Marin Niehues - Project Management & Requirements Management

Q: Where is Marin based?

Marin is based in Düsseldorf, Germany .

Q: What languages does Marin speak?

Marin speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Marin have?

Marin has at least 7 years of experience. During this time, Marin has worked in at least 15 different roles and for 14 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 5 months . Note that Marin may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Marin's latest experience?

Marin's most recent position is Project Management & Requirements Management | Leadership Consulting at Continental AG .

Q: What companies has Marin worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Marin has worked for Continental AG , Amprion GmbH , CJ WildBird Foods / NABU-Shop , Dentolo Deutschland GmbH , and DMI GmbH & Co. KG .

Q: Which industries is Marin most experienced in?

Marin is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Professional Services , and Energy . Marin also has some experience in Healthcare , Education , and Automotive .

Q: Which business areas is Marin most experienced in?

Marin is most experienced in business areas like Project Management , Information Technology (IT) , and Product Development . Marin also has some experience in Marketing , Business Intelligence , and Strategy and Planning .

Q: Which industries has Marin worked in recently?

Marin has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Professional Services , and Energy .

Q: Which business areas has Marin worked in recently?

Marin has recently worked in business areas like Project Management , Product Development , and Information Technology (IT) .

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Düsseldorf, Germany

Experience

Oct 2023 - Dec 2023

3 months

Hanover, Germany

Project Management & Requirements Management | Leadership Consulting

Continental AG

Project leadership of a cross-functional team of data scientists, software architects, and business stakeholders to develop a dynamic pricing model for the EMEA and US truck tire market
Management consulting for applied analytics and AI, focusing on agile organizational strategy and designing a global strategy implementation based on agile frameworks with an emphasis on AI enablement
Methods and technologies used: portfolio management, value stream mapping, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Flight Levels, lean management, OKRs, usability testing, acceptance tests, test management oversight

Sep 2023 - Jan 2024

5 months

Dortmund, Germany

Scrum Master

Amprion GmbH

Scrum Master and steering board member for business intelligence teams in the context of a transmission system operator
Operational support as a Scrum Master, development of a framework, and advising business units and product owners during an agile transformation
Methods and technologies used: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Spotify, requirements engineering, product management, OKRs, process modeling using BPMN 2.0, usability testing

Sep 2023 - Nov 2023

3 months

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Product & Management Trainer

CJ WildBird Foods / NABU-Shop

Trainer for company-wide agile fundamentals workshops and agile training on business agility, product management, Scrum, Kanban, metrics & estimations
Methods and technologies used: product management, Scrum, Kanban, workshops, lean management, general management

Aug 2023 - Jan 2024

6 months

Berlin, Germany

Organizational Development Consultant | Agile Coach

Dentolo Deutschland GmbH

Agile coach and Scrum Master for design, software engineering, product management, and sales development squads
Enhancing organizational interfaces for product development
Advising middle and upper management on organizational development
Methods and technologies used: Scrum, requirements engineering, product management, Spotify, metrics & KPIs, OKRs

Mar 2023 - Sep 2023

7 months

Hanover, Germany

Scrum Master | Leadership Consulting

Continental AG

Support of an agile team of data scientists and engineers in developing a data-driven capacity planning tool for the manufacturing chain
Consulting the head of applied analytics and AI, focusing on agile organizational strategy and designing a global strategy implementation based on agile frameworks with an emphasis on AI enablement
Methods and technologies used: portfolio management, value stream mapping, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Flight Levels, lean management, OKRs, usability testing, acceptance tests, test management oversight

Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

9 months

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Agile Management & Product Coach

CJ WildBird Foods / NABU-Shop

Advising and operational support of e-commerce management, focusing on organizational and management methods in the role of project and product leader, as well as an Agile Coach
Methods and technologies used: Scrum, Kanban, Spotify, Zero Based Budgeting, Value Stream Mapping, OKRs

Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

9 months

Münster, Germany

Business Unit Manager & Product Owner

DMI GmbH & Co. KG

Business unit lead for software development with a focus on agile transformation and turnaround management as part of restructuring the process and project management landscape according to Scrum and Spotify
Responsible for ensuring the profitability and optimization of the department in the medical services sector for e-records and patient data processing products
Methods and technologies used: Business Development, personnel management, budget planning, Spotify, SAFe, supplier management, OKRs, product lifetime management, ITIL 4, Scrum, Kanban, Flight Levels, BPMN 2.0, EPK, UML, user & acceptance testing, feature testing, end-to-end testing

Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

6 months

Remscheid, Germany

Scrum Master

Vaillant Group GmbH

Scrum Master (Scrumban) for two cross-functional teams in hardware, software, and research to explore, prototype, and prepare for series production of new heat pump systems for the international market
Methods and technologies used: Scrum, Scrumban, SAFe, Kanban, Siemens Polarion, prototype testing

Mar 2022 - Sep 2022

7 months

Hanover, Germany

Agile Coach & Product Owner

Continental AG

Agile coach and product manager for a customer loyalty program with an international, cross-functional team in the USA for data analysis and development of a bonus and loyalty program for tire dealers (“Gold Tire Vendor Program”)
Methods and technologies used: Kanban, Scrum, agile coaching, process modeling

Nov 2021 - Oct 2022

1 year

Münster, Germany

Lead Consultant Process & Organizational Development

DMI GmbH & Co. KG

Lead consultant for the DMI group in the areas of organizational development and process management
Design and implementation of business agility frameworks to increase company efficiency and align processes to strategic goals in the context of e-records and patient data processing products
Methods and technologies used: Scrum, Kanban, Spotify, Value-Streaming, OKRs, personas, CI/CD, Flight Levels, ITIL 4, BPMN 2.0, EPK, UML, JIRA workflow management

Nov 2021 - Jan 2022

3 months

Essen, Germany

Agile Coach & Requirements Management Consultant

Evana AG

Development of a strategy for requirements elicitation in software development in collaboration with IT, UX Design, Sales and the C-Suite
Methods and technologies used: Product Management, Persona-Driven User Stories, Stakeholder Analysis

Mar 2020 - Dec 2021

1 year 10 months

Remscheid, Germany

Scrum Master

Vaillant Business Services GmbH

Scrum Master and Scrum Guild Moderator for an IT team developing a web application for the intelligent selection of various heat pump systems
Methods and technologies used: Scrum, Spotify, Agile Coaching, Flight Levels

Jan 2019 - Sep 2022

3 years 9 months

Essen, Germany

Lead Agile Consulting | Product Owner

Agile Ants GmbH

Led a team of six Scrum Masters with financial and personnel development responsibilities, overseeing 2/3 of the staff and over 3/4 of the agency's revenue
Implemented a trainee program
Methods and technologies used: Scrum, Kanban, Business Development, Personnel Management, Budget Planning, Entrepreneurship, Lean Management, Business Agility, Evidence Based Management, Spotify, OKRs, Usability Testing, Acceptance Testing, Test Management Coordination

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

1 year

Essen, Germany

Scrum Master | Agile Coach

E.ON SE

Agile delivery and project management for multiple international development, marketing and engineering teams
Stakeholder and requirement management as well as department-wide coaching of Product Owners and Scrum Masters
Development and alignment of an agile portfolio and project management framework in the context of the merger with Innogy
Methods and technologies used: Scrum, Kanban, LeSS, Spotify, Agile Coaching, Business Agility, Lean Management, Portfolio Management, BPMN 2.0, Feature Testing

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

1 year

Düsseldorf, Germany

Scrum Master | Agile Coach

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Consulting and coaching on designing an agile corporate strategy and process structure in marketing and event management at the C-Suite and team leader level
Methods and technologies used: Kanban, Scrumban, Scrum, Portfolio Management, Agile Coaching

Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

4 months

Rosenheim, Germany

Project Manager & Product Owner

City of Rosenheim

Project management and requirements management for legal IT security optimizations of the KuKo, Tourist Info and Lokschuppen websites of the City of Rosenheim
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Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

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Adacor GmbH

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Methods and technologies used: WordPress, Kanban, JIRA, Confluence, TYPO3, requirements engineering

Nov 2016 - Apr 2018

1 year 6 months

Essen, Germany

Technical Project Manager

University of Duisburg-Essen

Technical project management of the 'LearningLabs' at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Requirements management, stakeholder management and setup of new network and media technologies for conducting university distance learning in collaboration with a Scrum team of software developers
Methods and technologies used: Scrum, Kanban, requirements engineering, public procurement, process modeling using UML

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Information Technology (5 years), Professional Services (4 years), Energy (3.5 years), Healthcare (2 years), Automotive (1.5 years), and Education (1.5 years).

