Stavros Vougioukas - Project & Change Management Lead

Q: Where is Stavros based?

Stavros is based in Salzburg, Austria and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Stavros speak?

Stavros speaks the following languages: Greek (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate) .

Q: How many years of experience does Stavros have?

Stavros has at least 13 years of experience. During this time, Stavros has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 5 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months . Note that Stavros may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Stavros's latest experience?

Stavros's most recent position is Transformation & Change Lead (Freelance) at Sanofi .

Q: What companies has Stavros worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Stavros has worked for Sanofi , Red Bull , and Roche .

Q: Which industries is Stavros most experienced in?

Stavros is most experienced in industries like Food and Beverage , Pharmaceutical , and Healthcare . Stavros also has some experience in Telecommunication , Information Technology , and Professional Services .

Q: Which business areas is Stavros most experienced in?

Stavros is most experienced in business areas like Project Management , Information Technology , and Product Development . Stavros also has some experience in Quality Assurance , Operations , and Business Intelligence .

Q: Which industries has Stavros worked in recently?

Stavros has recently worked in industries like Food and Beverage , Pharmaceutical , and Healthcare .

Q: Which business areas has Stavros worked in recently?

Stavros has recently worked in business areas like Project Management , Product Development , and Information Technology .

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Salzburg, Austria

Experience

Sep 2025 - Mar 2026

7 months

Transformation & Change Lead (Freelance)

Sanofi

Led the global transformation of Talent Operations by inhousing recruitment technologies, processes, and teams, reducing over 20 external partners to 2, defining the strategy to hire hundreds of internal talent specialists, and redesigning organisational structures and processes worldwide.
Drove gap analyses and impact assessments and led the global rollout of Beamery, HireVue, and Paradox, covering solution design, pilot markets, global deployment, and hypercare, ensuring smooth market transitions and standardised operations.
Developed and maintained detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, RAID logs, and governance routines, leveraging SharePoint as the central platform for programme documentation, rollout artefacts, approvals, and decision tracking.
Coordinated cross-functional stakeholders including HR, IT, regional teams, and external vendors, using SharePoint-based documentation and governance frameworks to align requirements, manage dependencies, and resolve delivery issues.
Conducted gap analyses and impact assessments across Paradox, Beamery, and Workday to ensure pilot readiness and global launch success, with outputs captured and governed through SharePoint.
Built and executed comprehensive change management plans using ADKAR methodology, covering stakeholder mapping, communications, training, and adoption activities, supported by SharePoint-hosted enablement materials and rollout documentation.
Broke down silos across regions and functions to drive adoption of new systems, processes, and ways of working.
Tracked adoption metrics and user feedback post-deployment, driving continuous improvement in user experience and operational performance.

May 2025 - Oct 2025

6 months

Salzburg, Austria

Project Management Lead (Freelance)

Red Bull

Led end-to-end project management for Owned Consumer Activations, Occasion Campaigns, and Key Events across Red Bull TV and owned digital channels, from briefing agencies to development, QA, and launch in priority markets.
Acted as the point of contact across business teams, development agencies, legal, analytics, QA, and direct-to-consumer stakeholders to align objectives and streamline delivery.
Designed and maintained Airtable project plans with milestones, task breakdowns, and risk/issue tracking, supported by SharePoint as the central repository for project documentation, blockers, and delivery status.
Introduced governance structures including risk and mitigation plans, issue and decision logs, and stakeholder communication frameworks, with controlled documentation and versioning maintained in SharePoint to increase accountability and transparency.
Improved RBTV ways of working by standardizing request handling, enforcing clear lead times, and establishing structured check-ins with markets and operators.
Enabled and coached operator teams on artwork quality, localization standards, and capacity planning, reducing last-minute escalations and improving delivery predictability.
Supported operational activities by handling key tasks in Lucid, LCM, and Editor App, working closely with DTC and legal to ensure requirements were complete, compliant, and legally approved, with approvals and artefacts documented via SharePoint.

Feb 2023 - Jun 2025

2 years 5 months

Vienna, Austria

Head of Digital Agility Center

Roche

Led the global transformation of ways of working, roles, and processes by adapting the SAFe framework, unifying practices across manufacturing and digital hubs, redefining organizational structures, and supporting both new hiring and workforce upskilling.
Directed global digital delivery for the Patient Insights portfolio, including Accu-Chek, CGM, and Remote Patient Monitoring initiatives across 5+ countries.
Managed a multimillion-euro portfolio, establishing strategic roadmaps, ensuring financial control, and improving delivery margins through standardized governance and risk/change management.
Oversaw and coached a global team of ~25 (delivery managers, RTEs, agile coaches), embedding delivery standards (milestones, quality gates, KPIs) and harmonizing practices across international hubs.
Facilitated executive-level reviews and aligned senior stakeholders, serving as a trusted strategic thought partner on complex transformation and digital programs.
Led agile transformation at scale, deploying Lean-Agile training and coaching frameworks to uplift delivery capability, team performance, and operational maturity.
Drove comprehensive risk and change management, including change requests, escalation handling, and proactive mitigation, ensuring delivery remained on time, within scope, and on budget.

