»Get the right people. Then, no matter what else you may do wrong after that, the people will save you. That’s what management is all about.«
Tom DeMarco
What You Get
- Experienced Senior Project Manager and Product Owner, your interface between IT, Customer, BAs, UX, Software Engineering, Marketing – working with agile methods and prioritizing requirements while taking customer value and market dynamics into account
- Been there, done that: PM and PMO for SaaS, cloud and on-premise based multi-million software projects, services and applications with teams up to 30 people
- Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO Scrum Alliance) and seasoned Scrum Master
- Skillful project manager for international and local IT projects of all kinds, even in difficult situations (e.g. your code is a ‚big ball of mud‘, a client is about to withdraw, the team is estranged, your release process is obfuscated) bringing transparency into your project
- Experienced agile leadership in cross-functional, dynamic multi-cultural teams in international contexts – on site or remote
- A true ambassador and man of action for organizational change, setting up high-perfomance teams – comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with curiosity for technical and organisational domains
- A guy focussed on
- getting things done and released,
- mid- and long-term product roadmaps + moderation between stakeholders,
- large and mid-size platform-, CMS- and web-projects,
- introduction of Scrum, Kanban, agile methodologies and Management 3.0 as a new way of working,
- launch, maintenance and management of global and european platforms even with multiple markets / stakeholders / countries,
- projects for automotive, finance, insurance, global brands and the ‚Mittelstand‘.
- Deepened knowledge about Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, DevOps, TDD, OKR, Lean, Servant Leadership with an advanced admin use of JIRA & Confluence
- Recognizing and solving dysfunctions within teams, highly valueing software craftmanship
- Evolving your teams towards a unit with continuous learning and value creation, based on agile metrics & KPIs
- A creative maker with an agile mindset and extensive knowledge about technologies, team organisation and motivation, agile frameworks, markets and successful project management
- A passionate cyclist and offshore sailor 😉
Release or Die Tryin‘
Born to launch – professional release management, fast software delivery — and still fun in your DEV team 😉
Jira, Scrum, Kanban
Ensure transparency, reliability, open communication and a data-driven approach in your project
Plan, Do, Check, Act
Deming cycle or sprint progress – gain knowledge with every step and get better
Keeping your project on an even keel if it gets stormy
Agile flexibility, embracing change
Selected Projects
- 2021 – 2024 Cognizant Technologies : Agile Master / Agile Coach for Munich based insurance, distributed Kanban DevOps team + international SAFe team in cloud based projects with Java, React, Angular
- 2020/21: various online projects. e.g. for museums and special purpose machinery manufacturing
- August – December 2019 Scrum Master for API project at German public business development bank KfW
- March – August 2019 Agile Coach ti&m AG
- June – October 2018 Triplesense Reply: Product Owner / Senior Project Manager — implementation of new portal for Burda Community Network / CMS TYPO3
- 2017 – 2018 ETECTURE: Product Owner / Senior Project Manager — migration to a shared platform for 16 brands of Radeberger Gruppe / CMS FirstSpirit
- 2016 -2017 Fidelity International: Senior Consultant / Agile Coach — organisational change and implementation of agile ways of working for European platform management / CMS TeamSite
- 2015 – 2020 Associate Lecturer for Management at h_da Hochschule Darmstadt, department Interactive Media Design
- 2015 Neuland + Herzer: Agile Coach for Neuland + Herzer and Senior Project Manager for migration of BASF EN to new CMS Adobe AEM + consulting for social media strategy in the field of B2B Marketing and Social Selling
- 2014 ETECTURE@Ogilvy: Agile Coach and Consultant – reorganisation of global platform development for Nestlé Global Infant Nutrition (CMS Drupal). For Ogilvy One: Scrum Master Relaunch R+V Versicherung
- 2012 – 2014 Kia Motors Europe: European Platform Manager & Manager E-Business Technology
- 2012 OgilvyOne, ETECTURE: Product Owner for implementation & launch „Volkswagen. Mein Auto“
- 2011 Scholz & Volkmer: interim unit direction, several projects for Mercedes
- 2010 Neuland + Herzer: implementation & launch BASF Simplify for BASF AsiaPacific
- 2000-2002 GFT Technologies / Pixelfactory: Relaunch Mercedes eMB, several projects for Mercedes divisions
Education
- 1992 Freie Universität Berlin: German Philology, Political Science, Linguistics Magister Artium „Sehr gut“
- 1997 Ph.D. Freie Universität Berlin Dr. phil. „magna cum laude“ with a thesis about the late works of Arno Schmidt
Further Training
- SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager by Scaled Agile (08/2024)
- GithubCopilot (08/2024)
- ExecutiveBriefing: Artificial Intelligence (AI) + ChatGPT (08/2024)
- Google Cloud Digital Leader (07/2024)
- Agile Business Coach Foundation Level (ACF) (10/2018)
- Konfliktmanagement (2/2014)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) / Scrum Alliance (2/2012)
- Verhaltenstraining Gruppenführung (10/2001)
- Kommunikationstraining (10/2001)
- Verhalten im Projektmanagement (7/2000)
Leading Pieces of Wisdom
- „90% of the functionality delivered now is better than 100% delivered never.“ Brian W. Kernighan & P. J. Plaugher on planning, productivity, releasing
- „If you’re not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we’ll discuss your options afterwards.“ Bill Shankly, Manager Liverpool F.C.
Contact
I am available for freelance or contract work. Just tell me more about your projects. Kindly send an email to s.voigt@houseofuser.com or use the contact form below:
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