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Kai Zimmermann
Program and Project Management; Agile (Method) Coach; Sales/Partner Manager
Experience
Apr 2025 - Jun 2025
3 monthsProgram and Project Management; Agile (Method) Coach; Sales/Partner Manager
Google (in collaboration with Wipro Technologies)
- Strategic consulting for initiating and managing complex, multidisciplinary projects
- Stakeholder management (project scheduling, requirements management, budget management, risk management) including cross-functional communication with implementation partners
- Conducting analyses and recommendations with the technical team and discussing them at C-level
Oct 2023 - Nov 2024
1 year 2 monthsProduct Owner NextGen Checkout; Project Accelerator; Agile Coaching including Portfolio Management; Supplier Management; PMO
MediaMarktSaturn Technologies GmbH
- Managing international teams (Business: Germany, Netherlands, Spain (self-checkout); Implementation: Italy, Romania; Operations: Europe-wide (GCP)) including tenders and contracts
- Restructuring project content along the software lifecycle management, conducting refinements and extensions in quality management (quality gates)
- Integrating a DevOps approach in addition to scaling agile methods and transitioning into support and operations
Jul 2022 - Aug 2023
1 year 2 monthsHybrid
Program & Project Management in overall project leadership; Methodological consulting (Agile & Hybrid); Procurement support
German Federal Statistical Office
- Project lifecycle management consulting (lean-agile scaling approaches combined with the V-Model XT for federal projects and support in procurement as a work package) – transforming a linear, sequential process into an iterative, agile lean approach
- Time and milestone planning for the overall program
- Special analyses: impact analysis regarding cost and timeline for different implementation scenarios and estimation and comparison of functional and technological architecture
- Reviewing legal compliance (Governance / Compliance: register modernization, census laws) and ensuring IT security requirements with the BSI (ISO 27001)
Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
1 yearAgile Sales Management; Corporate Strategy Consulting; Organizational Change Management (including Mentoring); Sales &
1st Solution Consulting GmbH
- Introducing agility and coaching into the organization, optimizing business process workflows (alignment to OKRs and coaching agile mindset & leadership)
- Conducting process and organizational fit-gap analysis to enable offering IT and telecommunications services and work packages; building a network of local, nearshore, and offshore partners
- Defining a cross-organizational Program Management Office (PMO/PrgMO) for actively implementing portfolio management with customized, automated controlling features and introducing service management based on ITIL
- Conducting decision-making negotiations with provider managers and procurement departments of key clients regarding complete framework agreements
Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
1 yearMulti-project management; Member of IT Service Cluster Leadership; Division organization; Methodological consulting; Ensuring
German Federal Statistical Office
- Leading the IT Service cluster: application analysis, software development (nearshore / offshore), software architecture, role and rights management, quality assurance / testing, configuration management, development tools, development operations, system architecture, infrastructure, operations coordination, release and rollout management, integration management
- Measuring overall project progress including reporting measures on time, budget, and quality as well as cross-cluster risk and task force management
- Acting as the central external contact for project matters to ensure compliance with ISO 27001 requirements (managing and planning special releases to uphold IT security)
- Contextual methodological realignment to scaling agile approaches
- Defining the overarching service catalog, change management system, and managing/interface with suppliers: Capgemini, ITZBund, Werum, Bavarian State Office for Statistics, internal procedure owners
Jan 2020 - Sep 2020
9 monthsAgile Sales Management; Corporate Strategy Consulting; Organizational Change Management (incl. mentoring); Sales &
NDA client
- Increased revenue and contribution margin figures despite a challenging economic situation (COVID)
- Improved employee satisfaction
Jul 2019 - Dec 2019
6 monthsSourcing Tender Manager; Tender Manager (incl. Requirements Engineering; Agile Coach); Project Manager / Product Owner for
CHRIST Jewelers and Watchmakers since 1863 GmbH
- Deriving the IT strategy from the corporate strategy to meet future system requirements
- Mapping requirements for IT security, governance, compliance, and legal conformity
- Project initiation (incl. requirements engineering for connected systems) and agile coaching of the organization to deliver projects effectively and efficiently (ERP, including SAP FI, PIM, logistics, inventory management, eCommerce (SAP Hybris), loyalty, repair systems, customs processing, and payment)
Jan 2018 - Jun 2019
1 year 6 monthsAgile Transition Manager; CPO (Release Train Engineer); Tender/Bid Manager; Project Manager
Loyalty Partner Solutions GmbH / Deutsche Bahn Long-Distance AG
- Cross-organizational agile coach and transition manager (as CPO) for implementing SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) and DevOps
- Defining the software lifecycle and expanding portfolio and quality management
- Successfully acted as tender manager for the EU tender and led the proof of concept (PoC) project for the IaaS migration of BahnCard / BahnBonus (AWS / MS Azure)
- Reporting to the executive board of Deutsche Bahn (projects, analyses, reports, and PoCs)
- Resource planning for all program and project components, including identifying resource gaps and supporting the recruitment of external staff
Apr 2017 - Dec 2017
9 monthsIT Strategy; Project Manager / Product Owner; Technical Consultant; Partner Manager
wee Business GmbH / weeConomy AG
- Implemented agile project management methods and portfolio management
- Restructured the entire IT department, including contracting development and service providers (ITIL-based SLA management and defining the service catalog)
- Mapped requirements for IT security, governance, compliance, and legal conformity according to banking regulations (incl. securing an e-money license)
- Technical consultant in key account management negotiations with major clients
May 2014 - Mar 2017
2 years 11 monthsProgram and Project Manager; Business Analyst; Sales Manager Central Region; Partner Manager; Consultant for Sales and IT
VOQUZ IT Solutions GmbH (formerly Cloud7 IT Solutions GmbH)
- M&A consulting for sales and IT structures within the corporate group. Optimization of sales and recruiting processes during the acquisition. Operational and strategic alignment, including leading the central branch (Frankfurt am Main) and building a project management competence center
- Multi-project management in IT projects and programs (Scrum, Kanban, PMI, PRINCE2, ITIL)
- Integration of service structures and definition of service catalogs
- Selling a software solution for SAP license management / software asset management
- Consulting on managed service providers (MSP) and vendor management systems (VMS)
Skills
- Entrepreneurial Spirit
- Employee / Team Leadership (Servant Agile Leader)
- Discipline / Goal Orientation
- Cross-functional Work
- Endurance / Stress Resilience
- Healthy Pragmatism
- Grasping And Handling Complex Contexts
- Conversation / Negotiation Skills
- Presentation / Public Speaking
- Teamwork / Flexibility
- Self-reflection / Ability To Take Criticism
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedHungarian
ElementaryEducation
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Degree in Economics
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Data Processing Clerk
Certifications & licenses
EXIN BCS Business Analysis
ITIL 4 Strategic Leader
ITIL V3 Foundation
Prince2 Foundation
Prince2 Practitioner
SCRUM Master
SCRUM Product Owner
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