Jan Menzel
Subproject Lead / Process Manager
Experience
Jul 2023 - Present
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VHV Versicherung
Conducting coaching sessions, workshops, training and moderation tasks.
Sep 2022 - Jun 2023
10 monthsSubproject Lead / Process Manager
VHV Versicherung
- Strategy development and execution
- Sparring with project management for restructuring the agile organizational structure
- Optimizing PM/development tools and methodologies
- Improving cross-team processes
- Optimizing DevOps processes
- Redesigning team structure, roles and responsibilities for the next project phase
- Stakeholder management
- Project management and communication.
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year 1 monthAgile Coach
New Work SE
- Process analysis and design
- Introducing agile structures and processes
- Implementing agile tools
- Moderating workshops
- Conducting training
- Coaching teams and leaders
- Strategy development and sparring.
May 2021 - May 2022
1 year 1 monthProduct Owner / Team Lead, Agile Coach, Integration Architect
Dataport AöR
- Building and staffing the development and DevOps team
- Developing the product vision and roadmap
- Creating and managing a backlog
- Establishing agile structures within the integration team
- Evolving the integration architecture
- Embedding in a large-scale project
- Stakeholder management
- Vendor management
- Planning, tracking, reporting.
Apr 2020 - Apr 2021
1 year 1 monthSabbatical
Nov 2019 - Mar 2020
5 monthsInterim Integration Project Manager, Agile Coach, Integration Architect, Product Owner
Versicherung
- Setting up agile structures within the distributed integration team
- Managing the requirements engineering and development teams (nearshore) for integration components
- Introducing and moderating Scrum meetings
- Further developing the integration architecture
- Go-live preparation
- Planning, tracking, reporting.
Nov 2018 - Dec 2020
1 year 2 monthsSubproject Lead
VHV Versicherung
- Staffing and building the team
- Strategy development and execution
- Sparring with project management for restructuring the agile organizational structure
- Taking responsibility toward senior management
- Budget and personnel responsibility
- Optimizing PM/development tools and methodologies
- Operational responsibility for: release & change management, deployment management, job control/batch network, development management, operational NFA, cutover/go-live preparation, software tools, IT operations/project DevOps.
Sep 2017 - Nov 2018
1 year 3 monthsManager, Technical Expert
VHV Versicherung
- Deployment management
- Environment management
- Liaison with line IT operations
- Defining software development processes.
Sep 2016 - Jul 2017
11 monthsExecutive Software Development
Ipsos GmbH
- Agile Coach – introducing Scrum and agile processes
- Technology evangelist
- Software development with C# and .NET Framework, DevExpress and MS SQL databases
- Consulting on the use and development of digital solutions
- Advising on agile product development.
Jan 2014 - Jun 2016
2 years 6 monthsProject Manager, Team Lead
Seamless Interaction GmbH & Co. KG
- Leading an agile team
- Coordinating stakeholders including requirements analysis
- Defining project goals and scope
- Responsible for software architecture and application development
- Developing prototypes for trade shows in the aviation sector
- Building a flight attendant panel using modern web technologies to reduce time to market.
Summary
Mr. Menzel is an experienced Agile Coach, leadership and team coach. He has deep knowledge in IT digitization, software development and integration projects.
He believes that agility shouldn’t be applied for its own sake, but must always serve value creation. In his work he focuses on the pragmatic use of agile methods, without sticking to any specific framework.
With his qualification as a systemic coach, he’s able to deal with individual resistance that often arises during change processes, combining a systemic approach and stance with an agile mindset in his organizational consulting.
Languages
English
Advanced
German
Advanced
Education
Mar 2011 - Jul 2016
HAW Hamburg
Bachelor of Science · Applied Computer Science · Hamburg, Germany
Jan 2008 - Jul 2010
Arche NetVision GmbH
IT Specialist in Application Development · Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster (CSP-SM)
Scrum Alliance
Business Coach
Coach Akademie Schweiz
Introduction to Transactional Analysis
German Association for Transactional Analysis
Team Coach
Coach Akademie Schweiz
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster® (A-CSM)
Scrum Alliance
Stress Management Specialist (IHK)
IHK, thekey.ACADEMY
Agile Leadership Specialist (IHK)
IHK, thekey.ACADEMY
Constellation Coach
Coach Akademie Schweiz
Leadership Coach
Coach Akademie Schweiz
Coach & Consultant
Coach Akademie Schweiz
Life Coaching Certification
New Skills Academy
Certified Scrum Master® (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
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