Andreas S.

Project Manager Contact Center Project

Cologne, Germany

Experience

Apr 2025 - Present
9 months
Oldenburg, Germany
Hybrid

Change Transformation and Interim Manager

BTC AG

Consulting & Project Management

  • Support in steering complex projects in agile, traditional and hybrid environments
  • Establishing and implementing governance structures to clarify roles, responsibilities and decision paths
  • Designing and facilitating workshops (e.g., kick-offs, retrospectives, lessons learned)
  • Developing and introducing standardized processes and templates for project, portfolio and change management

Organizational Development & Transformation

  • Guiding companies in evolving toward agile or autonomous structures
  • Analyzing and optimizing collaboration between line organization, project management and operational areas
  • Introducing role profiles and competency models for new ways of working
  • Developing decision-making frameworks (e.g., based on corporate strategy, profitability, customer orientation)
  • Facilitation & Communication
  • Facilitating conflict resolution discussions and decision meetings among stakeholders
  • Creating and using guidelines for communication in change processes
  • Supporting leaders with feedback and response formats
  • Visually preparing complex topics for management decisions
  • Digitization & AI Support
  • Developing use cases for AI-supported automation in project work
  • Assisting in evaluating and implementing digital tools for process improvement

Interim Manager

  • Operational responsibility for Citrix & AD/Access: ensuring stable IT operations including the management of incidents, handovers and quality assurance in day-to-day business.
  • Radical clarification of interfaces: eliminating operational gaps through clear responsibility demarcation between BTC, BITS and service providers – end-to-end process security.
  • Sharpened operating model: conducting a structured gap analysis of existing service descriptions, make-or-buy decisions and role clarification with KPI anchoring.
  • Effective escalation management: prompt intervention in goal conflicts and diffusion of responsibilities – solution-oriented, in direct coordination with SDM, cluster and partners.
Jul 2024 - Present
1 year 6 months
Germany

Project Manager Contact Center Project

Colt Technology Services GmbH

  • Project organization and control: building and leading efficient project structures, defining roles, responsibilities and communication channels.
  • Time management and deadline compliance: creating and tracking precise schedules, identifying and resolving potential delays.
  • Documentation: preparing detailed minutes, project plans and reports, ensuring traceability and transparency.
  • Change management and scope documentation: creating change reports, documenting changes in the scope of work (SOW).
  • Scope management: proactively identifying and analyzing deviations from the scope, transparent communication with stakeholders.
  • Reporting to management and stakeholders: regular progress reports on milestones, budget status and risks, supporting strategic decisions through clear communication.
Sep 2023 - Sep 2024
1 year 1 month
Munich, Germany

Project Manager Business & Data Protection B2P

Telefonica Deutschland GmbH & Co. OHG

  • Project organization and structuring: leading and managing data security processes in the business-to-partner sector (B2P), including organizing and conducting workshops, team meetings and decision-making committees to manage the project structure effectively.
  • Milestone and schedule management: establishing clear timelines to optimize data protection practices and strategic developments within B2P, including compliance with legal requirements and corporate goals.
  • Documentation and reporting: responsible for creating and maintaining change reports and documented current state analyses, as well as regular reports to management and stakeholders for progress monitoring and transparency.
  • Identifying deviations: detecting and highlighting deviations from the planned scope in collaboration with data protection officers to ensure compliance.
  • Communication with departments, auditors and service providers: managing the interface between various stakeholders to promote constructive collaboration and achieve project objectives.
  • Active participation in the BfDI audit, where insights and feedback were immediately integrated into optimizing process workflows.
  • Developing a process flow for internal assessments: designing and implementing a clear structured process for internal assessments to systematically evaluate and review data protection practices and compliance.
  • Training concepts and competence development: creating and implementing training concepts to support the development of competency fields with a special focus on data protection and compliance. This includes advising and supporting internal teams as well as partner companies to ensure that all participants know and apply the required standards and practices.
  • Key tools: EXCEL, POWERPOINT, MS TEAMS, SHAREPOINT, CONFLUENCE, JIRA
Jun 2023 - Oct 2023
5 months
Oldenburg, Germany

