Program Managers in Munich

• SAP S/4HANA upgrade from Release 2021 to 2025 and FI/CO transformation as part of a new TOM. Four streams and two SAP service providers; management during ongoing operations.

• Overall responsibility for time, quality and budget as well as cross-stream coordination of the four streams

• Coordination of process streams, business functions and SAP service providers

• Establishment and management of governance, planning, risks, dependencies, resources and escalations

• Provider management, regular management reporting, and preparation and execution of project and Steering Committee meetings

• Responsibility as Test Manager for test strategy, test planning, UAT, defect management and acceptance

• Result: Successful preparation for Go-live on 28.09.2026 during ongoing operations; quality and the planned absence of production interruptions ensured. Project governance established and positive feedback from management and stakeholders.

The program supports the comprehensive realignment of the German Consumer Panel Services business. It combines a significant panel boost with the reprocessing of historical data and the integration of new receipt data. By significantly expanding and stabilizing the panel with the involvement of external partners, the aim is to improve the validity of the data base and create a reliable foundation for methodology, weighting and customer reporting. At the same time, historically grown processes for data delivery, OCR, matching, item QC, methodology and reporting are being harmonized, further developed technologically and reorganized. The goal is a scalable end-to-end landscape with higher data quality, clear responsibilities, reliable governance and sustainably manageable operational processes.

• Overall management of the restatement program, including the integrated roadmap as well as milestones, dependencies, risks and management decisions.
• Coordination of the panel boost and alignment of the required data deliveries, quality requirements and prerequisites for methodology, weighting and reporting.
• Alignment of business, product, data science, technology, operations and external partners around a shared target picture, aligned priorities and an integrated approach.
• Design of the organizational change triggered by the fundamental realignment of the data base, methodology and management logic, which has a lasting impact on established decision-making and collaboration patterns.
• Establishment and further development of governance, reporting and escalation structures as well as program-wide monitoring and operational processes for reliable management and sustainable handover.
• Management of critical data, technology and provider dependencies, including reprocessing, OCR transition and the timely synchronization of delivery, testing, methodology and reporting.
• Orchestration of international collaboration with teams and stakeholders in Germany, the United Kingdom, Portugal and Romania, as well as with external suppliers in Germany and Austria.

Impact Areas and Expertise: Program & Delivery Leadership, Business & Technology Alignment, Organization & Transformation, Governance & Sustainable Operations, Strategy & Target, Methodic Leadership, Transformation & Change Leadership, Executive Advisory

AI telephone assistant platform

Claude Code, Google AI Studio, Python, LLM / Voice-AI, PostgreSQL

• Conception and hands-on development of an AI-supported telephone assistant platform (voice AI / LLM) – from idea and architecture to MVP/product.
• Built agentic workflows and full automations with Claude Code and Google AI Studio.
• Also delivered AI-supported work in client engagements: used Claude Code for governance documentation, requirement drafts, and automations.

• 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

Tasks & results:

• Developed measures to improve management steering during a restructuring program (approx. 80 participants)
• Set up a PMO to ensure transparency, reporting and data-driven decisions
• Created an integration template to transfer team s...

• Project management in the area of "Campaign, Offer and Performance Management Classic" for PAYBACK partners from the retail, FMCG and financial services sectors
• Campaign planning, development and implementation of offer-specific concepts and measures for the channels newsletter, digital advertising (web and app), stand-alone mailings and the print mailing "PAYBACK points overview"
• Coordination with PAYBACK program partners (including American Express, Netto, EDEKA, Marktkauf & Trinkgut), PAYBACK specialist departments and agencies
• Documentation of tasks and processes as well as onboarding of the future role holder

• Advise organizations on integrating AI into project and program management practices, delivering measurable productivity improvements
• Designed and implemented an AI agent to improve project communication, transparency, and reporting quality

• German

More than 20 years of experience leading and managing complex transformation programs and introducing digital platforms in international corporate environments.

