Jens L. - Project Manager

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Pinneberg, Germany

Experience

Nov 2024 - Present

1 year 2 months

Project Manager

Healthcare Service Provider

Responsible for implementing a generic interface for third-party providers
Goal: Reduce time to market for application development
Challenges: Aligning many stakeholders with sometimes opposing interests, shift from general contractor to standard manufacturer
Measures: Planning, workshops, fostering shared reality construction, ensuring deliverables
Tasks: Leading teams, describing the situation, stakeholder management, risk management, moderation, planning

Apr 2023 - Jun 2024

1 year 3 months

Change / Change Facilitator

Society for the Protection of Copyrights

Supported all measures for implementing a new business process
Goal: Design, implementation and rollout of a new business model
Challenges: Replacing a 30-year-old business model with national and international ties
Measures: Systemic analysis, workshops, fostering shared reality construction, ensuring deliverables
Tasks: Situation analysis, stakeholder and risk management, moderation, coaching, coordinating all measures with the project manager
Result: Concept, planning and transition into operations

Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

9 months

Program Manager / Project Manager

Society for the Protection of Copyrights

Led 7 subproject managers, 60 project staff and 8 service providers
Goal: Dismantle a large project and implement an accounting system
Challenges: Transforming a 6-year-old project with many prior solution attempts
Measures: Systemic analysis, workshops with 120 participants, generating results through rapid failure
Tasks: Create transparency, lead subproject managers, moderation, stakeholder and risk management, align with board members
Result: Solution implemented into operations

Apr 2022 - Jun 2022

3 months

Transformation Project Manager

Banking Service Provider

Transformation management
Goal: Design a transformation
Challenge: Many previous unsuccessful transformation attempts
Measures: Interviews, systemic analysis, current-state analysis, workshops with leaders to introduce ground rules, moderation
Result: Transformation concept created

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

1 year

Project Manager

Medical Service Provider

Managed 4 subprojects with 60 internal staff and 20 external consultants
Goal: Implement computer system validation for a new LIS
Challenges: Introducing new documents and processes not used before
Measures: Set up project organization, implement CSV for a new laboratory information system, software development GAMP 5, compliance with medical device regulations, risk analysis
Tasks: Lead subproject managers, organize and plan the project, ensure milestone deliverables, stakeholder and risk management, moderation, coaching of leaders and teams
Result: Successful CSV implementation

Nov 2018 - Dec 2020

2 years 2 months

Project Manager

Medical Service Provider

Responsible for 63 project staff
Goal: Roll out a new laboratory information system (LIS) at five sites
Challenges: Replacing legacy systems in use for up to 18 years
Measures: Set up project organization, pilot projects, organizational development, stakeholder management and risk analysis
Tasks: Leadership responsibility, planning and organization, ensuring results and milestones, coordinating and executing interventions, communicating with management and owners
Result: System successfully rolled out at five sites

Sep 2017 - Apr 2018

8 months

Project Manager

Industrial X-ray Manufacturer

Introduced and implemented a product development process
Responsible for 7 project staff
Goal: Launch a new product after five years without new development
Measures: Organizational development, unified process, practice process steps, implement via pilot projects
Tasks: Lead project staff, plan and organize, resolve conflicts with management and directors, moderation and coaching
Result: Time to market reduced by 50%, improved quality

Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

1 year 8 months

Project Manager

Industrial X-ray Manufacturer

Developed an inline wheel inspection system
Budget: over €3 million
Responsible for 8 project staff
Goal: Minimize production downtime for customers
Measures: Crisis management, parallel development, testing and deployment
Tasks: Daily planning, milestone tracking, moderation and coaching
Result: Inline wheel inspection system successfully accepted by customer

Jan 2015 - Present

11 years

Senior Project Manager

Freelance

Project management and consulting
Systemic and agile project management
Systemic analysis and process management
Change facilitation
Turnaround, change and transformation management
Systemic organizational consulting and development
Moderation and coaching of leaders and teams
Designing, planning and running interdisciplinary workshops
Designing and moderating virtual workshops

Oct 2013 - Dec 2014

1 year 3 months

Overall Project Manager

Industrial X-ray Manufacturer

Led development of a new CT machine
Budget: over €5 million
Responsible for 12 subproject managers and 43 staff
Goal: Recover a 4-year delay
Measures: Public milestones, self-organization, fast-fail practices
Tasks: Leadership responsibility, conflict resolution, moderation, mediation
Result: Project successfully completed in one year

Dec 2012 - Mar 2013

4 months

Interim Manager

Social Networks

Led a Big Data team
Used Scrum
Goal: Expand and develop Big Data technologies
Tasks: Agile project management, Scrum monitoring, risk management, project planning
Result: Team goals achieved

May 2012 - Nov 2012

7 months

Project Manager, Change and Process Manager

Media Company

Responsible for optimizing project and process management
Goal: Adjust structures after rapid growth
Measures: System analysis, introduce new processes
Tasks: Leadership, set up new structures, mediation and conflict resolution, control new procedures
Result: Processes and agreements successfully approved

Nov 2011 - Dec 2011

2 months