Thomas K.-Senior Project Lead, Lead Scrum Master

Led the overall SAP S/4Hana cloud migration program across 8 teams with direct management responsibility for 4 teams on data migration and business cockpit creation incl stakeholder management, and configured Jira and Sharepoint workflows.

• Rolled out the first S/4Hana cloud product iteration by the end of 2025 improving client response rate by 25% and on-time delivery of FMCG by 40%.
• Implemented AI-assisted coding tools that reduced average story point completion time by 30% through automated code generation and testing, validated by team velocity metrics.
• Led three development and one data migration team consisting of 5 developers, SAP consultants and several business key user each by adapting Scrum and Kanban frameworks and managed a budget of €5.5m.
• Managing three external services providers consisting of different SAP consultants and developer incl budget and resource allocation management.
• Set up the overall project scaling framework with Nexus for the whole migration project incl general feature deployment plan, 8 team paths and iterations in Jira, risk register and resource planning.
• Defined the data migration approach for business partner and material domains through two scoping workshops, establishing the full project plan plus pricing and logistics cockpit scope.

Led two project teams within a 3000 people strong software initiative for level-4 self-driving. Managed AI emergency pilot teams, release plans, stakeholder engagement, and Azure DevOps setup.

• Implemented machine learning algorithms for autonomous emergency pilot leading to an accident decrease by 80%.
• Managed two project teams of 12 team members consisting of software engineers, data scientists, and QAs in implementing AI-based emergency pilots and a budget of €4.5m.
• Implemented the project scaling framework with SAFE for one SAFE vertical incl PI increments, 8 team paths and iterations, risk register and resource planning.
• Conducted several topic-specific workshops to define product deliverables for upcoming quarters, features, backlog, architecture, deployment plan, dependencies and risks.
• Managed executive stakeholders on budget consumption, risk mitigation, resources staffing, and removing structural impediments from the project teams.

Developed software organisation and coached a team of 9 devs, QA, PO, Co-created product vision, and MVPs; Established Jira backlogs and workflows. Led scoping workshops.

• Enhanced market understanding by introducing A/B test, persona creation, and relative goals leading to a customer retention increase of 27% within 3 months.
• Led one project teams consisting of 7 developers, 2 QAs, and 1 PO.
• Scaled the team from 3 to 9 full-stack developers, 2 QAs, 1 PO and setting up of the development framework using Scrum leading to a reduction of bug and production incidents by 33%.

Set targets and deliverables for AI-driven revenue project. Aided POs with breaking down epics. Staffed five scrum teams. Managed two teams; built project workflow in Jira and Sharepoint.

• Developed pricing optimization models (via machine learning) that contributed to a 2.5% revenue lift (800m) as measured through A/B testing against prior control periods during the implementation.
• Managed a budget of €9.6M and two international on- and offshore project teams of 35 people.
• Designed the overall Scrum project setup including staffing of POs, Scrum Master, and data scientists.
• Coordinated three international service providers from India, Germany, and Switzerland.
• Stakeholder management toward level-one management together with the IT project manager.

Introduced Holocracy as a self-management practice for the whole internal organisation of zeroG including the creation of roles, circles, and practices like integrative decision making.

• Led the organisational transformation of a hierarchy-driven organisation into a self-managed one consisting of more than 50 employees reducing decision making time by 40% and doubling the employee engagement score.
• Enhanced CEO's strategy to adopt a decentralized organisational model for the 50 employee strong consultancy.
• Coached 50 employees on self-management (including the new role and circle model).

Designed and launched a future research and innovations software incl launch and lead generation, set up of 1st level support, held customer workshops and configured the full Jira workflow.

• Roll out future research and innovations software creating revenue of €1.3M within 6 months.
• Created feature and backlog using user story mapping, and early user testing with Design Sprints.
• Successful software rollout within four months of the MVP development.
• Led a project team of 8 people including one German service provider working with Scrum.

Initiated the real estate company and performed various real estate projects (including the delivery of several projects and the internal company build-up with Kanban). Developed and sustained strategic partnerships with vendors for business expansion

• Captured new business opportunities and attaining real estate projects worth of €3M.
• Project management of the château restoration with a budget volume of €1.1M.
• Market placement within the event and hotel industry generating revenues of €500k during the first year.