank
- Creation of a roles and responsibilities matrix
- Creation and updating of the project management plan
- Organizing and facilitating workshops and project meetings
- Stakeholder management
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Experienced in Professional Services, Banking and Finance, and Government and Administration.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Project Management, Information Technology, Operations, Strategy, Human Resources, and Business Intelligence.
Skills
- Pmp® (Project Management Professional)
- Professional Scrum Master I
- Certified Agile Requirements Specialist
- Management 3.0 (Agile Management) / Design Thinking
- Data Protection (Seminar Training For Data Protection Officer)
- Ms Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Project) / Sharepoint
- Jira
- Hp Alm
Languages
Education
Steinbeis Hochschule Berlin
Master of Arts in Management · General Management · Berlin, Germany · Final grade: 1.6
Staatliche Studienakademie Dresden
Diploma in Business Administration (BA) · Banking · Dresden, Germany · Final grade: 1.8
Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden
Dual vocational training as a customer advisor in a bank branch · Dresden, Germany
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Matthias is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Matthias speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Matthias has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Matthias has worked in at least 11 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months. Note that Matthias may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Matthias would be well-suited for roles such as: Project Manager, Cutover Manager, Freelance Management Consultant.
Matthias's most recent position is Project Manager at Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit.
In recent years, Matthias has worked for Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit.
Matthias is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Banking and Finance, and Government and Administration.
Matthias is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Operations. Matthias also has some experience in Strategy, Human Resources, and Business Intelligence.
Matthias has recently worked in industries like Government and Administration.
Matthias has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Project Management.
Matthias holds a Doctorate in Banking from Staatliche Studienakademie Dresden, a Doctorate in Dual vocational training as a customer advisor in a bank branch from Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden and a Master in General Management from Steinbeis Hochschule Berlin.
Matthias has 3 certificates. These include: Certified Agile Requirements Specialist, PMP® (Project Management Professional), and Professional Scrum Master I.
The availability of Matthias needs to be confirmed.
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