Aug 2019 - Feb 2023

3 years 7 months

Salzburg, Austria

Head of Digital Program Management

Red Bull

Oversaw the global digital portfolio for Red Bull's platforms division, spanning web, analytics, B2B, AR, TV apps, and voice, with SharePoint used as the central platform for programme governance and documentation.
Led the end-to-end management of the most complex and high-stake initiative in the portfolio, involving extensive cross-functional coordination, senior stakeholder alignment, and strategic prioritization.
Owned all project phases for high-impact initiatives—from initiation and planning to execution, monitoring, and closure—including detailed project plans, rollout plans, stakeholder engagement, risk mitigation, and post-implementation review.
Led the SharePoint review and relaunch, including content rationalisation, definition of metadata structures, version control, and approval workflows, establishing SharePoint as the backbone for PMO governance (RACI matrix, scope and design documents, decision and risk logs).
Delivered robust agile governance and centralized executive reporting, enhancing transparency, accountability, and data-driven decision-making.
Built and led a team of project managers, ensuring timely delivery, clear communication of status and risks, and effective issue resolution across all digital streams.
Partnered with product and engineering leadership to harmonize quarterly and annual planning cycles, manage dependencies, and resolve delivery roadblocks proactively.

Sep 2017 - Aug 2019

2 years

Salzburg, Austria

Senior Project Manager

Red Bull

Led application delivery and support for Red Bull's digital ecosystem, including redbull.com and business-facing digital services, ensuring stability, performance, and continuous improvement.
Directed the applications support team (7 people) and acted as the global escalation point for service continuity, incident resolution, and critical production issues.
Designed and executed the roadmap for support process improvement and service quality, leveraging SharePoint as the central platform for service documentation, runbooks, escalation paths, and operational knowledge management.
Led project rollouts and platform upgrades with clear stakeholder engagement, risk planning, and milestone alignment, ensuring smooth handovers from delivery teams into support, with documentation and service artefacts governed via SharePoint.
Championed service strategy and defined continual improvement processes aligned with global ITSM best practices, using SharePoint-supported reporting and documentation to drive consistency, transparency, and operational maturity across platforms.

Jan 2016 - Sep 2017

1 year 9 months

Salzburg, Austria

Delivery Manager

Red Bull

Delivered agile projects across departments using Scrum and Kanban frameworks.
Acted as Scrum Master for cross-functional development teams; facilitated sprints, retrospectives, and planning sessions.
Created clear, actionable user stories and managed Jira boards for backlog grooming and sprint tracking.
Drove project delivery from concept to go-live, ensuring business alignment and stakeholder visibility throughout.

Mar 2015 - Jan 2016

11 months

Athens, Greece

Project Management Officer

Accenture

Established and ran the PMO for enterprise-scale digital transformation programmes, providing governance, structure, and delivery oversight across multiple workstreams.
Set up PMO governance models, tracking tools, KPIs, and reporting dashboards, with SharePoint used as the central platform for programme documentation, standards, and reporting artefacts.
Supported project managers with planning, issue and risk tracking, and interdependency management, ensuring consistent ways of working supported by SharePoint-based templates and documentation.
Provided consolidated reporting to senior leadership, maintaining real-time visibility into programme health, risks, dependencies, and delivery status through structured dashboards and SharePoint-hosted reporting packs.

Aug 2014 - Mar 2015

8 months

Athens, Greece

Business & System Integration Consulting

Accenture

Led the delivery of ERP/BI solutions focused on commissioning systems, financial operations, and reporting for multinational clients across Europe as part of a Vodafone project.
Acted as SME for Crystal BO and Callidus, leading design of reports, mockups, and data architecture for rollout across European OpCos.
Facilitated client workshops in Milan, Madrid, Dusseldorf, and London, aligning business needs with reporting platform capabilities.
Designed a global blueprint for finance commissioning processes, enabling reuse and faster delivery in new markets.
Collaborated with ETL experts on architecture discussions and reporting layer design using Informatica.