Main focus areas are program and project management, governance, enterprise integration, procurement transformation, and coordinating collaboration between business, IT, and implementation partners throughout the full project lifecycle.

Experience with international programs based on SAP, Coupa, and Ivalua - from strategy and design through integration, testing, and cutover to stabilization and handover into operations.

• English

More than 20 years of experience leading complex transformation programs and digital platform implementations in international enterprise environments.

Focus on program and project management, governance, enterprise integration, procurement transformation and the coordination of business, IT and implementation partners throughout the complete project lifecycle.

Extensive experience with international SAP, Coupa and Ivalua programs covering strategy, design, integration, testing, cutover, stabilization and operational transition.

• PMO setup and governance for complex development and transformation programs
• Program and project management in highly complex technical environments (hardware, software, and system integration)
• Agile coaching and scaling (SAFe, Scrum) – from framework introduction to operational rollout
• Scrum Master and Product Owner roles within cross-functional, international teams
• Risk, stakeholder, and backlog management using JIRA, Confluence, and MS Project Available for: PMO Lead, Program Manager, Project Manager, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Technical Program Manager

• Led performance engineering strategy for MS Dynamics 365 retail transformation
• Coordinated 25+ engineers across multiple delivery streams
• Identified and resolved system bottlenecks, reducing critical performance issues by 40% pre-go-live
• Delivered executive performance dashboards enabling data-driven release decisions

• Industry focus: Automotive, IT, Chemicals, Insurance, IT Security
• Project planning & portfolio management with MS Project and cplace
• Implementation and operation of an Information Security Management System (ISMS)
• Process management (modeling & optimization) with BIC
• Delivery of automotive driver assistance systems (ADAS)
• Change management (evaluation to go-live)
• Migration projects and risk management
• IT development (SAP S4Hana, embedded software) using Scrum, Agile and Waterfall
• Data modeling (top-down, bottom-up, re-engineering)
• Master data management (infrastructure, interface, BPM, GPM)
• Customer relationship processes (CRM, ERP)
• Material data management (MDM) regarding consistency and quality
• Digital asset management (content, structure, standard metadata)
• Sales management (service policy, CRM, key account management, vendor management)

• Increased product-related work time by 20% by introducing agile routines, clear task clarification, and improved coordination processes
• Built and led a 25-member multiplier network to broadly embed the new collaboration model
• Worked closely with department heads, steering committee, and governance board to continuously guide and secure the transformation
• Transformation approach was adopted internally as a blueprint and rolled out to other areas

• Program to equip professionals with the knowledge to strategically implement and manage AI in business including practical AI applications e.g. ChatGPT, copy.ai, make.com, Voiceflow, Midjourney
• Covering generative AI, strategic implementation, leadership, ethics, and AI business transformation with use cases for marketing, sales, operations and HR

• Successful product launch of a measurement system based on terahertz technology
• Developed a market strategy
• Scheduling and coordination with marketing
• Preparing and giving presentations
• Created a product catalog and defined sales texts
• Conducted customer presentations at trade shows and trained sales staff
• Prepared product assemblies and trained employees
• Organized external support and set up a dedicated production area
• Coordinated prototype production and negotiated with subcontractors
• Created production documentation and calculated product costs
• Defined product specifications and test criteria
• Validated product in software and hardware areas
• Reviewed software for legal aspects and introduced an EULA
• Developed a product roadmap and supported the department with JIRA
• Conducted workshops, market analysis, and business development
• Set pricing strategy, performed competitive analysis, and visited customers
• Supported customer acquisition and technical evaluation of inquiries
• Participated in trade shows and designed demo systems
• Led sales meetings and acquired new customers
• Coordinated cross-departmental tasks and prepared spare parts lists
• Initiated product improvements and reviewed contracts
• Prepared and conducted steering committee meetings, workshops, and profitability analyses
• Planned resource needs and reporting
• Software used: MS Office, SharePoint, MS Project, Office 365, Teams, Jira, Confluence
• Project languages: English and German
• International experience: USA (3 months regular visits), Denmark (1 month occasional visits)