Consulting (Agile) Coaching

BTC AG

  • Current state analysis: identifying obstacles and optimization potentials.
  • Defining a target vision and developing solution strategies aimed at increasing efficiency.
  • Optimizing current and introducing effective (agile) methods and processes.
  • Coaching at team level and, if needed, individually.
  • Planning and facilitating rituals.
  • Promoting collaboration and teamwork.
  • Mediating conflicts within the team or at interface points.
  • Coaching individual team members (depending on prior role definition).
  • Success measurement: developing concrete metrics to measure success and evaluate individual methods and working practices.
  • Key tools: EXCEL, POWERPOINT, MS TEAMS, SHAREPOINT
Dec 2021 - Apr 2022
5 months
Berlin, Germany

Project support (Project: spin-off and setup of a new organization in the financial sector)

Dynacon GmbH

  • Prepared and supported change communication for executive management.
  • Led organizational development workshops.
  • Coordinated across projects.
  • Key tools: EXCEL, POWERPOINT, MS TEAMS, SHAREPOINT, WORDPRESS, CONFLUENCE, JIRA
May 2021 - Feb 2023
1 year 10 months
Berlin, Germany

Consultant for Digitalization Projects (Project: Steering and Support of Social Security Digitalization Projects)

Dynacon GmbH

  • Gathering requirements from various stakeholders.
  • Designing solution approaches and implementing third-party software.
  • Specifying requirements for integrating the digitalization strategy.
  • Coordinating project phases and reporting to management.
  • Key tools: EXCEL, POWERPOINT, MS TEAMS, SHAREPOINT, WORDPRESS, CONFLUENCE, JIRA
May 2021 - Sep 2021
5 months
Munich, Germany

Project Support (Project: Market Launch of a SaaS CRM Tool for Healthcare)

Dynacon GmbH

  • Building and improving the knowledge base for end customers.
  • Training pilot customers on the initial login into the SaaS solution.
  • Supporting testing activities.
  • Key tools: EXCEL, POWERPOINT, MS TEAMS, SHAREPOINT, WORDPRESS, CONFLUENCE, JIRA
Apr 2021 - Feb 2023
1 year 11 months
Munich, Germany

Lead Consultant

Dynacon GmbH

  • Leading complex transformation projects, focusing on change management, change communication, and project management.
  • Supporting strategic change and organizational development processes and ensuring high-quality process support for clients.
  • Advising on individual projects and creating concepts in the areas of change management, change communication, and digitalization.
  • Facilitating workshops and other event formats.
  • Monitoring the market and focusing on trends and new impulses in change management, digitalization, and project management.
  • Key tools: EXCEL, POWERPOINT, MS TEAMS, SHAREPOINT, WORDPRESS, CONFLUENCE, JIRA
Oct 2020 - Apr 2021
7 months
Bonn, Germany

Project Manager / Consultant

AOK Systems GmbH

  • Technical leadership of 25 project team members.
  • Leading, managing, and coordinating the further development of the electronic patient record, digitalization of treatment and cost plans, and the sick note.
  • Consolidating product requirements and delivering them as a service on the platform.
  • Managing external and internal stakeholders.
  • Taking responsibility for success and ensuring all project goals are met.
  • Identifying and implementing process standardizations to improve products.
  • Launch of the ePA on 01.01.2021.
  • Collaborating with international teams in the agile project.
  • Requirements management with Gematik regarding technical specifications.
  • Hybrid project management in line with established release cycles.
  • Key tools: EXCEL, POWERPOINT, MS TEAMS, SHAREPOINT, CONFLUENCE, JIRA, MIRRO
Jul 2019 - Sep 2020
1 year 3 months
Cologne, Germany

Manager Operational Data Protection

Unitymedia GmbH

  • Project volume up to €300k | Functional leadership of 5 team members.
  • Serving as the interface between the company and the Data Protection & Legal teams.
  • Ensuring compliance with all legal and internal data protection requirements.
  • Supporting the company merger in terms of data transfer.
  • Assisting departments with implementing necessary measures to achieve GDPR compliance and with internal audits.
  • Key tools: EXCEL, POWERPOINT, ACCESS, WEBEX, SHAREPOINT, CONFLUENCE, JIRA
Apr 2016 - Jun 2019
3 years 3 months
Cologne, Germany

