Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Lead responsible for the agile developement of an analytical software product, which is carried out by a crossfunctional team consisting of seven employees with backgrounds ranging from software engineering, over data science, to UX design. Tasks comprise crafting the product vision and roadmap planning, requirements engineering, backlog prioritization, coordination with business functions and related products, budgeting and business case validation, reporting to management levels.
Lead responsible for the design and implementation of various organizational and cultural development measures for the division with approximately 400 employees. Creation of concepts and presentations for the Executive Director on topics such as Analytics, GenAI, Retail Media, and Data Mesh for audiences ranging from company executive board to 3,400 employees. Content preparation and administrative support as well as moderation of various regular management meetings and interactive workshops from the Group CDTO to his third level of management in the Retail Germany division.
Lecturer for the module "Strategic organizational design and development": Teaching talents from different bachelor programmes in the final phase of their degree (6th semester) on how to design corporate structures and processes, drive change management and approach agile project management, as well as organizational culture in accordance with corporate strategy.
Lecturer for the module "Management of consulting projects & tender pitch": Teaching talents in the bachelor business administration on how to pitch, initiate, and execute (consulting) projects, thereby utilzing common project management techniques and applying them on a hands-on case example.
PMO for the major SAP transformation program of a leading German insurance company, preparing C-Level decisions and committees. Steering the post-merger integration of a heterogeneous SAP system landscape including various legacy systems.
Leading research projects conducted by international and interdisciplinary research teams. Publishing 14 cutting-edge research articles in leading business information systems journals on topics such as autonomous driving, AI, and mixed-reality applications, which were honoured with the award for the best dissertation at the school of business and economics in the academic year 2022. Teaching master students at one of the leading German business schools on organizational management.