Claudia Jenz
Co-Founder, Managing Director
Experience
Jan 2022 - Present
4 years 1 monthPaphos, Cyprus
Co-Founder, Managing Director
CMJ Forward Consulting
- Boutique consulting firm for lean-agile consulting, coaching, and training
- Served as Enterprise Agile Coach on behalf of a strategy consulting firm to introduce a new organizational model for 21 teams in a scaled agile environment
- Project manager and PO coach in an agile restructuring project with nine teams
- Introduced OKRs as a management framework
Sep 2019 - Dec 2021
2 years 4 monthsStuttgart, Germany
Senior Technology Advisor, Agile Coach and Trainer
BearingPoint
- Supported clients in the public sector and finance/insurance industry in digital transformation
- Established agile scaling frameworks and successfully guided agile software development projects
- Trainer at the CIO Advisory - Agile Academy for SAFe courses such as Leading SAFe and SAFe Release Train Engineer
May 2017 - Sep 2019
2 years 5 monthsMannheim, Germany
External Lecturer
Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg
- Lecturer in the Business Informatics program for Algorithms and Data Structures, System Analysis and Design, and Project Management Case Study
- Taught initially in English, later also in German
- Supervised seminar papers and conducted exams
Nov 2016 - Aug 2019
2 years 10 monthsNuremberg, Germany
Managing Consultant
MID GmbH
- Led a team of ten consultants in software lifecycle management and agile consulting
- Worked on projects, including a large-scale enterprise architecture management project
- Experience in agile software development (Scrum) and applying agile leadership (Management 3.0)
Jun 2015 - Sep 2015
4 monthsThessaloniki, Greece
Inhouse Consultant
LIDL Greece (Lidl Hellas & Co.)
- Established the competence center as a trainer and consultant
- Coached teams and onboarded new employees
- Conducted practical trainings and served as subject matter expert for accounting systems in risk management
Jan 2014 - Oct 2016
2 years 10 monthsNeckarsulm, Germany
In-house Consultant
Lidl International
- PO-like role for billing and administration systems across the entire software lifecycle
- Leading international software development projects and managing external vendors
- Supporting audit processes with external auditors and performing business analysis tasks
Jun 2011 - Dec 2013
2 years 7 monthsNeckarsulm, Germany
In-house Consultant
LIDL Germany (Lidl Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KG)
- Main contact for core inventory management systems such as invoice verification, monthly/year-end closing, and reporting
- PO-like responsibility for modules of the in-house developed ERP system at headquarters
Oct 2008 - May 2011
2 years 8 monthsLudwigsburg, Germany
Assistant
Institute for Quality Management (IQM)
- Secretarial tasks and assistance to the managing director
- Preparing and supporting customer workshops focusing on Six Sigma, TPS, Lean, and Kanban
Summary
I help organizations successfully master complex changes where technology, strategy, and corporate culture meet. My functional expertise includes agile project management, organizational design, change management, talent and leadership development as well as IT architecture, software development, and IT project governance. Whether in agile transformation programs, building adaptable organizations, or implementing scalable IT solutions, I bring clarity to complex initiatives, structure to ambitious goals, and energy to execution – as a sparring partner, coach, trainer, or hands-on doer. With a clear focus on what matters and a passion for sustainable results, I support companies in positioning themselves to be future-proof, resilient, and innovative.
Skills
Industry Expertise
- Retail
- Banking
- Insurance
- Energy
- Public Administration
- Consulting
Functional Expertise
- Agile Project Management
- Organizational Design
- Talent Management And Employee Development
- Developing Leadership Skills
- Corporate Culture Management
- Change Management
- Business Unit Strategy
- It Strategy
- It Project Management
- It Architecture
- Software Development
Methodology/approach
- Agile Scaling Frameworks (Safe, Nexus, Etc.)
- Scrum & Kanban
- Design Thinking
- Objectives & Key Results
- Agile Software Development
- Agile Requirements Management
- Software Engineering
- Requirements Analysis Techniques
- Domain Modeling (E.g., Uml)
- Business Process Modeling (E.g., Epc, Bpmn)
- Modeling Tools
- Quality Assurance
- Test Management, Test Techniques, Acceptance Criteria
- Usability, User Experience Design
Tools/software
- Mural
- Miro
- Jira
- Azure Devops (Formerly Tfs)
- Trello
- Github Issue Board
- Oracle Sql Developer
- Ms Powerpoint
- Ms Excel
- Ms Word
- Ms Project
Business Functions
- (Internal) Reporting
- Administration
- Project Management
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
ElementaryEducation
Jul 2014 - Jul 2014
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Master of Business Administration, Strategic Management · Strategic Management · Oshawa, Canada
Sep 2013 - Feb 2016
Graduate School Rhein-Neckar
Master of Business Administration, IT Management · IT Management · Mannheim, Germany
Sep 2007 - May 2011
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Bachelor of Science, Medical Informatics · Medical Informatics · Heidelberg, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certified SAFe® Release Train Engineer
Scaled Agile Inc.
Scaled Professional Scrum
scrum.org
TOGAF® 9 Foundation
The Open Group
Certified OKR Coach
Workpath
Certified SAFe® Program Consultant
Scaled Agile Inc.
Certified Management 3.0 Foundation
Management 3.0
Certified SAFe® Architect
Scaled Agile Inc.
Certified SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager
Scaled Agile Inc.
Certified Agile Leadership I
Scrum Alliance
IBM Rational DOORS Foundation V9.4
IBM
IBM Rational DOORS Practitioner V9.4
IBM
Professional Agile Leadership I
scrum.org
Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering – Foundation
IREB
Professional SCRUM Master I
scrum.org
IT Service Management with ITIL – Foundation
Project Management with PRINCE2 – Foundation
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