Nov 2013 - Aug 2014

10 months

Athens, Greece

Business & System Integration Consulting

Accenture

Contributed to the enhancement and testing of enterprise workforce management applications supporting telecom and finance operations.
Gathered business requirements through workshops and stakeholder interviews, supporting prioritisation of enhancements and defect resolution.
Created and executed SIT and UAT test scripts, supported users during acceptance testing, and ensured readiness for production deployment.
Maintained issue and enhancement tracking, test cases, and regression documentation, with artefacts stored and managed in SharePoint to ensure traceability, version control, and collaboration.
Built regression testing scripts and PL/SQL packages in Oracle (Toad) to validate business-critical scenarios and data integrity.
Delivered detailed analysis and test reports, ensuring technical coverage for critical use cases and supporting informed release decisions.

Sep 2011 - Sep 2012

1 year 1 month

Brno, Czech Republic

Information Technology Specialist

AT&T

Provided system and application support across telecom delivery platforms.
Translated business issues into technical requirements; contributed to database template development and documentation.
Coordinated incident resolution and provisioning efforts across multiple service channels.
Supported regression testing, service deployment, and system change readiness from both user and system perspectives.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Telecommunication, Information Technology, and Professional Services.

Food and Beverage

Pharmaceutical

Healthcare

Telecommunication

Information Technology

Professional Services

Business Area Experience

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

Project Management

Information Technology

Product Development

Quality Assurance

Operations

Human Resources

Summary

I'm a senior transformation and delivery leader with a strong track record managing complex, high-impact projects and portfolios across pharma, FMCG, and consulting. I support organizations in driving digital transformation, delivering measurable outcomes, and scaling innovation through structured program management and executive alignment.

Skills

Program Management
Portfolio Management
Waterfall Methodology
Agile Transformation
High-performance Team Building
Agile Methodology & Frameworks
Strategic Planning
Resource & Budget Management
Process Optimization
Sap S/4hana, Oracle Erp Cloud, Mes, Lims, Data Centers
Microsoft Project, Smartseet, Airtable, Planview, Monday.com
Jira, Lucid, Basecamp, Trello, Figma, Miro, Lucid
Web & Mobile Custom Applications
Fda, Ema, Gxp, Csv
Sharepoint (Governance, Document Management, Workflows, Migrations), Confluence

Languages

Greek

Native

English

Advanced

German

Intermediate

Education

University of Surrey

Master of Science, Management · Management · United Kingdom

University of Macedonia

Bachelor of Science, Technology Management · Technology Management · Greece

Certifications & licenses

ITIL Foundation Level

AXELOS Global Best Practice

PRINCE2 2017 Practitioner

AXELOS Global Best Practice

PRINCE2 Foundation Certification Training

AXELOS Global Best Practice

SAFe - Certified SAFe 6 Agilist

SAFe

Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)

SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body For Scrum And Agile

Scrum Master Certificate Of Proficiency (PSM I)

Scrum.org

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 10

Experience in Food and Beverage 7.5 y

Avg length 1 y 4 m

Longest experience 3 y 6 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 3 (Austria, Greece, Czech Republic)

Primary country Austria

Expertise

Recent roles Transformation & Change Lead (Freelance), Project Management Lead (Freelance), Head of Digital Agility Center

Main industries Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare

Main business areas Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 6

Profile

Created

March 2026

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Stavros based?

Stavros is based in Salzburg, Austria and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Stavros speak?

Stavros speaks the following languages: Greek (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate).

How many years of experience does Stavros have?

Stavros has at least 13 years of experience. During this time, Stavros has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Stavros may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Stavros be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Stavros would be well-suited for roles such as: Transformation & Change Lead (Freelance), Project Management Lead (Freelance), Head of Digital Agility Center.

What is Stavros's latest experience?

Stavros's most recent position is Transformation & Change Lead (Freelance) at Sanofi.

What companies has Stavros worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Stavros has worked for Sanofi, Red Bull, and Roche.

Which industries is Stavros most experienced in?

Stavros is most experienced in industries like Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, and Healthcare. Stavros also has some experience in Telecommunication, Information Technology, and Professional Services.

Which business areas is Stavros most experienced in?

Stavros is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Product Development. Stavros also has some experience in Quality Assurance, Operations, and Business Intelligence.

Which industries has Stavros worked in recently?

Stavros has recently worked in industries like Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, and Healthcare.

Which business areas has Stavros worked in recently?

Stavros has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Product Development, and Information Technology.

What is Stavros's education?

Stavros holds a Master in Management from University of Surrey and a Bachelor in Technology Management from University of Macedonia.

Does Stavros have any certificates?

Stavros has 6 certificates. Among them, these include: ITIL Foundation Level, PRINCE2 2017 Practitioner, and PRINCE2 Foundation Certification Training.

What is the availability of Stavros?

Stavros will be available full-time from March 2026.

What is the rate of Stavros?

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