Kossi Adjamah - Project Manager

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Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Present

2 years 1 month

Project Manager

Deutsche Bank

Migration of the existing Brainloop application to a new infrastructure
Management of project activities and stakeholder communication
Handling complex relationships with clients, internal departments, IT partners and external contacts
Planning and managing project finances, including cost estimates and financial control
Initiating and managing projects with third-party solutions, collaborating with procurement
Ensuring adherence to project management methodologies and quality standards
Supporting portfolio project delivery processes and regular project status reporting
Skills and tools used: Communication, reporting, presentation, project management, MS Exchange, MS Outlook
Team size: 15 people

Jun 2022 - Dec 2024

2 years 7 months

Project Manager

HahnAir

Analysis, identification, evaluation and implementation of requirements and customer needs up to project and implementation readiness
Aligning business requirements and creating the project structure and phase plan
Organizing meeting structures, weekly check-ins and project kickoffs
Aligning the target model including technical design and project scope with stakeholders
Planning and implementing EPICs/User Stories including acceptance criteria with the IT department
Conducting weekly check-ins and tracking project progress
Regular project status reporting
Skills and tools used: Communication, reporting, presentation, project management, MS Exchange, MS Outlook
Team size: 15 people

Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

6 months

Demand Manager

Atotech

Analysis, identification, evaluation and implementation of requirements up to decision readiness
Supporting business units in capturing and detailing IT requirements
Ensuring smooth communication between departments
Facilitating processes with solution-oriented task distribution
Defining responsibilities and supporting management in assessing demands
Precise documentation of internal processes to capture customer requirements
Skills and tools used: Communication, reporting, presentation, project management, MS Exchange, MS Outlook
Team size: 30 people

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

1 year 1 month

Finance Performance & Portfolio Manager

Deutsche Bank

Conducting analysis and monitoring of the program portfolio and reporting to various management levels
Monitoring the project portfolio against defined KPIs to identify issues in structure, costs, risks and interdependencies
Supporting the setup of the 2022 annual portfolio
Ensuring the quality and accuracy of project status reporting and compliance with global guidelines
Planning, managing and controlling agreed roadmaps in coordination with regions and countries
Skills and tools used: Communication, reporting, presentation, project management
Team size: 75 people

Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

4 months

Head of Program Management Office

Barclaycard Bank

Establishing and leading the PMO
Responsibility for four subprojects or sub-PMOs
Stakeholder and escalation management
Representing overall project management internally and externally
Project planning and execution of project and management reporting
Skills and tools used: Communication, reporting, presentation, project management
Team size: 45 people

Nov 2018 - Dec 2020

2 years 2 months

Scrum Master

Landesbank Berlin AG

Support and advise various departments on reviews, planning, and retrospectives in the integration team
Facilitate and follow up on regular meetings
Ensure implementation of agreed rules and adherence to the defined process
Make sure teams deliver software at the required quality and comply with all standards
Promote the discipline needed for agile project execution
Skills and tools used: communication, reporting, presentation, project management
Team size: 80 people

May 2013 - Sep 2018

5 years 5 months

Software Release Manager

Deutsche Bank

Develop the annual release plan for eight applications, with about 35 releases per year
Synchronize, plan, and coordinate cross-system software deployments and releases
Ensure dependencies with external systems
Transparent planning of deployments and dependencies
Define an overall timeline for development packages across different systems
Agree on scope for each release with stakeholders
Responsible for change and back-out planning in collaboration with the change coordinator and CAB members
Consistent and timely communication with stakeholders
Governance role to ensure successful deployments and track version statuses
Manage transport orders using SAP Solution Manager
Coordinate weekly business/IT synchronization meetings
Release the change implementation plan and review change results (PIR)
Skills and technologies used: communication, reporting, presentation, project management (waterfall/agile), SAP CML, SAP BA, Oracle, SAP Solution Manager (SolMan)
Team size: 30 people

Mar 2012 - Jan 2013

11 months

Subproject Lead

Deutsche Bank

Introduce a reporting platform as part of a BI program by merging and harmonizing two reporting platforms
Collaborate with IT interfaces, procurement, solution departments, and operations
Define project management methods and processes (project controlling, risk management, change request management)
Carry out operational project management tasks
Continuously track project status and create corresponding reports
Plan and check the quality of project results
Skills and technologies used: PMO processes, communication, reporting, presentation, project management (waterfall), Jedox, DB2, SAS
Team size: 20 people

Nov 2011 - Feb 2012

4 months

PMO Lead

Deutsche Bank

Implement a Basel II-compliant credit approval and logging system based on the IRB approach
Coordinate various stream reporting
Project planning and status reporting
Perform trend analysis for development and testing dashboards
Monitor defect management
Skills and technologies used: documentation, functional design, communication, reporting, presentation, project management (waterfall), COBOL, CICS, DB2, SAS, Java, C++, PHP, Notes, Tibco
Team size: 13 people

