Microsoft SharePoint Experts in Germany

• Overall leadership of several strategic operations projects focusing on Workplace Services, SLA Framework, access management, certificate management, e-learning, backup & recovery, test management, and capacity management, as well as the introduction of system monitoring and feasibility studies for 24x7 operations, in some cases including implementation in ServiceNow
• Creation of various ServiceNow operating concepts covering training, access rights, and emergency management as part of a new cloud hosting initiative for the ServiceNow platform
• Executive board reports and leadership of steering committees as part of company-wide strategic objectives, as well as the establishment of new balanced scorecards for measuring KPIs related to optimization-driven project results

The client operates a SaaS platform for managing rail and intermodal transport (Rail-Flow Transport Management Platform).

For two of its customers, it was looking for a 3-month project management replacement. Both customers offer rail and intermodal transport services. Implementation progress differs: one customer is already live and wanted its Phase 2 enhancements implemented; the other customer is implementing its MVP and entering an intensive testing phase.

As part of the assignment, project management was taken over, including management of the internal development team (offshore Turkey).

• Took over complete project management for 2 customer projects, including the roles of Product Owner and Co-Scrum Master
• Managed agile implementation teams consisting of business analysts, implementation consultants, developers (offshore) and QA staff
• Ensured compliance with and further development of project governance
• Planning and rollout management: creation and maintenance of project and rollout plans as well as coordination of role assignments with the client’s management
• Requirements and change management: management of contractual requirements, bugs and changes
• Customer and project communication: organization and moderation of status meetings and steering committees
• Identification of project risks, initiation of countermeasures and escalation
• Ensured correct and timely invoicing for project services together with Finance

Methods: Scheduling (forward- and backward-based), including milestone planning, structured interviews, multi-project management (in English)

Tools / Technologies: Jira, Confluence / Atlas, Claude (Skills, Artifacts), MS Outlook

Migration of an existing application to a new IT infrastructure.

• Managed all project activities (infrastructure, applications, data, security, architecture)
• Planned complex network architectures with security requirements
• Designed and coordinated firewall configurations
• Planned and managed interfaces between ERP, cloud, and third-party systems
• Coordinated middleware solutions (e.g. SAP Integration Suite, MuleSoft, Boomi)
• Defined data flows, mapping rules, and integration architectures
• Managed data migrations and master data harmonization
• Coordinated with business departments, IT teams, service providers, and external partners
• Team size: International team of 35 employees – Germany | Poland | India | USA
• Languages: English

Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), Brainloop, Jira, Confluence, MS SharePoint

• Introduction of a new digital product to the Chinese market as part of a global growth strategy.

• Point of contact and coordinating interface between central product management, local Chinese teams and international stakeholders.

• Management of the entire program to coordinate complex digital projects.

• Successful market launch of a digital product in China (including successful certification for the Chinese market).

• Balancing local requirements with global priorities while taking tax and regulatory requirements into account.

• Introduction of a new way of working to improve collaboration and coordination across locations.

• Development and implementation of a scaling strategy for the digital business model in China.

• Use of Jira, Confluence, Miro, Scrum, agile working, SAFe.

• Project language: English.

• Project management for Porsche interior plastic parts
• Ensuring complete and smooth information flow between the customer and internal departments
• Creating and monitoring resource, schedule and overall project plans
• Active support and independent customer handling
• Coordinating technical discussions and pricing discussions
• Organizing, running and documenting coordination meetings with development and controlling
• Preparing quotations with cost specifications, analyses and presentations
• Independent cost negotiations, change handling and final negotiations
• Carrying out deviation analyses

Process architect and transformation driver for company-wide excellence initiatives (covering a vacancy) Establishment and management of a company-wide process and governance framework to strengthen structure, leadership and effectiveness in an internationally growing family-owned company. Responsibility for the global process house, end-to-end governance, process role architecture and further development of the integrated management system – including international implementation (Romania, USA).

Scope:

• Management of the Business Excellence department with 6 employees and functional leadership of 20+ Process Owners
• Establishment of a global process operating system (architecture, roles, governance, global-local logic)
• Development of a group-wide control and KPI system for processes (transparency, KPIs, maturity)
• Introduction of mechanisms to ensure effectiveness in day-to-day operations (role enablement, communities, feedback)
• Governance and role framework for new production sites in Romania and USA (mandates, roles, decision logic)
• Stabilization and further development of the integrated management system (IMS)

Sustainable Results:

• Global process operating system established - Structure, roles, governance and global-local rules defined as a binding framework and anchored in the management system — the basis for consistent management and scalability.
• End-to-end process ownership strengthened - Process Owner roles globally defined, qualified and anchored in Communities of Practice — clear ownership structures across all sites for the first time.
• KPI and process management logic established - Uniform KPI system, maturity model and reporting principles developed — the basis for fact-based decisions, prioritization and transparency throughout the company.
• Effectiveness in day-to-day operations increased - Enablement architecture, onboarding mechanisms, regular meeting formats and feedback loops introduced — the process system is applied in daily work and continuously improved.
• Governance framework for new site implemented - Mandates, roles, decision paths and escalation logic for the new production site in Romania developed — clear structure for setup, management and integration.

