Johannes Meyer
Empowering teams to achieve targets and deliver excellence, especially in technical projects where innovation meets precision.
Experience
May 2023 - Present
2 years Munich, Germany
Program Manager Autonomous Shuttle
ZF Mobility Solutions GmbH
- Managing project activities and buildup of first 5 prototypes
- Creating and maintaining overall program roadmap
- Steering of four involved module groups
Jan 2021 - Nov 2022
11 months Munich, Germany
Interim Head of System, Safety and Security
FERNRIDE GmbH
- Defined necessary roles and successful hiring
- Defined and rolled out the V-model based requirements process (JAMA) from stakeholder requirements to system validation
- Defined first set of system validation test cases
- Analyzed feasibility and recommended functional safety regulations to follow (ISO12100, ISO13849, ISO26262)
Nov 2021 - Apr 2023
1 year 6 months Munich, Germany
Head of Technical Program Management
FERNRIDE GmbH
- Project Manager for base vehicle, autonomous driving software and teleoperation workstation (hard- and software)
- Delivered first prototype in 6 months to operations at VW
- Managed the build up of prototype 2 (VW) and new platform based prototype 3 (DB Schenker) within targets
- Lead the supplier of base vehicles and cameras to deliver on time and requirements
- Created both long-term road maps and near-term tactical schedules
- Managed regular communication with Executive team on program progress
- Defined Technical Program Management, built out the team and mentored team members
- Driven alignment across Engineering department, improved communication, and led weekly Staff meetings
- Organized efforts of development teams to align with goals of the company
- Recognized inefficiencies and created processes to address them
- Created templates, workflows, and processes that were lightweight and suited to the needs of the team
Nov 2016 - Oct 2021
5 years Munich, Germany
Manager Project Management
[bu:st] automotive GmbH
- Responsible for the program of projects in the area of autonomous driving (AD) / e-mobility for an automotive OEM
- Development and coaching of a team of up to 20 project managers
- Setting up, determining scope and leading new projects
Apr 2012 - Oct 2016
4 years 7 months Munich, Germany
(Senior) Consultant Project Management
[bu:st] automotive GmbH
- Effective project management for automotive OEM and Tier 1 projects
- Initiate, support and independently lead innovation and digital projects by applying classical project management and agile methods
- Methodological competence in creative methods, design thinking, agile methods and lean startup
- Control of agile processes and OKR framework and develop them further
- Project examples: Interieur show car for AD vehicles, power electronics for charging EVs, body in white innovation projects, computer vision, program for high and full AD projects
Summary
- Project Manager for base vehicle, autonomous driving software and teleoperation workstation (hard- and software)
- Delivered first prototype in 6 months to operations at VW
- Managed the build up of prototype 2 (VW) and new platform based prototype 3 (DB Schenker) within targets
- Lead the supplier of base vehicles and cameras to deliver on time and requirements
- Created both long-term road maps and near-term tactical schedules
- Managed regular communication with Executive team on program progress
- Defined Technical Program Management, built out the team and mentored team members
- Driven alignment across Engineering department, improved communication, and led weekly Staff meetings
- Organized efforts of development teams to align with goals of the company
- Recognized inefficiencies and created processes to address them
- Created templates, workflows, and processes that were lightweight and suited to the needs of the team
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary
Education
Oct 2020 - Aug 2021
PowerMBA
MBA
Oct 2007 - Mar 2012
Technical University, Munich
Diploma · Management and Technology · Munich, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
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