Interim Manager

• Strategic and operational leadership of the technical service organization
• Improvement of all processes and workflows
• Development and introduction of a service management IT tool incl. AI database, customer app, and self-service portal

• AI product development: Design of an AI-supported GRC platform to automate compliance processes.
• AI expertise: Strategic deepening in Agentic AI and GenAI as a core asset for modern IT governance
• IT interim management and strategic consulting

• Industry: mechanical engineering, vehicle manufacturing
• Regulations: Data Act
• Project focus: data governance, legally compliant use of machine data, data platforms
• Assigned by: CFO, platform product owner

Successes/Results (early phase):

• Compliance support for the setup of an internal standardized data usage platform based on Databricks.
• Created the basis for the legally compliant and effective use of machine data, including:
• Technical: gap analysis and closing of gaps in the segmentation and maintenance of collected machine data.
• Technical: consideration of data flows from the platform to users and third parties.
• Organizational: drafting and finalizing the required data usage agreements.

Due to the steady growth of the customer organization and the associated increase in the number of projects in a wide range of areas, including IT/digitalization, sales and organizational development, and controlling, the demands on the projects are increasing. Projects are often started but not implemented within the planned time frame, resources are not clearly assigned, and the business value is not clearly demonstrated. The goal of the assignment as Interim Head of PMO is to further develop and embed an existing project organization from the CDO area at management level. It is important that the governance is pragmatic, easy to understand, and simple to apply in daily project work. The tasks and roles are to be defined, embedded in the organization, and this strategic PMO is also to be supported by an IT solution. This solution is to be selected and introduced. In addition, all ongoing projects are to be gradually transferred into PMO governance and project control is to be centralized.

Planning, execution & moderation of crisis communication and reputation management

AQIM is a non-profit organization based in Austria. An association of interim managers from Germany and Austria. Founded in December 2024. Multi-part training with workshops and consulting for preventive crisis communication, in cooperation with the founding members and those responsible for communication. To assess crisis potential for the market entry strategy and ahead of a digital campaign.

The project in a nutshell:

Consulting and training for the purpose of:

• Analysis of crisis potential as a new market entrant and its internet-based communication activities
• Planning and developing crisis communication with targeted measures
• Developing a crisis plan to minimize reputation risks in an emergency
• Conducting training and information sessions

Success:

• What started as a one-time consulting event for preparing an information campaign became a multi-part workshop on preventive crisis communication. This not only gave the organization expertise and confidence in the event of acute challenges, but also gave the participating interim managers new skills for their day-to-day work on assignments
• The workshop enabled those responsible to launch the information campaign that was being prepared at the time and planned for six months, as scheduled at the end of January 2026 on social media
• Careful scheduling and defining how to handle critical voices in terms of terminology and tone, as well as compliance rules, ensured a smooth start and run of a 3-month information campaign

Automotive | Manufacturing | Commercial Excellence

• Analyzed sales strategy, product/market positioning, customer portfolio, acquisition approach, sales funnel, opportunity quality, and conversion.
• Developed a prioritized sales roadmap with quick wins and structural measures for target customers, pipeline, roles, routines, and management reviews.

• Active sourcing
• Screening and evaluating CVs
• Supporting the entire recruiting process from the first interview through follow-up interviews to final hiring
• Conducting contract negotiations and independently preparing employment contracts
• Filling positions in Sales, Marketing, IT and HR, as well as key positions up to C-level
• Close coordination with departments and decision-makers to successfully fill strategically important roles
• Identifying and implementing measures to optimize recruiting processes

• Design and delivery of the university module "Software Management" in the Bachelor's program Artificial Intelligence in Software Engineering
• Teaching software project management, project organization, stakeholder management, risk and quality management, as well as agile and hybrid project steering
• Covering release planning, cut-over, go-live, handover to operations, and the operational impact of technical decisions
• Developing a case study across the semester for practical application of the methods taught
• Designing lectures, group work, risk and decision workshops, and practice-oriented assessments
• Combining methodological fundamentals with experience from software development, customer projects, delivery, release, testing, and IT operations
• Use of AI in software and project management

Methods and tools: Software project management, HERMES, PRINCE2, Scrum, Kanban, hybrid delivery models, requirements engineering, risk and quality management, release management, test management, Moodle

• Innovation division: Project development for a brownfield biofuel production partnership

• Prepared and reviewed quarterly royalty settlements for licensors across music, publishing and media brands, including minimum guarantees, recoupment, returns reconciliation and process optimisation.
• Reconstructed historical licensing data for an external audit by a major US studio, covering music publishing and recorded music across ROW and AUS, and coordinated the resulting statements with the licensor.
• Supported the reconciliation of music royalties with the German collecting society and its international hub for 2018 to 2024.
• Assessed licensing data for accruals and provisions, and structured metadata for contract negotiations.
• Designed target processes and SOPs for a royalty automation tool and accompanied testing during rollout.

• Project lead for all transformation projects since 01/2018

• Advisory role for the IT development team to ensure the best possible implementation of customer communication workflows within the new IT structure

• Monitoring cross-department process harmonization to create a unified approach for B2B customer communication

• Introduction of a new agile working method, including an optimized IT development process with clearly defined responsibilities

• Reduction of process redundancies by 35% through effective system integration and workflow optimization

• Successful unification of customer communication across three previously separate systems

• Introduction of customer journeys and customer experience

PHSE engineering and management Project management in a global industrial company and with the end customer German Federal Navy

• Stabilization of customer service, logistics and order processing during a transformation phase
• Management of the international warehouse relocation from Switzerland to Germany
• Optimization of processes and reduction of manual steps in day-to-day operations
• Coordination of international stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery of strategic projects