Kai Laurisch
Lead Senior Project Manager
Experience
Aug 2022 - Present
3 years 6 monthsLippstadt, 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 monthsDüsseldorf, 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 monthsStuttgart, 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 monthsDüsseldorf, 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 monthsLohmar, 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 monthsKoblenz, 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 yearsKönigswinter, 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 monthsGriffith, 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
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
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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