SAS Experts in Germany

A nationwide service provider for occupational medicine, occupational safety and health management, focusing on prevention, health and digital transformation.

• Role: Responsible for establishing and further developing professional project portfolio management in the Digital Transformation & Data area. Managing and supporting strategic IT and transformation projects, as well as supporting the introduction and establishment of project management standards, methods and governance structures.

Key areas:

• Establishment and further development of IT project portfolio management
• Analysis and structuring of business and technical requirements
• Management and coordination of cross-functional IT initiatives
• Stakeholder management at department, management and service provider level
• Introduction and further development of project management methods and tools (including Jira, Confluence, MS Planner)
• Preparation of decision-making documents, target visions and implementation concepts in the context of digital transformation
• Management and coordination of transformation, digitalization and organizational projects
• Preparation of decision templates and management documents for executive committees
• Conducting workshops and stakeholder management with departments and IT teams
• Definition of requirements for dashboards, reporting and KPI management
• Participation in the Wissenskompass project (requirements analysis and MVP concept)
• Analysis and evaluation of AI support opportunities in Knowledge Management
• Investigation of AI use cases to improve knowledge provision and use
• Consideration of AI requirements as part of the Wissenskompass concept
• Coordination with strategic departments to further develop project management standards
• Introduction, configuration and training for Microsoft Planner to support project and task management
• Conducting user training and supporting employees in the introduction of new ways of working and tools

• Goal: Development and optimization of loyalty and CRM measures for a leading e-commerce platform
• Solution: Identification of promising users, increase in engagement, and long-term retention to drive revenue growth
• Definition of local CRM direct communication for specific segments
• Translation of research insights into actionable recommendations
• Planning and implementation of CRM campaigns in close collaboration with marketing and product teams
• Identification of optimization potential in direct communication
• Collaboration with external agencies on creative solutions, prototyping, and UAT
• Measurement and reporting of key KPIs

• New connection of the product interfaces of the Financial Data Warehouse (FDW) directly to the Abacus 360 native interfaces
• IT environment: PC, client-server, Citrix remote client, Oracle DB
• Mapping of FDW outbound to Abacus 360 Native
• Analysis of requirements documents, business concepts, and existing interface rules
• Definition of new FDW rules for outbound to Abacus 360
• Adjustment of test scripts for the new interfaces
• Execution of tests to ensure correct data delivery and processing

• Responsible for introducing agile methods within the Interface & Integration Team (2 Scrum Teams)
• Planning and delivering trainings in agile methods
• Facilitating workshops and Scrum events
• Removing impediments
• Increasing sprint performance

• Used OpenCode and AI-assisted software engineering to design, implement, refactor, test, and document an end-to-end RAW/SDTM/ADaM pipeline in R for Dr. Falk Pharma (07/2026), including metadata-driven transformations, automated validation rules and QC, traceability, and reproducible clinical outputs.

Task:

• Design and build a proof of concept (PoC) for a future-proof virtualization platform, taking secure system architectures into account
• Assess the current state of existing infrastructures and develop selection and evaluation criteria for the right OS virtualization platform
• Carry out the requirements analysis and then create and prioritize tickets in the ticket system
• Complete and continuously update a tool evaluation matrix based on PoC results
• Support team knowledge building through clear documentation of the approach and results in Confluence
• Enterprise analysis of existing hardware (creating different BoMs)

Technologies: Vmware, Vmware Aria Operations, Osism, Canonical OpenStack, FishOs, Linux, Terraform, Ansible, Confluence, Alma

• Building, implementing and selling automated Data Science solutions such as Scorecard Factory and Forecast Factory
• Implementation of automated end-to-end cloud processes
• Development of LLM and NLP models
• Creation of interactive reports
• Support for national and international large corporations as well as medium-sized companies in implementing ML projects

• The goal of BIENE is to provide a uniform program for tax collection for all states.

• In tax collection, the aim is to collect the assessed taxes. This includes handling due dates, documenting incoming and outgoing payments, triggering reminders or refunds. Statute of limitations and payment reminders also play an important role. All payment transactions with banks and accounting are mapped in BIENE.

