Prague, Czechia
A seasoned leader with 15+ yrs. experience holding key roles related to digital & tech transformations, value delivery and future-proof solutions. My core experience cover chiefly strong stakeholder engagement, vision + strategy definition, full E2E portfolio/project/programme delivery, product mgmt., team leadership & mgmt., organisation development and strategic sourcing, QA, vendor mgmt., costs optimisation, business partnership, service & operations partnership. Top quality & excellence to make DREAMS COME TRUE is my passion. No shallow bullet-points, BUT REAL DELIVERY. My Key Numbers: 》 15+ yrs of hands-on P3M (incl. 7 yrs on the supplier's side) 》 190+ projects & programmes 》 40+ mio EUR My deep expertise covers especially: ------------------------------------------ 》 Complete E2E project / programme delivery management incl. using cutting edge techs 》 Full portfolio management & P3O design and management using cutting edge techs 》 Different agile approaches (frameworks) application & tailoring fitting for the purpose and specific context of the project / programme / organisation (team, department, company, ...) on strategic, tactical, delivery and operational levels 》 Advanced techs (stacks) roadmapping & implementation supporting continuous integration/delivery/deployment (e.g. Atlassian integrated toolset, Notion, Azure, microservice-based design & architecture, Docker containers, Kubernetes, Canary deployment, Xray + RPA Automate Ultimate, etc.) 》 OKRs & KPIs (definition, execution, evaluation) 》 Value Streams management & E2E service management based on ITIL & BTS (https://www.managebt.org/) 》 Strategic and digital transformations management 》 Maturity rapid growth & continuous improvement (kaizen) management 》 New generation silver-bullet digital governance for really deliverable projects / programmes / portfolios 》 Centre of Excellence design & continuous development 》 Crisis management 》 Agile management (SCRUM, Kanban, LeSS, DAD, ...) #SAFe #IPMA #IT4IT 》 Axelos management master (PRINCE2, Agile, AgileSHIFT, MSP, MoP, MoR, P3O, P3M3, ITIL)
Strategic company initiatives consulting & solution proposals under an NDA.
Building a new Product Portfolio Office - product portfolio definition (key products & customers, product assessments & benchmarking, product health, BOSTON matrix, etc.), product management light governance fitting the company's purpose now and tomorrow, new product family design (AI as a Platform/Engine) incl. the expected product trajectory to bridge current gaps, OKRs/KPIs definition & continuous evaluation, product team leadership & development, new ideas introduction & implementation.
M&A - Leading & managing the merger programme of 2 subsidiaries within a time-critical deadline driven by new business strategy rollout.
The journey to excellence starts on https://pppmobserver.wordpress.com/ - an independent professional medium & practical free online handbook not only for Project/Programme/Portfolio Managers.
CHALLENGE: Build the professional project/programme/portfolio delivery competence including an adaptive modular fully digital PMO (P3O) + governance & policies and professional internal delivery team for Sodexo BRS during the COVID pandemic. International rollout to Austria, Germany & Belgium. DELIVERED & PROVEN IN PRACTICE: - IT P3O/PMO manifesto fitting for the purpose incl. vision, mission, key services, etc. - Fully digital project & programme portfolio tech design & management. - Leading regular interactive portfolio sessions with all board members. - OKRs & KPIs for IT P3O/PMO digital implementation. - 1st digital project & programme governance design & implementation fitting for the purpose of the modern organisation and meeting all Group audit requirements. - Sophisticated digital IT project reporting incl. all related metrics (scope, quality, time, budget, capacities, risks, issues). - Project & programme & portfolio digital real-time dashboards for continuous automated data-based management & reporting. - Deep application of the Atlassian toolset (JIRA, Confluence, Tempo, UpRaise), Productboard, etc. - Data driven delivery management. - RPA (Automate Ultimate) of selected processes. - Built an excellent management team using hiring expertise in Project/Programme/Portfolio management. - Continuous improvement + learning org. expert design & development. - Champion-challenger model and Chaos Monkey full readiness. PROJECTS & TECHS: - Complete company rebranding, new IDM system, CRM Salesforce, integrations using WSO2 platform, New-Gen Merchant platform, financial solutions, mobile app, etc. - Continuous integration/delivery/deployment techs - e.g. Atlassian integrated toolset, Productboard, MS Azure, microservice-based design & architecture, Docker containers, Kubernetes, Canary deployment, Xray + RPA Automate Ultimate, etc. - IT Backbone strategic tech-programme of diverse business enablers management with focus on tech debt continuous reduction.
