Ivan Atanasov

Module Lead ML KH (Project Manager / Test Manager) (Freelance)

Munich, Germany

Experience

Jan 2023 - Nov 2025
2 years 11 months
Munich, Germany

Module Lead ML KH (Project Manager / Test Manager) (Freelance)

BMW AG

  • Overall responsibility for the quality of the KH module
  • Leading and managing a module lead team
  • Analyzing design models and comparing and aligning technical specifications
  • Creating risk analyses and presentations and presenting them to decision-making bodies
  • Test management, preparing, managing and approving current test cases and prioritizing them for test events
  • Test planning for the different test phases
  • Coordinating test phases with other departments to ensure relevant aspects in business operations
  • Prioritizing the resolution of existing bugs/tickets
  • Tracking and validating the quality of problem management
  • Consistency checks, planning, prioritizing and sorting tickets
  • Preparing/alignment of required test data
  • Monitoring ALM (QC) processes and their implementation at the module level
  • Collaborating with interface partners to fix issues
  • Ensuring effective communication within the team and with interface partners
  • Coordinating tasks for handling tickets for the ML KH
  • Tracking, assigning and clarifying error resolution deadlines
  • Close collaboration/management of suppliers (at module level), the development department and external partners
  • Planning, developing, performing and evaluating functional tests
  • Conducting functional end-to-end tests
  • Weekly reporting of current test/error status in management meetings
  • Planning and conducting performance and load tests to ensure SOA applications meet expected performance and scalability requirements
  • Developing test strategies and test plans for SOA-based applications
  • Defining test objectives and criteria to ensure services meet requirements
  • Integrating possible test automation
Feb 2022 - Dec 2022
11 months
Munich, Germany

Test Management in IT Project

Freelance

  • Drafting and documenting test specifications (concepts, procedures, designs and test cases)
  • Developing comprehensive test strategies and test plans for SOA-based applications
  • Creating end-to-end test workflows for system and acceptance test coverage
  • Planning and conducting reviews (groomings) of functional and non-functional requirements (based on business concepts, user stories, IT concepts)
  • Creating and maintaining test data
  • Defining test objectives and criteria to ensure services match requirements
  • Planning, developing, executing and evaluating functional and qualitative tests based on requirement documents and at all test levels
  • Recording/documenting defects and managing existing bugs
  • Creating improvements and tracking them to increase platform usability
  • Close collaboration with the product owner, the dev team and external partners
  • Contributing to the further development of test processes and test automation
  • Managing/supporting the test automation team
  • Planning, implementing and maintaining automated test scripts using Java and appropriate test automation tools
  • Planning, developing, executing and evaluating non-functional tests
Jan 2019 - Jan 2022
3 years 1 month
Munich, Germany

Module Lead ML CD (Project Manager / Test Manager)

BMW AG

(External contractor via Expleo Group DE)

  • Leading and managing a module lead team
  • Analyzing design models and comparing and aligning technical specifications
  • Creating risk analyses and presentations and presenting them to decision-making bodies
  • Test management, preparing, managing and approving current test cases and prioritizing them for test events
  • Test planning for the different test phases
  • Coordinating test phases with other departments to ensure relevant aspects in business operations
  • Prioritizing the resolution of existing bugs/tickets
  • Tracking and validating the quality of problem management
  • Consistency checks, planning, prioritizing and sorting tickets
  • Preparing/alignment of required test data
  • Monitoring ALM (QC) processes and their implementation at the module level
  • Collaborating with interface partners to fix issues
  • Ensuring effective communication within the team and with interface partners
  • Coordinating tasks for handling tickets for the ML CD
  • Tracking, assigning and clarifying error resolution deadlines
  • Close collaboration/management of suppliers (at module level), the development department and external partners
  • Planning, developing, performing and evaluating functional tests
  • Conducting functional end-to-end tests
  • Weekly reporting of current test/error status in management meetings
  • Planning and conducting performance and load tests to ensure SOA applications meet expected performance and scalability requirements
  • Developing test strategies and test plans for SOA-based applications
  • Defining test objectives and criteria to ensure services meet requirements
  • Integrating possible test automation
Mar 2018 - Dec 2018
10 months
Munich, Germany

Project Manager

BMW AG

(External contractor via Expleo Group DE)

  • Leading and managing complex development projects at BMW Motorcycle
  • Acting as liaison for the motorcycle plant
  • Responsible for defining and meeting project goals in time, cost and quality
  • Responsible for project communication with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders
  • Key contribution in creating change request offers
  • Interface to internal specialists and external service providers
  • Assembling and leading project teams and external staff and planning and assigning work packages
  • Budget planning in coordination with the client
  • Monitoring and managing all internal and external processes for project delivery
  • Project acceptance and closure
  • Preparing project documentation and reports
  • Requirements engineering
Oct 2013 - Feb 2018
4 years 5 months
Munich, Germany