Jun 2011 - Oct 2011

5 months

Process Analyst

Telekom

Develop a new corporate portal system "MyPortal" to consolidate more than 20 departmental portals
Responsible for the governance & compliance stream
Coordinate the integration process
Conduct workshops with business units
Define SLAs
Status tracking and reporting
Skills and technologies used: documentation, functional design, communication, concept development, presentation, project management, ITIL, SAP NetWeaver, LDAP
Team size: 25 people

Nov 2010 - May 2011

7 months

Sub-project Lead

Deutsche Bank

Service and staffing process modeling of a pooling concept as part of the Postbank acquisition
Creation of the project initiation document
Planning and reporting
Staffing of employees
Jira customizing
Skills and technologies used: documentation, business concept design, communication, conceptual design, presentation, project management (waterfall), MS Office, MS SharePoint, JIRA
Team size: 10 people

Mar 2010 - Sep 2010

7 months

Project Manager

Deutsche Bank

Reporting secured loans for balance sheet statistics and sending monthly XML files to the German Bundesbank
Managing internal and external service providers
Project and budget planning, control, and documentation
Quality management
Test management
Skills and technologies used: documentation, business concept design, IT coordination, communication, conceptual design, presentation, project management (waterfall), MS Office, MV Host, MS SharePoint
Team size: 12 people

Mar 2009 - May 2010

1 year 3 months

Project Manager

Deutsche Bank

Reporting of loan sales and purchases according to Bundesbank reporting requirements as of December 31, 2009
Project leadership and control
Managing collaboration with the client
Conducting workshops and presentations at executive level
Process consulting and creating business concepts
Skills and technologies used: requirements analysis, documentation, IT coordination, communication, conceptual design, presentation, project management, banking, MS Office, MV Host, MS SharePoint
Team size: 8 people

Sep 2008 - Mar 2009

7 months

Project Manager

Deutsche Bank

Rollout of a compliance system to meet all MiFID regulatory requirements
Coordinating global data deliveries (China, India, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Italy)
Controlling and holdings information in an analytical compliance system
Design and coordination of functional approvals
Managing internal and external service providers
Management of offshore partners
Coordination of globally operating delivery units
Skills and technologies used: requirements analysis, business concept design, IT coordination, communication, conceptual design, presentation, Cognos, MV Host, MS Office, MS SharePoint
Team size: 12 people

May 2008 - Aug 2008

4 months

Business Analyst

Deutsche Bank

Development of a securities indicator index reporting system for early detection of adverse trends in investment advisory
Requirements analysis, conceptual design, testing, and acceptance of new software developments and enhancements
Selection, management, and coordination of third-party vendors and offshore units
Creation of business concepts
Skills and technologies used: requirements analysis, conceptual design, presentation, project management, MV Host, MS Office, MS SharePoint
Team size: 8 people

Jan 2008 - Apr 2008

4 months

Business Consultant

Mundipharma

Redesign of a rolling revenue planning process using IBM Cognos TM1 to reduce preparation effort
Design and implementation of the data model
Mapping of business logic
PMO tasks
Used skills and technologies: requirements analysis, documentation, business concept, project management, workshops, MS Office, IBM Cognos TM1, SAP R/3
Team size: 12 people

Nov 2007 - Mar 2008

5 months

Business Analyst

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

Implementation of an integrated planning and management tool (Project PLANEO)
Building the data warehouse, creating and adjusting DTS packages
Creating dimensions and developing planning front ends
Used skills and technologies: business concept, MS PowerPoint, MS SQL Server, MIS ALEA, MS Excel integration, Citrix Server, MIS Decision Studio
Team size: 8 people

May 2006 - Sep 2007

1 year 5 months

Business Analyst

T-Systems

Implementation of a DSL ordering system in Project Harmony
Creation of functional specifications for application development
Data protection concept
Coordination of developers
Progress monitoring
Used skills and technologies: requirements analysis, documentation, business concept, design, MS Office, Sun Solaris 8, Oracle 9i
Team size: 8 people

Jul 2003 - Sep 2007

4 years 3 months

Market Analyst

T-Systems

Market and competitive research in the IT and telecommunication services market by country, customer, and industry segment
Conducting SWOT and GAP analyses as well as big deal analyses
Recording and evaluating business processes
Creating market analyses, competitor and company profiles
Used skills and technologies: requirements analysis, documentation, customer analysis, MS Office, web-based databases
Team size: 15 people

Summary

Long-standing experience in IT project management, transition and transformation projects
IT project manager in highly complex, international large-scale IT projects within extensive system landscapes
Good knowledge of agile and waterfall IT methodologies
Requirements analysis, alignment of feasibility with internal and external stakeholders
Management of international offshore projects, virtual multi-vendor teams (up to 40 people) with cultural differences
Preparation of project cost estimates and definition of project KPIs
Preparation and facilitation of workshops and project meetings on client site
Creation of and participation in presentations for (top) management
Interface between incident management, change and problem management, reporting, knowledge management and complaint management according to ITIL standard
Optimization and further development of the incident and problem management processes
Analysis & integration of change request management for efficient processing of change requests using SAP Solution Manager
Rollout and change management coordination
Capturing and documenting interfaces to external and internal systems
Hands-on mentality and service-oriented
High goal orientation, quick learning ability
Analytical and pragmatic way of working
Team player with assertiveness