Benjamin Heunemann

Deputy Product Owner / Rollout Manager

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Taucha, Germany

Experience

Nov 2023 - Dec 2024
1 year 2 months

Deputy Product Owner / Rollout Manager

Spirit Experts GmbH für Diconium Strategy GmbH

  • Acted as product owner for comprehensive change of Confluence permission structure
  • Introduced agile routines within the team
  • Identified team competencies and created user stories
  • Collected and analyzed stakeholder requirements
  • Translated business requirements into technical specifications
  • Created and maintained requirements documentation
  • Analyzed current state and defined goals collaboratively
  • Identified and resolved blockers and impediments
  • Coordinated with business and product owners
  • Facilitated solutions and workarounds
  • Established the roadmap and ensured timeline adherence
  • Provided continuous reporting to the business owner
  • Created a compliance-compliant project framework
  • Built and maintained a compliant documentation framework
  • Established and maintained a decision log
  • Developed technical requirements with regulatory considerations
  • Aligned with data security and legal department to set project principles
  • Managed stakeholders at C-level and compliance responsibilities
  • Developed video content and training materials
  • Coordinated ITSM Atlassian Service Management inquiries
  • Presented the project to diverse stakeholders in German and English
  • Prepared, conducted, and followed up on open Q&A sessions in German and English
  • Produced user-friendly instructional materials and interactive training documents
Feb 2023 - Dec 2024
1 year 11 months

Migration & Change Manager

Spirit Experts GmbH für Diconium Strategy GmbH

  • Quickly learned company-specific agile SAFe configuration

  • Understood and classified existing roles

  • Regularly handled SAFe artifacts and ceremonies

  • Collaborated closely with the product owner to define SAFe features for PI planning

  • Clarified project progress and impediments in daily scrum

  • Refined and prioritized backlog items and change requests

  • Developed the roadmap and ensured timeline adherence

  • Assisted with cost and resource planning

  • Created management presentations

  • Conducted process analysis and optimization

  • Defined and documented requirements and acceptance criteria

  • Established quality assurance processes

  • Developed test and validation strategies

  • Ensured requirement fulfillment through continuous testing

  • Assessed current status of processes and configurations in Jira and Confluence

  • Standardized and optimized processes

  • Developed roll-out plan for data and user migration

  • Monitored compliance with process steps, deadlines, and milestones

  • Supported data analysis, mapping, and migration during kick-offs and regular meetings with migration candidates and development team

  • Developed and implemented a training concept for migration

  • Produced screencast tutorials

  • Provided accompanying documentation

  • Conducted stakeholder analysis, management, and continuous communication with management, migration candidates, and development team

  • Established communication channels

  • Addressed and managed objections from migration critics early

  • Ensured operational readiness of all migration candidates through live trainings and training videos

  • Created and updated documentation in the onboarding portal

  • Coordinated test windows and live migration to avoid downtime for migrating teams

  • Performed risk analysis and continuous risk mitigation during PI planning

  • Regularly authored project documentation and reporting to PO, PM, solution and x-solution management, and business owner

  • Took over project management in agreed detail areas

  • Maintained decision log to document project scope and developments in compliance with requirements

Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
6 months

IT Specialist

Ebrosia GmbH + Co. KG

  • Maintained and bug-tracked the shop system

  • Managed tracking landscape using Google Tag Manager, Universal Analytics, GA4, and connected services

  • Built task and project management with Jira and Trello

  • Set up a Jira Service Management project as an internal IT helpdesk

  • Coordinated development tasks and progress between marketing and development via DevOps

  • Independently designed and produced video tutorials for internal system use with Kdenlive

  • Applied multimedia concepts for effective knowledge transfer in technical contexts

  • Participated in Shopware 6 migration project in an agile team

  • Analyzed legacy system data and mapped to target system

  • Developed data transformation approaches

  • Analyzed and documented business requirements

  • Created requirement specifications for the new platform

  • Ensured quality through systematic testing and validations

  • Began plugin development with Symfony

Feb 2017 - Jul 2022
5 years 6 months

Webshop Manager / Admin

Ebrosia GmbH + Co. KG

  • Administratively and commercially managed the online shop in Shopware 5

  • Continued development and bug-tracking

  • Performed regular system tests

  • Solely responsible for expanding the tracking landscape

  • Functionally extended Google Tag Manager

  • Expanded Universal Analytics and ensured data quality with tests and debugging

  • Migrated to Google Analytics 4

  • Introduced and executed split tests

  • Managed administrative and commercial aspects of e-mail marketing

  • Conducted migration due to provider change and integrated into tracking landscape

  • Implemented split tests and derived actions

  • Integrated, designed, and maintained connected channels and tools

  • Connected and configured product recommendation services

  • Connected, set up, and migrated web-push services

  • Integrated and managed partner services

Sep 2013 - Nov 2016
3 years 3 months

Marketing & Customer Service Team Coordinator

GVF Versicherungsmakler AG & Gruuna GmbH & Co. KG

  • Responsible for customer service and test scenarios

  • Managed internal and external marketing

  • Connected Google Tag Manager and Universal Analytics

  • Established internal communication structure

  • Set up internal Confluence knowledge database and JIRA project management system

  • Designed an in-house CRM system

Summary

Project manager and requirements specialist with solid experience in designing and implementing IT transformation projects and related training concepts.

Combine deep process knowledge with the ability to analyze business requirements in a structured way and turn them into user-friendly documentation. Practical experience in creating professional training materials and video tutorials and understanding of LMS and e-learning concepts. Special expertise in stakeholder coordination and facilitation between business units and development teams. Stand out through quick onboarding to new tools, structured approach, and solution-oriented thinking. Proven track record in documenting complex requirements in Jira and Confluence and in designing and delivering effective training.

Skills

  • Requirements Management & Documentation
  • Project Management & Meeting Facilitation
  • Training Development & E-learning
  • Jira & Confluence Administration
  • Video Content & Training Materials
  • Stakeholder Coordination
  • Agile Methodology
  • Technical Design & Implementation

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Sep 2006 - Aug 2009

BMW AG Niederlassung Chemnitz

Automotive Salesperson · Chemnitz, Germany

Oct 2002 - Dec 2004

TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Environmental Engineering · Freiberg, Germany

Oct 1994 - Jun 2001

Julius-Mosen-Gymnasium Oelsnitz/V.

High School Diploma · Oelsnitz, Germany

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