Agile Coaches in Germany

Extension of the company website

• Developed new software components as part of a Scrum team
• Took turns with other members of the development team to perform smoke tests after releases

Achievements:

• Enhanced the website with new features
• Conducted code reviews and pair programming
• Advised the customer and trained the editors
• Implemented continuous delivery

I assess the skills of project managers, also taking into account the feedback of the leaders they name.

DOKKI

AI-powered digital health product development

• Shaped the product vision, requirements, priorities, and technical target architecture of an AI-powered solution for processing medical documents.
• Designed LLM evaluation, data processing, data protection/governance aspects, and subsequent product development; technical prototyping with Codex.

Supporting agile scaling according to SAFe and stabilizing delivery capability in an international multi-project environment.

• Stabilization of Feature and Integration Teams in the SAFe context
• Preparation and facilitation of complex, cross-functional PI Plannings
• Promoting collaboration with international teams in India
• Process optimization and strengthening of agile team ownership

• Drive enterprise-wide transformation through leadership coaching and a clear vision that stimulates and guides organizational change
• Guide organisations in developing agile strategies, optimising workflows, and embedding best practices
• Foster stakeholders' buy-in through effective communication, ensuring collaborative engagement throughout the transformation and change management process
• Support post-acquisition integration, aligning processes and ways of working between the acquired company and Xebia
• Guide clients in adopting digital and AI innovations to streamline operations and enable smarter decision-making
• Empower teams with tools and techniques to foster continuous improvement, adaptability, and sustainable growth

• Leadership coaching
• Coaching leadership teams
• Workshop facilitation (small groups and large groups of up to 120 participants)
• Team development measures (IT and non-IT)
• Conflict resolution / mediation in escalating conflicts

• Designed and managed complex transformation programs in regulated industries, including target vision, operating model and governance.
• Led and coached teams and executives to establish modern delivery, portfolio and organizational structures.
• Advised executives and department heads on roadmaps, organizational development and strategic transformation decisions.
• Business development, proposal development, pitch support and building strong customer relationships.
• Built internal methods, standards and practice contributions for banking, insurance and agile transformation.

• PO/PM for digital products such as Search, Recommendations & AI (IR/ML)-related projects, Knowledge and Document Management Systems, and Search with LLMs, RAG, and Knowledge Graphs
• Agile evangelist helping people, teams, and organizations work in an agile way

• Transformation Consultant, Release Train Engineer and Program Lead – responsible for the new Way of Working in the Open Gateway Program; optimizing the flow of value by ensuring the ART events and artifacts function correctly, including the Open Gateway Release Train Kanban, Inspect & Adapt (I&A) workshop, ART Sync Meetings, and PI Planning to ensure stakeholder alignment;
• Coaching and guiding the Product Owners, Business Owners, Product Management, Program Managers, Leaders, Tribe Architect
• Coaching the OGW Core Team (cross functional) within the OGW Program and developing optimization measures in their transformation process;
• Facilitating and working actively towards the creation of the Definition of Ready (DoR) and the product Definition of Done (DoD);
• Introducing knowledge sharing workshops and grow the agile engineering practices;
• Hold Team lift-off workshops;
• Help the group to become a team by providing system team coaching and multifunctional learning;
• Facilitate, decision making, feedback loops for learning new skills and practices

Tools: JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Miro

• Senior agile practitioner in a complex, regulated pharmaceutical environment — facilitating Scrum ceremonies across three international teams (~40 people) while supporting delivery governance and agile coaching.
• Time-limited assignment to bridge the gap until the client could fill the role internally
• Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up, Review, Retrospective) across multiple international teams; kept sprints predictable and productive
• Coached teams and Product Owners in agile practices within a GxP-regulated environment, pragmatically balancing agile ways of working with QMS compliance requirements
• Tracked and visualized delivery metrics, managed dependencies, and produced status reports for senior stakeholders and Steering Committee
• Stepped up to project leadership of the internal CCMS product initiative: introduced structured processes and transparent tooling into a previously low-governance environment
• Actively contributed to the company-wide Agile Community of Practice, including authoring blog articles on agile topics
• Commended for analytical thinking, reliability under pressure, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously

• Agile Transformation Coach within an SAP-driven End-to-End Lead-to-Cash program, supporting leadership and management teams in implementing and evolving the Sherpa Way of Working, strengthening Agile practices, role definitions and responsibility clarity (RACI), and delivery effectiveness
• Member of the leadership core team for the Way of Working, shaping and evolving agile operating models, challenging existing practices, and driving pragmatic, system-level improvements
• Conceptualized a Polarion-based Scrum Master dashboard as a single, role-based entry point for sprint status, dependencies, risks, and governance artefacts, reducing reporting overhead and improving transparency
• Provided targeted 1:1 coaching to the Master Scrum Master and Scrum Masters, strengthening leadership capability, role effectiveness, and support for team-specific challenges, including the redesign of Scrum Master syncs and collaboration formats
• Worked with teams and leadership on End-to-End Lead-to-Cash process analysis and documentation in SAP Signavio, supporting alignment, transparency, and a shared understanding of process expectations across teams

As a freelance IT lecturer and IT coach, I specialize in teaching individuals concepts like Cloud Computing, Business Intelligence, Python Programming and Agile Frameworks. My goal is to simplify complex technical concepts into practical, actionable knowledge. Through my extensive experience as an IT consultant in various sectors and roles I know about the importance of IT training - for companies and employees alike.

• Helped cross-functional teams adopt Agile methodologies, resulting in a 30% increase in project delivery speed and better team collaboration.
• Designed and facilitated Agile training programs tailored to different organizational needs, improving team productivity and stakeholder engagement.
• Conducted training sessions and team workshops on Agile principles, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and adaptive planning.
• Implemented Scrum and Aankun frameworks across multiple departments, driving transparency and accountability in project management.
• Collaborated with product owners to prioritize the backlog and workflow interactions, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Due to the founding of another company during Corona, the managing director stepped back from day-to-day operations, which left the team without leadership for about 3 years.

My task was to train a new Product Owner, shape the developers and the Product Owner into a cohesive team, and coach this newly formed team into a state where self-organized value delivery for the customer was possible again.

Because of the political situation in the USA, the revenue of my client's main customer dropped, which meant the business model had to change. I was allowed to support the transition from a service provider to an AI-first company with a broad customer base in an advisory and strategic role, hire staff, and facilitate several C-level negotiations between my client and its new customers.

TASKS

• Training team and management in Scrum and agile ways of working
• Coaching a junior Product Owner to PSPO II level
• Mediation of conflicts in change processes
• C-level consulting and negotiation facilitation
• Developing and evaluating business models
• Leading the hiring process for 4 new employees

ACHIEVED

• Successfully coached Product Owner to PSPO II level
• Shaped a leaderless team into a cohesive Scrum team
• Restored self-organized value delivery for the customer
• Successful transformation to AI-native development (Claude)
• Successful change of the customer's business model

TOOLS & METHODS

• Team building
• NVC by Rosenberg
• Conflict management
• Workshop facilitation
• Negotiation facilitation
• Leadership coaching
• Personio hiring