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Dzintra Valdate

Senior Technical Program Manager

Dzintra Valdate
Manching, Germany

Experience

Feb 2022 - Aug 2025
3 years 7 months
Germany

Senior Technical Program Manager

Adidas AG

  • Established data-driven governance and KPIs for the €10M portfolio, providing C-level with accurate status and enabling confident strategic decisions.
  • Directed on-budget delivery of a €5-10M annual portfolio for critical DTC Backoffice systems, including inventory allocation, replenishment, and AI-driven forecasting capabilities.
  • Led an AI-driven forecasting POC achieving 60-70% accuracy, de-risking investment and providing data-backed evidence for a strategic go/no-go decision.
  • Aligned a fragmented ecosystem of 120+ business and technical staff, resolving workflow friction through targeted Agile training.
  • Advised on vendor selection and RFPs, influencing multi-year, multi-million euro partnership decisions.
Apr 2016 - Jan 2022
5 years 10 months
Germany

Senior Project & Product Manager

2e Systems GMBH

  • Led the strategic COVID-19 crisis response for Fortune 500 airline partners including the Lufthansa Group, designing business continuity solutions that preserved revenue and customer relations during industry-wide disruption.
  • Drove product strategy and commercial model for a reusable check-in platform, negotiating feature funding to balance custom needs with scalable development.
  • Guaranteed system availability against DDOS attacks, leading crisis response and serving as primary client contact to maintain confidence.
  • Led the program delivery of an AI caching layer to intelligently serve third-party price bots, ensuring system stability without disrupting sales channels. The initiative reduced expensive backend API calls (e.g., Amadeus) by over 30%.
  • Acted as key technical advisor in pre-sales, translating client needs into viable solution designs that won new enterprise accounts.
Sep 2014 - Jan 2016
1 year 5 months
Latvia

IT Consultant & Systems Analyst

Valdati Grupa

  • Conducted business and systems analysis for the development of Latvenergo's (Latvia's largest electricity provider) new customer self-service portal, Elektrum.lv.
  • Delivered comprehensive requirements and documentation for a platform serving 475,000+ active users, enabling bill payments, usage monitoring, and service management.
Aug 2011 - Aug 2014
3 years 1 month
Latvia

Head of E-Business Division

airBaltic

  • Promoted to Head of E-Business within 3 months; assumed full P&L ownership for the multi-million euro online revenue stream.
  • Led technical crisis response to payment provider bankruptcy, resurrecting a legacy solution to safeguard primary revenue stream.
  • Owned and allocated the division budget, authoring business cases and ROI analyses for internal projects and cross-departmental services.
  • Directed a digital transformation roadmap including site redesign and A/B testing, improving site performance and online revenue growth.
Jun 2007 - Aug 2011
4 years 3 months
Latvia

Project Manager & Technical Lead

SWH SETS

  • Executed end-to-end technical integrations for large-scale technology solutions in telecommunications and procurement for clients including Telecom Italia and Nextel, collaborating with multi-country teams.
  • Contributed to and managed the technical phases of the project lifecycle, including system analysis, integration, testing, and deployment, ensuring alignment with client business objectives.

Summary

Director-level Technology Leader with 15+ years delivering digital transformation across global enterprises and B2B SaaS. Proven record of leading cross-functional teams of 120+ professionals, shaping multi-million-euro portfolios, and aligning C-level stakeholders. Expert in building scalable operating models and delivering measurable, data-driven business outcomes.

Skills

Strategic Leadership:

  • Strategic Planning & Roadmap Development
  • P&l Oversight & Budget Management
  • Business Case & Roi Analysis
  • Go-to-market (Gtm) Strategy
  • Vendor & Partner Management
  • Organizational Design
  • Change Leadership
  • Data-driven Decision Making

Program & Portfolio Management:

  • Portfolio Governance
  • Agile Transformation
  • Cross-functional & Multi-vendor Team Leadership
  • Risk & Issue Management
  • Kpi & Sla Governance
  • Stakeholder Alignment
  • Delivery & Scope Negotiation

Technical & Domain Expertise:

  • Digital Transformation
  • Saas Product Delivery
  • E-commerce & Retail Systems
  • Sap S/4hana
  • Cloud Migration & Strategy
  • Systems Analysis

Languages

Latvian
Native
English
Advanced
Russian
Advanced
German
Intermediate

Education

Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration

Bachelor’s Degree in E-Commerce · E-Commerce · Riga, Latvia

Certifications & licenses

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

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