- Identification and delivery of value for teams, stakeholders and organization/s on programme & project management levels using advanced technical solutions (typically JIRA, Confluence, Tempo, EazyBI, etc.). - Leadership & pro-active management of large, complex enterprise-level programmes consisting of more related projects managed by respective PMs. - Achieving the programme/s goals within designated constraints. - IT continuous cross-project delivery part – build/TRANSITION/run life-cycle management. - Cross-teams/projects multilevel alignments (applied “scrum of scrums” approach) utilizing SSOT (single source of truth) solution. - Programme/Project management framework/s + standard/s design & continuous improvement. - Guidance of POs and PMs to optimize the delivery efficiency using consulting, coaching, mentoring, trainings & hands-on support. - Expert consulting & support of the PMO. - Global IT project/programme management part according to a mandate from CIO per project/programme. - Mandated by CIO to influence quality outcome of IT deliveries across IT vendors (in coordination with IT supplier owners) with special focus to enforce PPM practices aiming towards clear objectives via roadmapping, timely IT deliveries via proper planning.
Intensive driving of the semi-agile delivery transformation - business + technical => value streams, SCRUM, SoS, SAFe, microservice-based architecture (Kubernetes, Azure), DevOps - continuous delivery.
Digital Retail Innovation Hub (Globus Holding) | e-Business / e-commerce TIME-CRITICAL MISSION to deliver first online shopping platform in 2018. Three key releases successfully delivered in 2018 through broad agile leadership & delivery (SCRUM / Kanban) of 12 streams (15+ member team) & external vendors. My added value: - e-business agile PMO & program management with huge motivation, energy and drive - key agile program/project values + principles definition & evangelism - implementation of a VUCA-ready program/project agile mgmt. platform, operation & improvements - business demand management process definition & implementation - agile delivery of multiple projects using the implemented agile mgmt. platform - direct leadership of 10+ business stream leaders - external partners integration & mgmt. - introduction of the supplier scorecard into e-business practice - building a delivery- and responsibility-based business culture - key IT services mgmt. & continuous improvement - providing extremely quick response times - strong team, personal & stakeholder focus - coaching, mentoring & training of all the business people - innovation leadership - giving frequent trends & news presentations Key complementary benefit: inspirational retail vision successful introduction & spreading. Key Tools: Atlassian JIRA & Confluence References: Ondrej Dvorak, Tereza Foltova, Tomas Mann
Digital Retail Innovation Hub (Globus Holding) | e-Business / e-commerce Mission: DISRUPTIVE PM INNOVATION - To design & implement VUCA-ready agile management platform across digital retail innovation hub (E-commerce & Multichannel) to be able flexibly deliver various digital MVPs (e.g. integrated e-shops, mobile apps, etc. based on various technologies as e.g. Java, .NET, JS, etc.) with focus on maximum value in a very short time frame. My added value: - embedding of key agile values + principles & continuous evangelism - Kanban/Scrum custom agile approach implementation - single source of truth (SSOT) concept implementation - continuous deep dive into data - continuous communication concept implementation - joint really functional collaboration Confluence workspaces implementation - cross-functional & self-organized teams concept implementation - model of alignment & adaptation of business & technical product backlogs - flow concept implementation - continuous delivery adapted model - kaizen / continuous improvement + change mgmt - continuous learning concept implementation - all meetings continuous redesign, optimization & facilitation - fresh continuous reporting model implementation - managerial multilevel dashboards in JIRA and Confluence implementation - JIRA & Confluence solution continuous administration & consultancy - delivery of the top systematic real-time program/project management solution using fully interconnected cloud JIRA & CONFLUENCE
Mission: Leading the key part of digital transformation program scaled agile delivery (disciplined SCRUM) - Meine innogy (Digital Future) Sitecore-based (.NET, JS React) solution exclusively for innogy DE onsite / innogy SE Essen (https://www.linkedin.com/company/innogy-se/) Key Tools: Atlassian JIRA & Confluence, MS Teams, SharePoint, Slack References: Rob Perfors, Roman Pylyp