• PMO Lead Security Clearance 2 (SÜ2) verified
• Reporting to the GMN sub-program management
• System maintenance 25+
• Functional management and coordination of the Jira setup
• Preparation of decision papers (e.g. project planning, governance model, communication plans, controlling models, roles and responsibilities matrices)
• Development of program-wide knowledge management using Confluence, creation of Jira concept
• Development of an access concept for all project tools
• Analysis of existing processes, identification of improvement potential, and design of solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness
• Development of a concept for introducing automation approaches into existing tools
• Creation of intranet articles for project marketing
• Responsible for project governance through reporting and resource planning in the sub-program
• Agile development of the project methodology
• Gathering customer requirements (Requirements Engineering)
• Preparation and support of contract negotiations (7-year term, 500+ million budget)

• Industry: Insurance, Trade, IT
• Customers & Projects: Consulting and selling insurance and similar services
• Main tasks: Insurance consulting (health insurance, retirement planning, wealth building); commercial services, inside and field sales; sales data analysis and forecasting; customer consulting and support; opening a new sales headquarters for private and business customers; business development & innovation management; business use case development; process optimization; stakeholder management; team leadership and training; preparation and delivery of trainings;
• Technologies used: Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Draw.IO, Camunda 8, Java (8, 17,21,25), Git, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Data REST, Spring Web, Spring Security, J-Unit, Playwright, Lombock, Vaadin, H2, PostgreSQL (16, 17 18), pgAdmin, Docker, LLMs, JasperSoft Studio, JasperReports

• New development and further development of the existing MS Dynamics CRM

IT systems: Microsoft Dynamics Customer Service, SharePoint, DevOps, SAP IS-U

• CRM implementation / further development
• Taking over from the previous service provider
• Business process analysis
• Agile project organization
• Business analysis / requirements engineering with AI support
• Use of AI in development
• Analysis of master data processes
• CRM customer data management
• Requirements documentation
• Stakeholder management
• Workshop moderation

• Expert in the company's architecture management area

• Support for standardizing the company's IT landscape

• Further development of architecture management

• Shaping the company's business architecture

• Restructuring, administration and maintenance of all IT assets

• Support in creating a unified software asset management and CMDB

• Creation of unified document management (e-file)

• Transition of documents into a central DMS structure

• Link between architecture management and the department's internal business process management

• Support in developing strategic and tactical development plans

• Organizing communication with key stakeholders

• Support in the conception, organization and coordination of the architecture office to be built up

• Accompanying and advising the entire architecture management process

• Advising the company's business units on architectural topics and their framework conditions

• MS Office, Windows 10, VBA

• ITIL, TOGAF, PowerBi, Kanban, Scrum

• Internal agency tools

• Open Touch Conversation, Webex, wire, bdbos

• MS Sharepoint, JIRA, Confluence

• ARIS, Archimate, BPMN

Transformation assignment: IT Operating Model and Governance

• Management of the operationalization of a new IT operating model for a service- and customer-oriented organization in the managed services and Microsoft 365 environment.
• Translation of the target organizational model into concrete roles, responsibilities, organizational elements, decision-making paths and collaboration principles.
• Design and operationalization of a layered model with autonomous delivery teams, supporting units and clearly defined governance functions.
• Design of governance for Service Delivery Management, People Leads, Global Service Owners (GSO), operational teams, clusters and management committees.
• Structuring of the transformation rollout into ramp-up, implementation, hardening and operations, as well as development of kick-off, communication and feedback formats.
• Further development of PMO and office structures as well as portfolio and workforce management to create transparency around resources, risks, dependencies and decision requirements.
• Facilitation of cross-functional workshops and decision-making meetings, and translation of different stakeholder interests into actionable principles, rules and measures.

Interim assignment: IT Service and Operations Management

• Assumption of operational responsibility for Citrix and AD/Access, including incident, escalation, transition and quality management in day-to-day operations.
• Clarification of operational interfaces and clear separation of responsibilities between internal units, Service Delivery Management and external service providers.
• Conduct of structured GAP analyses of existing service descriptions, preparation of make-or-buy decisions and clarification of roles with KPI integration.
• Management of conflicting objectives, dependencies and escalations in complex customer, operations and transformation situations.

Selected results

• The transformation target model was translated into directly applicable roles, governance rules, organizational elements and rollout formats.
• Decision-making paths, responsibilities and interfaces between operational delivery, supporting functions and management were described transparently and bindingly.
• The foundations for self-organized teams, standardized service descriptions and reliable portfolio, resource and management transparency were established.

Methods: Operating Model Design, Governance Design, RACI, GAP Analysis, Stakeholder Analysis, Workshop Facilitation, Change Communication, Risk and Escalation Management, KPI and Service Management

• Conclusion of partner agreements with OnePlan (portfolio management) and ForProject/EVMS (project controlling); ongoing qualification and implementation of both tools.
• Project management for the relaunch of [link] with a new focus on integrated PM/PPM toolchains.
• Development and implementation of approx. 60 PM standard methods (PMSP, CMSP, QMSP) according to ICB4 & PMBoK8 as a database application on MS Power Automate / M365 / MS Project, with a planned cloud launch in 2025.
• Deployment and cut-over standard process defined as Quality Gate QG07: go-live plan, cut-over plan, communication package, production launch, smoke test in production, hypercare team, incident and SLA management, confirmation of production stability and operational handover.
• Development of a classification and retrieval system (TOC) for ChatGPT projects to enable immediate cross-application object activation.

Tools: LinkedIn, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Infinity, MS Copilot, OnePlan, EVMS/ForProject, Power Automate, SQL DB, O365, MS Project, MS Cloud, ICB4, PMBoK7, M365, Teams

• Marketing consulting for the EDL@Home and Commodity (electricity & gas) business areas
• Development of data-driven marketing and sales strategies
• Definition and expansion of key channels (Web, App, Portal, Social, Paid, Sales Partners)
• Target, annual and budget planning for the EDL@Home business area
• Definition of business requirements for marketing platforms
• KPI-based performance management
• Development of dashboards to measure success
• Performance reviews with management
• Management of external service providers
• Stakeholder management between Marketing, Sales, IT, Customer Service and Management

• Developed business strategy, positioning, and market approach for a new B2B and B2C trading company.
• Designed and implemented the corporate website and online shop end to end, and coordinated suppliers and digital sales capabilities.