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Matthias V.-Freelance IT Project Manager

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Hattersheim am Main, Germany

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Experience

Jan 2026 - Present

Freelance IT Consultant

Freelance IT Consultant

Position summary
Freelance IT Consultant at Freelance IT Consultant
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Jan 2025 - Dec 2025

Parental Leave

May 2024 - Dec 2024

Service Delivery Manager

Position summary
Service Delivery Manager
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management

Deliverable: System landscape for vehicle type approval

  • Staffing and coordinating international teams (India, Romania, Germany)
  • Agile project setup
  • Aligning requirements and implementation priorities with the customer
  • Responsibility for delivery capability, budget, and profitability
  • Ensuring a smooth handover of the solution to operations
Sep 2023 - Apr 2024

QA Team Lead

Position summary
QA Team Lead
Industries
Automotive
Business areas
Project Management
Quality Assurance

Deliverable: System for generating legally required vehicle documents

  • Providing technical leadership to the QA team in an agile project environment
  • Defining and implementing the QA strategy
  • Coordinating testing, acceptance, and handovers to the customer
  • Ensuring quality for production launches
Mar 2019 - Apr 2020

Project Manager

Position summary
Project Manager
Industries
Transportation
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management

Deliverable: Software modifications and new developments in the airport environment

  • Managing several parallel IT projects with different stakeholders
  • Traditional project management, including planning, controlling, and reporting
  • Coordinating internal teams and external service providers
  • Delivering agreed project goals on time
Oct 2015 - Aug 2023

Rollout Manager

Position summary
Rollout Manager
Industries
Automotive
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management

(Interruption 3/19-04/20, see below) Deliverable: Platform for searching for and brokering the purchase of vehicles

  • Global rollout across numerous markets on all continents
  • Gathering requirements in line with the laws and regulations of the target markets
  • Conducting international requirements workshops (China, USA, EU, ...)
  • Detailed specification of requirements for external implementation providers
  • Stable go-lives in all target markets
Mar 2014 - Apr 2015

Requirements Engineer

Position summary
Requirements Engineer
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology

Deliverable: Adaptation of IT systems to European regulatory requirements

  • Conducting structured stakeholder and requirements workshops
  • Preparing functional concepts and specifications (UML, BPMN)
  • Supporting implementation in close coordination with the development teams
Oct 2013 - Feb 2014

Project Manager

Position summary
Project Manager
Industries
Banking and Finance
Business areas
Finance
Information Technology
Project Management

Deliverable: IT systems for implementing the SEPA guidelines

  • Managing several parallel small projects
  • Traditional project management, including budget, schedule and quality control
  • Coordinating implementation with business units and IT
Sep 2010 - Aug 2013

Requirements Engineer

Position summary
Requirements Engineer
Industries
Transportation
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management

Deliverable: Fleet management system for rail freight transport

  • Functional lead of the requirements team for a large-scale project (budget €20 million)
  • Organizing and moderating requirements workshops
  • Preparing functional concepts and preliminary studies
  • Supporting project initiation
Feb 2010 - Dec 2024

Senior Consultant

Randstad Digital AG (formerly Pentasys AG)

Position summary
Senior Consultant at Randstad Digital AG (formerly Pentasys AG)
Industries
Automotive
Banking and Finance
Transportation
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Working with clients as project manager, requirements engineer and quality assurance lead
  • Coordinating international project teams (DE, RO, IN)
  • Working with stakeholders worldwide
  • Responsibility for traditional and agile projects
  • Budgets of up to €20 million (requirements engineering), €8 million (project management)
  • Automotive, transport / logistics, financial services, airport, telecommunications
Feb 2010 - Jul 2010

QA Lead

Position summary
QA Lead
Industries
Information Technology
Retail
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Quality Assurance

Deliverable: B2C sales platform

  • Responsible for functional and technical quality assurance
  • Defined and introduced test strategies
  • Built and used test automation
  • Ensured defined quality standards
Nov 2008 - Dec 2009

Developer

Position summary
Developer
Industries
Professional Services
Business areas
Human Resources
Information Technology