Information Technology

Professional Services

Energy

Healthcare

Automotive

Education

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Project Management (7 years), Information Technology (5.5 years), Product Development (5 years), Marketing (2 years), Business Intelligence (1.5 years), and Strategy (1 year).

Project Management

Information Technology

Product Development

Marketing

Business Intelligence

Strategy

Summary

As a methodical pragmatist and problem solver, I use my know-how in modern management frameworks and agile methods to bring products to market quickly, with a customer focus and value efficiency, and to optimize internal and external value creation processes qualitatively and quantitatively.

Skills

Development
Energy Sector
Data Science
Hardware Engineering
Project Management
Product Management
Agile Methods
Enterprise Scaling
General Management
Agile Frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, Xp, Scrumban, Lean Sw, Lean-agile Management, Spotify, Nexus, Safe, Less, Flight Levels
Agile Methods: Design Thinking, Data-driven Agile, Agile Metrics, Burn-down, Estimation Confidence Interval, Okrs
Product Management / Ownership: Backlog Management, Market Analysis, Business Model Management, Requirements Engineering
Itsm: Itil 4, Service Management, Change Enablement, Service Cataloging
General Management: Budget Planning, Resource Allocation, Recruiting, Organizational Design, Evidence-based Management (Ebm), Matrix Organization
Linear Project Management: Prince 2, Project Phase Planning, Roadmaps, V-model
Test Management: End-to-end Testing, Feature Tests, Integration Tests, Acceptance Tests, Test Pyramid, Test Control, Usability Testing, Test Automation Planning
People Management: Goal Agreements, Staff Development, Competency Profiles, Self-organization
Consulting: Implementation Advisory, Leadership Coaching, Scaling Strategy, Operational Advisory
Business Development: Bmc, Market Analysis, Business Planning, Swot, Persona-driven Market Approach
Requirements Engineering: Stakeholder Management, Scenario Analysis, Prototyping
Process Modeling: Bpmn 2.0, Epc, Uml, Jira Workflow Management

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 2015 - Oct 2018

University of Duisburg-Essen

English & Social Sciences (teacher training for secondary and comprehensive schools) · Essen, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Atlassian Accredited Operations Alliance

Atlassian

Certified SaFe® 5 Agilist

Scaled Agile, Inc.

Flight Levels Foundations (Flin)

Flight Level Certified Scrum Master Academy

ITIL 4

PeopleCert

Professional Scrum Master II

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Product Owner I (Pal I)

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Product Owner II (Pal-Ebm) Evidence Based Management

Scrum.org

Profile

Created

September 2023

Last Update

May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Marin based?

Marin is based in Düsseldorf, Germany.

What languages does Marin speak?

Marin speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Marin have?

Marin has at least 7 years of experience. During this time, Marin has worked in at least 15 different roles and for 14 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 5 months. Note that Marin may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Marin be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Marin would be well-suited for roles such as: Project Management & Requirements Management | Leadership Consulting, Scrum Master, Product & Management Trainer.

What is Marin's latest experience?

Marin's most recent position is Project Management & Requirements Management | Leadership Consulting at Continental AG.

What companies has Marin worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Marin has worked for Continental AG, Amprion GmbH, CJ WildBird Foods / NABU-Shop, Dentolo Deutschland GmbH, and DMI GmbH & Co. KG.

Which industries is Marin most experienced in?

Marin is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Professional Services, and Energy. Marin also has some experience in Healthcare, Education, and Automotive.

Which business areas is Marin most experienced in?

Marin is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology (IT), and Product Development. Marin also has some experience in Marketing, Business Intelligence, and Strategy and Planning.

Which industries has Marin worked in recently?

Marin has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT), Professional Services, and Energy.

Which business areas has Marin worked in recently?

Marin has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Product Development, and Information Technology (IT).

What is Marin's education?

Marin attended University of Duisburg-Essen for English & Social Sciences (teacher training for secondary and comprehensive schools).

Does Marin have any certificates?

Marin has 7 certificates. Among them, these include: Atlassian Accredited Operations Alliance, Certified SaFe® 5 Agilist, and Flight Levels Foundations (Flin).

What is the availability of Marin?

Marin is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Marin?

Marin's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.