Project Manager and Test/Problem Manager

BMW AG

(External contractor via Telemotive AG)

  • Leading and managing an SE team
  • Coordinating the creation of requirement specifications and change requests
  • Requirements engineering
  • Managing component development in CATIA V5 regarding technical requirements
  • Supporting, managing and integrating process partners (OEMs, suppliers, customers)
  • Managing change management
  • Analyzing design models and comparing and aligning technical specifications
  • Creating risk analyses and presentations and presenting them to decision-making bodies
  • Test management, preparing, managing and approving current test cases and prioritizing them for test events
  • Coordinating tasks when processing all combined tickets
  • Tracking and validating the execution of problem management as the central problem manager
  • Consistency checks, planning, prioritizing and sorting tickets
  • Monitoring ALM (QC) processes and their implementation at module level
  • Coordinating tasks when processing all combined tickets
  • Tracking, assigning and clarifying error resolution deadlines
  • Discussing reported tickets (ALM board) with all involved problem managers
  • Close collaboration with software suppliers (at module level), the development department and external partners (ALM responsible)
  • Planning, developing, performing and evaluating functional tests
  • Conducting functional tests in and on the vehicle
  • Weekly reporting of current error status in management rounds
Aug 2011 - Sep 2013
2 years 2 months
Munich, Germany

Junior Quality Assurance

afb Application Services AG

  • Drafting and documenting test specifications (concepts, procedures, designs and test cases)
  • Planning, developing, refining, executing and evaluating functional and qualitative tests based on test specifications and at all test levels
  • Planning and conducting reviews of functional and non-functional requirements
  • Quality assurance in automating system tests in Java and creating mock-ups
  • Close collaboration with requirements management, the development department and external partners
  • Contributing to the further development of test processes and test automation
  • Planning, developing, executing and evaluating non-functional tests
Feb 2011 - Jul 2011
6 months
Munich, Germany

Controller Online Payment

Travian Games GmbH

  • Managing risks related to online payments
  • Analyzing and researching online payment data, especially regarding fraud attempts
  • Preventing, detecting and responding to fraudulent credit card transactions
  • Actively contributing to the development of practical preventive measures (in SQL)
  • Evaluating and testing new rates and payment methods
May 2010 - Jan 2011
9 months
Munich, Germany

Pre-series Management and SAP Automotive, Working Student

MSG systems AG

Jan 2010 - May 2010
5 months
Munich, Germany

Systems & Technical Services, Working Student

ADEUS Aktienregister-Service-GmbH

Aug 2008 - Jan 2009
6 months
Munich, Germany

Network Operations, Working Student

Telefonica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

Feb 2008 - Dec 2009
1 year 11 months
Munich, Germany

Legal Department, Working Student

Bristol-Myers Squibb GmbH & Co.KGaA

Jan 2008 - Jun 2008
6 months
Munich, Germany

Network Guidelines & Quality Control, Working Student

SWM Infrastruktur GmbH

Aug 2007 - Oct 2007
3 months
Munich, Germany

Finance, Middle Office/Risk Management, Working Student

MAN AG

Feb 2007 - Jul 2007
6 months
Munich, Germany

Intern

WAI (Wirtschaftsanalysen und -Informations-GmbH) / SDK (Schutzgemeinschaft der Kapitalanleger)

Summary

  • Solid knowledge and hands-on experience in project management
  • Experience in software development and strong technical understanding
  • Extensive know-how in coordinating and conducting software tests
  • Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience in test/defect management
  • Knowledge of optimizing test processes and implementing test automation techniques
  • Experience with agile software development (Scrum)
  • Business process modeling
  • Team- and solution-oriented work style, assertiveness and perseverance, communication skills, flexibility

Languages

Bulgarian
Native
German
Advanced
English
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2007 - Mar 2011

Munich University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor · Business Information Systems · Munich, Germany

Oct 2004 - Oct 2007

Munich University of Applied Sciences

Diploma · Business Administration · Munich, Germany

Sep 1994 - Jun 1999

Konstantin Welitschkow

Mathematics · Bulgaria

...and 1 more

Certifications & licenses

ISTQB Certified Tester (CTFL)

Professional Scrum Master

Professional Scrum Product Owner

Project Management Advanced

Project Management Methodology PRINCE2®

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