Project Manager Indirect Retail

Unitymedia GmbH

  • Budget of €500K | Project volume up to €5M.
  • Functional management of 15 project team members.
  • Implemented indirect retail as a sales channel at Unitymedia.
  • Co-developed the indirect retail strategy and led the indirect sales program.
  • Responsible for managing and controlling the channel budget.
  • Responsible for managing 12 sub-projects in a multi-project environment.
  • Acted as the internal interface to retail: cross-department collaboration.
  • Managed partner relationships by organizing partner events.
  • Restructured communication processes for transparency and efficiency.
  • Developed agile sales projects.
  • Introduced a sales map to show all revenues and potential increases.
  • Monitored metrics for various sales activities, allowing assessment of market changes and partner performance.
  • Increased revenue through targeted market interventions in collaboration with marketing and analytics teams: cost savings were directly invested in new sales channels.
  • Defined and implemented the "Partner Dialog", a modern approach for exchange and collaboration with business partners.
  • Main tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Webex, SharePoint, Confluence, JIRA
Sep 2014 - Mar 2016
1 year 7 months
Cologne, Germany

Business Consultant Insurance

msg Systems AG

  • Developed internal concepts for commission processes.
  • Worked out the LVRG legal regulation and the resulting requirements for insurers.
  • Developed an internal functional specification for sales reporting.
  • Outlined digital use cases and interfaces for the sales department.
  • Secured a project by presenting an LVRG implementation concept at an insurer in cooperation with PEGA (partner collaboration).
  • Expanded project areas and acquired additional projects, e.g., integration of a sales application for desktop and mobile devices.
  • Main tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Webex, SharePoint, Confluence, JIRA
Aug 2012 - Jul 2014
2 years
Frankfurt, Germany

IT Sales Support - DVAG

Atlas Dienstleistungen für Vermögensberatung GmbH

  • Supported the rollout of the new CRM sales software.
  • Facilitated and delivered system and user training for financial advisors.
  • Developed concepts and trainer guides for mobile iPad use in the field.
  • Developed solution portfolios for the field service.
  • Analyzed sales requirements and integrated them into project processes.
  • Co-developed, tested, and launched a sales-supporting cloud for customer consulting.
  • Developed usability concepts for the sales cloud system.
  • Contributed as a subject-matter expert to the CRM system expansion project.
  • Main tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Webex, Confluence, JIRA
Frankfurt, Germany

Project Manager for a Web-Based Training Solution for Field Sales

Atlas Dienstleistungen für Vermögensberatung GmbH

  • Set the strategic direction for the lifelong learning initiative.
  • Conducted a gap analysis of existing knowledge transfer channels.
  • Performed a market analysis of available platform solutions.
  • Recommended collaboration partners and created an implementation action plan.
  • Prepared and conducted cross-department workshops for the realignment.
  • Main tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Webex, Confluence, JIRA
Munich, Germany

Business Consultant Business Organization (Project: Integration of Private Health Insurance at Allianz Deutschland AG)

msg Systems AG

  • Project volume of €500K | Functional leadership of 3 project team members.
  • Consolidated requirements from various stakeholders.
  • Specified and coordinated with the respective departments.
  • Reported directly to management.
  • Communicated implementation statuses, issues, and delays.
  • Represented the product in relevant meetings (e.g., JFs, scope workshops, etc.).
  • Managed defects: receiving, categorizing, and assigning defects.
  • Main tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Webex, SharePoint, Confluence, JIRA

Summary

Implementation-focused innovation driver with 10 years of experience in strategically developing internal structures for maximum efficiency and value creation

Strong expertise in reliably leading cross-functional, strategic and complex programs, projects or subprojects

  • Agile (multi-)project management
  • Budget administration & controlling
  • Strategy development
  • Process optimization
  • Sales management
  • CRM
  • GDPR data protection
  • Customer value analysis
  • KPI analysis
  • Monitoring & reporting
  • Presentations

Creating collaborations within the company and with partners

  • Building transparency
  • Improving internal communication
  • Digitizing processes
  • Implementing modern IT tools

Appreciative leader who forms strong teams with outstanding dedication and organizational talent and knows how to inspire others for shared goals

  • goal-oriented
  • team player
  • resilient
  • visionary
  • flexible
  • responsible

Languages

German
Native
English
Elementary

Education

Oct 2007 - Jun 2011

Rheinische University of Applied Sciences Cologne

Diploma in Business Administration · Cologne, Germany

Certifications & licenses

AI Summer School HUB

Startplatz

CPRE Foundation Level I

IREB

Data Protection Specialist

DEKRA

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