• Setting up the architecture and coordinating the provisioning of development and test environments at the Hanover location

• Installing and configuring environments on Linux servers (Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL)

• Interface tasks: coordinating and aligning the integration of software products from other departments and their test data

• Upgrading application server, JDK, Maven project structure

• Environment coordination and build management

• Implementing external interfaces

• Implementing business requirements

• Designing and implementing RESTful APIs and OpenAPI specifications

• Designing and implementing microservice architecture

• Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

• Deploying applications on OpenShift

• Creating technical documentation and diagrams

• Working with SQL databases (Oracle and PostgreSQL)

• Setting up authentication and authorization for the application and users

• Containerizing the application (automated deployment via CI/CD pipeline)

Large Insurance Company – Consultant Wiesbaden: Consulting support for the introduction of an integrated planning and performance management framework (operational, financial, customer) to enhance customer-centric transparency, decision-making quality, and steering capabilities across all lines of business within an insurance organization:

• Analysis of existing processes, reports, KPIs, and KPI calculation methodologies
• Design and introduction of new, standardized customer KPIs (gross/net), as well as key steering metrics with consistent linkage across all lines of business
• Recalculation, validation, and plausibility checks of KPIs based on existing and newly integrated data sources
• Conceptual support for the development of an integrated reporting and performance management setup
• Execution of customer insights analyses to identify patterns and anomalies within customer data clusters

Large retail company – Consultant in Karlsruhe: Advisory services for the setup and step-by-step implementation of an internationally deployable RELEX solution in the supply chain management environment:

• Advising overall and sub-project management on methodology, project setup and steering (e.g. agile approach, Jira configuration, RELEX phases, Jira Structure PPM)
• Strategic-operational consulting for the introduction of RELEX including best practices
• Support in defining overarching goals and requirements (2-year target picture)
• Guidance in scoping a relevant supply chain network segment for the project
• Development of a roadmap for iterative, incremental RELEX setup and rollout
• Assessment of project dependencies (interfaces, configurations, etc.)
• Advice on prioritized implementation of business requirements and data interfaces
• Support in test planning (data validation, system testing, UAT)
• Consulting on internationalization, change management, training, and knowledge transfer
• Stakeholder advisory and alignment activities between the client, implementation partner, and RELEX

Insurance company – Management Consultant in Munich: Analysis, consulting and support for the optimization of a large-scale business and IT transformation. Focus on strategically important programs and modernization projects in the area of Managed Services Operations and processes:

• Review of project plans and deliverables; analysis of programs and projects (e.g. cloud approach, process standardization, system integration, roadmaps)
• Identification of technical, functional and personnel risks and challenges; development of content-related measures and alternative solutions
• Proposal of quality improvements for program and modernization efforts
• Sparring partner and professional, technical, structural and organizational consulting for project and program management

Large retail group – Management Consultant & Stream Lead in Cologne: Consulting, process, project and product management for the introduction and implementation of a large strategic program in the field of advanced analytics, assortment and space management:

• Setup, test and rollout of a new space planning, automation and optimization product based on the existing cluster-based merchandising approach
• Definition and setup of new processes and transformation and change management measures for the new store-specific merchandising approach
• Collaboration with Advanced Analytics and IT (internal and external) for software implementations, automations, extensions and interfaces
• MVP approach and piloting in phases with gradual rollout (pilot with 80 stores, region with 500 stores, national level with 4000 stores)

Large retail company – Agile Coach & Change Agent in Cologne: Agile coach, OKR master and facilitator for the introduction of the OKR approach in a large strategic digitization program for retail stores:

• Coaching of the core team with topic managers and team leads
• Introduction to the OKR topic and setup of the OKR cycle
• Establishment of the OKR approach in teams and on a cross-team level

Delivery and logistics company – Management Consultant in United Kingdom: Consulting and coaching in the restructuring of the Data Analytics department:

• Analysis of current challenges
• Definition of overarching goals
• Development of a proposal for a new team structure
• Identification of required competencies, skills and responsibilities
• Advisory and alignment on communication and change management strategy

• Improving processes in the purchasing area
• Digitizing purchasing processes
• Optimizing end-to-end manufacturing processes

Senior IT Integration Manager for an international transformation program, focusing on IT integration, data migration, stakeholder management, dependency steering, governance and management reporting.

Bullet points

• Steering IT integration and transformation activities in an international enterprise environment
• Coordination between business, IT, specialist departments and external service providers
• Planning and tracking roadmaps, milestones, dependencies and risks
• Preparing status reports, decision papers and management updates

• Calculation of attribute importance based on driver analyses
• Interpretation, reporting, and consulting

Industry: digital sovereignty, public sector

Responsibilities:

• Project coordination (teams: consulting, development, testing, deployment/operations)

Products and standards:

• Jira, Confluence, Asana, Miro, Mural
• Open Source, Keycloak, Open Xchange, ownCloud

• DWH modernization
• Migration from Informatica PowerCenter to IDMC/CDI
• Migration from IBM DB2 to Databricks

Technologies: Informatica IDMC, Databricks