Deliverable: Employment agency platform

  • Developed software components in Java
  • Used model-driven architecture approaches
  • Worked with business departments and IT
May 2007 - Oct 2008

Developer

Position summary
Developer
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management

Deliverable: Portal for recording and maintaining map data discrepancies

  • Developed the solution and led a small development team
  • Coordinated requirements with stakeholders
  • Planned and managed implementation
Jun 2006 - Jan 2010

Analyst Programmer

Accenture Technology Solutions

Position summary
Analyst Programmer at Accenture Technology Solutions
Industries
Automotive
Banking and Finance
Government and Administration
Business areas
Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
  • Software development and quality assurance on large client projects.
  • Took on subproject and team responsibilities.
  • Industries: Public Service, Financial Services, Automotive.
Jun 2006 - Mar 2007

QA Lead / Developer

Position summary
QA Lead / Developer
Industries
Banking and Finance
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Quality Assurance

Deliverable: Consulting software for banking applications

  • Quality assurance and development of software components
  • Developed automated testing mechanisms
  • Supported business acceptance
Oct 2004 - Mar 2006
Berlin, Germany

Research Associate

Technische Universität Berlin

Position summary
Research Associate at Technische Universität Berlin
Industries
Education
Business areas
Quality Assurance
Research and Development
  • Research and teaching in software engineering and quality assurance.
  • Organization and delivery of courses.

Industry experience

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Experienced in Automotive, Banking and Finance, Transportation, Telecommunication, Information Technology, and Government and Administration.

Automotive
Banking and Finance
Transportation
Telecommunication
Information Technology
Government and Administration
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Business area experience

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Experienced in Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Project Management, Research and Development, Product Development, and Human Resources.

Quality Assurance
Information Technology
Project Management
Research and Development
Product Development
Human Resources
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Summary

Freelance IT Project Manager with over 10 years of experience managing complex IT projects and a total of 18 years in the IT industry.

Focus areas: Project management in international and regulated environments, requirements engineering, and global rollouts with significant professional and organizational responsibility.

Certified in project management (PMP), requirements engineering (IREB), and AI project management (CPMAI), technically skilled (Java, Python), and experienced with common project and collaboration tools.

Skills

  • Methods: Agile (Scrum, Safe), Classic (Waterfall)
  • Domains: Automotive, Transport & Logistics, Financial Services, Public Sector, Telco
  • Technologies: Java, Python, Uml, Bpmn
  • Tools: Jira, Confluence, Git, Rest, Postman

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Chinese
Elementary

Education

Technische Universität Berlin

Diplom Informatik · Computer Science · Berlin, Germany

Certifications & licenses

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Experience

Total positions 16
Experience in Automotive 18.5 y
Avg length 2 y 6 m
Longest experience 14 y 10 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Freelance IT Consultant, Parental Leave, Service Delivery Manager
Main industries Automotive, Banking and Finance, Transportation
Main business areas Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Project Management

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor
Certifications earned 7
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Matthias is based in Hattersheim am Main, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Matthias speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Chinese (Elementary).

Matthias has at least 22 years of experience. During this time, Matthias has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 4 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 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: Freelance IT Consultant, Parental Leave, Service Delivery Manager.

Matthias's most recent position is Freelance IT Consultant at Freelance IT Consultant.

In recent years, Matthias has worked for Freelance IT Consultant and Randstad Digital AG (formerly Pentasys AG).

Matthias is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Banking and Finance, and Transportation. Matthias also has some experience in Telecommunication, Information Technology, and Government and Administration.

Matthias is most experienced in business areas like Quality Assurance, Information Technology, and Project Management. Matthias also has some experience in Research and Development, Product Development, and Human Resources.

Matthias has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Banking and Finance, and Transportation.

Matthias has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.

Matthias holds a Bachelor in Computer Science from Technische Universität Berlin.

Matthias has 7 certificates. Among them, these include: IREB CPRE Advanced Level – Requirements Modeling, IREB Foundation Level – Requirements Engineering, Oracle Certified Professional, and Java EE 5 Web Component Developer.

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