Lars Steinmann
Freelance Work in Agile Product Development
Experience
Jan 2015 - Present
10 years 7 monthsFreelance Work in Agile Product Development
- Scrum Master & Agile Coach in agile product development
- Training, consulting and coaching project and product teams on Scrum & Kanban and agile values and principles
- Implementation of Scrum and other agile methods
- Development of an agile “mindset” at the organizational level
- Consulting on setting up cross-functional teams
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
3 yearsRegional Director / Special Sales Director
1:1 Assekuranzservice AG
- Development of a new sales region
- Recruiting and training financial advisors
- Leading a team of around 50 employees/advisors
- Sales controlling and budget responsibility
Jan 2008 - Dec 2013
6 yearsEntrepreneur, Consultant and Founder in Finance & IT
- Founded and built a startup in crowdfunding and crowdinvesting (Product Owner role)
- Founded and grew a community in the insurance field (PO role)
- Supported and developed a startup in the insurance and investment sector as Senior Consultant
Jan 2004 - Dec 2008
5 yearsHead of Marketing, Sales & Services
FAS Finanz AG
- Managed all marketing and sales activities
- Built the sales channel with around 950 freelance partners
- Led the entire inside sales team of around 20 employees
- Responsible for operations and business processes
- Built an IT platform in the insurance and investment sector
Jan 2003 - Dec 2007
5 yearsOwner and Managing Director
FPC – Gesellschaft f. Wirtschafts- u. Finanzberatung mbH
- Provided holistic financial advice to clients as a multi-product agency (insurance, investment, real estate, financing)
- Built and led 20 financial advisors and 2 inside sales staff
- Introduced modern software products for client consulting
Jan 1997 - Dec 2003
7 yearsIndependent Financial Advisor
Swiss Life Select Deutschland GmbH
- Provided holistic financial advice to clients (insurance, investment, real estate, financing)
- Developed new advisors with sales support
- Specialist in historic property real estate
- Youngest manager in the group and part of the top 50 advisors circle
Jan 1996 - Dec 1997
2 yearsDeputy Store Manager
Fink Schuhe & Sport GmbH & Co. KG
- Deputy management of a store with 40 employees
- Consulting and sales activities, responsible for training
- Leadership program for store manager training in retail
Summary
Agility in a company is not a method or practice limited to teams or departments. It’s a special way of thinking and acting based on certain values and principles, needed across the whole organization. The foundation is collaboration built on trust and transparency.
- Get-things-done mentality with a focus on results
- Sensible pragmatism paired with an eye for necessary details and method integrity
- Solution orientation
- Systemic and holistic thinking
- Sensitivity to team morale
- Willingness to engage in conflict
- Strong leadership
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
Intermediate Education
FOM-Hochschule für Ökonomie und Management
Bachelor of Arts, major in Strategic Management, Corporate Valuation, Corporate Accounting · Business Administration · Bonn, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certified Agile Leadership
Scrum Alliance
Certified LeSS Practitioner
Certified Lego Serious Play Facilitator
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Scrum Alliance, Exin
Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance, Exin
Design Sprint
Design Thinking
Kanban Professional
OKR Master
SAFe Agilist 6.0
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