Product Lifecycle Management Experts in Austria

• Management of complex projects in technology-driven and regulated environments
• Overall responsibility for the planning, management and implementation of projects across multiple departments
• Responsibility for budget, resources, timelines, and risk and change management
• Leadership and coordination of interdisciplinary project teams of up to 25 employees
• Central interface between clients, specialist departments, external partners and management
• Establishment of structured project and reporting processes for transparent management
• Ensuring the on-time implementation of projects in demanding and regulated project environments.

Organizational Change Management for the strategic setup of a hybrid GBS rollout as part of a global, AI-driven Finance Transformation. End-to-end management of the OCM architecture in a highly complex on-, near-, and offshore partner setup [IN, PL, RO]. Successful completion of Phase 1 (Initial Strategy) and strategic pausing by the Executive Board after the early disclosure of critical vendor-side OPEX risks

• Systemic Baseline Assessment & Stakeholder Diagnostics: Evaluation of the global organization and analysis of the process landscape across 21 countries [AT, DE, CH, FR, UK, SI, RO, UA, RU, US, CD, CN, AR, MX, ZA, IN, JP] to precisely determine change requirements

• Architecting the OCM Strategy & Master Roadmap: Independent development of a comprehensive, AI-centered Change Roadmap for end-to-end management of all change initiatives across every project phase

• Data Quality & AI Agent Risk Mitigation: Auditing of Process Data Repositories (Celonis analysis); prevention of the ingestion of 58% synthetic training data to safeguard AI model reliability amid geopolitical supply chain tensions

• GBS Vendor BAFO Triage & Contractual Commitment: Critical review of Tier-1 vendor pitches and contractual commitment to a reduced Non-STP rate (from 7% to 4%) to avoid extreme manual rework with a planned FTE reduction (-63%)

• Executive Enablement & Board Alignment: Design of the GBS Transformation Executive Board Deck to strategically enable C-level executives and transparently present completely overlooked AI tokenization costs

• Targeted Change Communications & Engagement: Design and development of audience-specific communication measures to align the highly diverse, globally distributed stakeholder network

• Adoption Velocity & Resistance Measurement: Engineering of quantitative measurement tools (Pulse Check Survey) using Behavioral Dyads to identify resistance based on data and ensure sustainable success measurement

Results:

• Avoidance of disruptive misallocations: Stopping the ingestion of 58% synthetic AI-agent training data after discovering only 42% compatibility with existing processes, preventing critical GBS cascade errors
• Significant OPEX & effort reduction: Reduction of the Non-STP rate in Tier-1 vendor BAFOs from 7% to 4% alongside an impending 63% Finance-FTE reduction; avoidance of thousands of time-consuming manual correction processes
• 100% Delivery of the OCM architecture & ROI protection: Delivery of all OCM artifacts (Change Roadmap, Comms Plan, Executive Board Deck, Pulse Check Survey) and protection of ROI by identifying incalculable LLM runtime token costs

• Develop mechanical requirements in alignment with customer specifications.
• Design and simulate mechanical components and assemblies using PTC Creo, including:
• 2D/3D CAD capabilities including advanced surfacing
• Model based geometric dimensioning & tolerancing (GD&T)
• Linear static FEA analysis.
• Perform tolerance analysis using TSA spreadsheets and CETOL 6σ.
• Represent the department in project meetings and collaborate with design teams to ensure project alignment.
• Participate in prototyping activities, optimizing designs for manufacturability.
• Conduct testing, verification, and documentation per industry standards.
• Completed training in X-ray inspection (X-ray analysis) for mechanical and electronic assemblies.
• Support system engineers in customer requirements analysis and feasibility evaluation.
• Assist electrical engineers by designing the mechanical layout of the PCBA, ensuring collision-free integration of electrical components.
• Apply Six Sigma methodologies (Green Belt Certified) and use Minitab for statistical analysis.
• Support risk management activities (dFMEA).
• Gained practical knowledge of PCBA production processes through regular visits to SMT production lines, enhancing understanding of design-for-manufacturability.
• Work closely with international teams (Italy, Romania).

• Program delivery: set-up of strategic initiatives from ideation to execution, designing cross-divisional operating models that streamlined delivery across 6 business units.+
• Large scale initiatives: IT project manager of eMobility mobile app development for entire group, cross-country and multi-year initiative, with budget oversight of >2Mn and 20 FTEs.
• Product lifecycle management: delivered the end-to-end SDLC of a key B2B digital mobility application, successfully launching to 10 000+ users while managing vendor partnerships and system architecture.
• Vendor oversight: successfully negotiated and managed multi-vendor contracts, with negotiated contract value of 30% with no impact on scope.
• Architecture definition: definition of system architectures to ensure scalable, cost-effective solutions for the pricing, logistics and mobility domains, integration of 3 back-end systems.
• Digital transformation & coaching: supported group-wide agile maturity as a coach, upskilling pool of over 40 professionals in Product Management to increase delivery predictability and ensure value-driven approach.

• Development of a planning system (planning of planning) for the entire company.
• Development and implementation of a digital, AI-supported strategic and operational control system for the entire company.

Global PLM & ERP Implementation / Migration

Context:

Budget: 8-digit | Project size: >100 | D-A-USA-MX-BR at al

Mandate:

Consulting and implementation: Analysis, structuring, and documentation of requirements, change requests, and improvement opportunities as part of a global PLM rollout within the company-wide ERP / SAP migration; resolving functional gaps, setting up change management; aligning local requirements with central ERP / PLM platforms; introducing new processes and governance to coordinate production sites with headquarters

Work Delivered:

• Analyzed, consolidated, and assessed requirements, operational issues, and change requests from company sites
• Structured, categorized, and prioritized topics, identifying patterns, risks, and areas requiring action
• Assessed existing service, support, and training structures
• Provided recommendations for operating models
• Conducted change and transformation analysis to identify barriers to acceptance, use, and adoption of harmonized engineering processes
• Provided recommendations for rollout, enablement, user adoption, and communications
• Prepared status reports, management summaries, and risk and action overviews