Kai Laurisch

Lead Senior Project Manager

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Bergneustadt, Germany

Experience

Aug 2022 - Present
3 years 6 months
Lippstadt, Germany

Lead Senior Project Manager

Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbH

  • Tracking and coordination in a dedicated climate control project
  • Management reporting and managing the reporting dashboard
  • Release, feature, and epic definition and planning
  • Project planning
  • Development according to the BHTC product development process (ASPICE Level 2) and SAFe
  • Error management and commissioning
  • Stakeholder management (international)
  • Project management in an agile context
  • Technologies used:
  • PTC Integrity
  • VBA
  • Python
  • Sharepoint
  • MS Project
  • MS Office
  • PowerBI
  • Azure
  • DOORS
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • SCRUM
  • SAP Business Warehouse
  • DevOps
  • GitLab
  • Jenkins
  • A-SPICE
  • ISO 26262
Apr 2022 - Jul 2022
4 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Senior Project Manager

pixolith GmbH & Co KG

  • Independent management of e-commerce projects (time, scope, budget, quality)
  • Stakeholder management and coordinating all parties (clients, development, UX & design, external service providers)
  • Creating proposals and effort estimates
  • Participating in workshops and pitch presentations
  • Management reporting at the CEO level
  • Optimizing processes, tools, and methods
  • Technologies used:
  • Shopware 6
  • Fibery
  • Clockodo
  • MS Office
  • SCRUM
  • GitLab
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
3 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Interim Product Owner

CARIAD SE

  • Planning development of automotive instrument functions in terms of milestones, monitoring, and prioritizing requirements
  • Creating epics and user stories
  • Defining products with stakeholders and coordinating collaboration with internal/external developers
  • Consulting and technical exchange with stakeholders
  • Regular reporting on project progress
  • Technologies used:
  • MS Office
  • Sharepoint
  • DOORS
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Roadmap
  • VBA
  • MS Project
  • PowerBI
  • SCRUM
  • A-SPICE
  • SAFe
Oct 2021 - Jan 2022
4 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Consultant & Senior Software Developer

UIT Service GmbH

  • Developing software or enhancing existing components, creating and editing user stories
  • Improving the quality of developed code and implementing software according to PSR
  • Monitoring infrastructure: optimizing hardware and performance
  • Technologies used:
  • C# .NET
  • ASP.NET
  • REST
  • Node.js
  • Unit Testing
  • Jetpack Ryder
  • Postgres
  • Docker
  • DevOps
  • Git
  • GitLab
  • Jenkins
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • SCRUM
  • React
  • PHP
  • Entity Framework Core
Mar 2021 - May 2021
3 months
Lohmar, Germany

Software Engineering Program Manager

GKN Driveline International GmbH

  • Leading a software engineering program team
  • Ensuring time, cost, quality, and performance targets
  • Program planning, negotiating, and controlling goal agreements with stakeholders
  • Identifying resource requirements and allocating them with team leads and management
  • Managing engineering risks and escalating to program management
  • Monitoring and developing commissioning in the project
  • Ensuring customer satisfaction (internal and external)
  • Coordinating prototypes and leading software-related testing (e.g., E/E system test)
  • Ensuring and managing efficient information flow between internal and external stakeholders
  • Managing suppliers and engineering partners
  • Planning and conducting reviews and sign-offs (GKN internal and suppliers)
  • Technologies used:
  • DOORS
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • MS Project
  • PTC Integrity
  • MS Office
  • SCRUM
  • Jenkins
  • SAP
  • Git
  • PMI
  • A-SPICE
  • ISO 26262
Jun 2017 - Feb 2021
3 years 9 months
Koblenz, Germany

Project Manager

ZF Active Safety GmbH

  • Initialization, planning, execution and closure of customer projects in the areas of EPB, EBKV & ESC
  • Coordination of international development departments
  • Risk management, resource planning, customer evaluation and project presentation, management reporting, commissioning
  • Development and implementation of reporting dashboards
  • Technologies used:
  • DOORS
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • MS Project
  • PowerBI
  • PTC Integrity
  • MS Office
  • SCRUM
  • VBA
  • Jenkins
  • Python
  • C# .NET
  • Git
  • GitLab
  • SAP
  • PMI
  • A-SPICE
  • SAFe
  • ISO 26262
Mar 2014 - Feb 2017
3 years
Königswinter, Germany

Development Engineer

Hilgers Technical Office

  • Conceptualization, planning and development of new system products for camera-based measurement on a microscope
  • Coordination of the development and test department
  • Customer evaluation and product presentation
  • Management reporting at CEO level
  • Advising the CEO on technical issues
  • Technologies used:
  • C
  • C# .NET
  • VB .NET
  • Visual Studio
  • Unit Testing
  • Video measurement technology
  • Matrox Imaging Library
  • Microscopy
  • Eagle
Oct 2010 - Apr 2011
7 months
Griffith, Australia

Development Engineer

Centre for Wireless Monitoring and Applications, Griffith University

  • Development and testing of measuring devices for sports applications (e.g. swimming, cricket and tennis)
  • Public relations and product presentation on national television
  • Technologies used:
  • Embedded Software
  • Visual Studio
  • Atmel Studio
  • MatLab
  • Labview
  • C
  • C++
  • Eagle

Skills

  • Strong International Network And Confident Interaction At All Hierarchy Levels

  • Hands-on Mentality With Healthy Pragmatism And An Innovative Mindset

  • High Decisiveness, Determination, And Negotiation Skills

  • Experienced In Communicating Complex Issues To The Right Audience

  • Strong Problem-solving Skills And Enjoyment Of Challenging Projects

  • Microsoft Office, Matlab, Eagle, S7, Codesys

  • C / C# / Vb.net With Wpf, Vba, Asp.net Core, Node.js, React, Php, Entity Framework Core, Docker

  • Scrum - Product Owner, Pmi, A-spice, Iso 26262, Jira, Ptc Integrity, Doors, Ms Project, Fibery

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Apr 2012 - Mar 2015

Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

Bachelor of Engineering, Automation · Electrical Engineering · Germany

Sep 2008 - Mar 2012

Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

Electrical Engineering · Germany

Certifications & licenses

Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)

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