Marin Niehues
Project Management & Requirements Management | Leadership Consulting
Experience
Oct 2023 - Dec 2023
3 months United States
Project Management & Requirements Management | Leadership Consulting
Continental AG
- Led a cross-functional project of data scientists, software architects, and business experts to develop a dynamic pricing model for Continental AG’s EMEA and US truck tire markets.
- Management consulting for applied analytics and AI focusing on agile organizational strategy and designing a global strategy implementation based on agile frameworks with an AI-enablement focus.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Portfolio management
- Value stream mapping
- SAFe
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Flight Levels
- Lean management
- OKRs
- Usability testing
- Acceptance testing
- Test management coordination
Sep 2023 - Jan 2024
5 months Dortmund, Germany
Scrum Master
Amprion GmbH
- Scrum Master and steering-board member for business intelligence teams at a transmission system operator.
- Operational support as Scrum Master, plus framework development and advising business units and product owners during an agile transformation.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Scrum
- Kanban
- SAFe
- Spotify model
- Requirements engineering
- Product management
- OKRs
- Process modeling with 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
- Workshop facilitation
- 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 development squads of design, software engineering, product management, and sales.
- Developed organizational interfaces for product development and advised middle and upper management on organizational development.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Scrum
- Requirements engineering
- Product management
- Spotify model
- Metrics & KPIs
- OKRs
Mar 2023 - Sep 2023
7 months Hanover, Germany
Scrum Master | Leadership Consulting
Continental AG
- Supported an agile team of data scientists and engineers to develop a data-driven capacity planning tool for Continental AG’s manufacturing chain.
- Advised the head of applied analytics and AI on agile organizational strategy and designed a global strategy implementation based on agile frameworks with an AI-enablement focus.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Portfolio management
- Value stream mapping
- SAFe
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Flight Levels
- Lean management
- OKRs
- Usability testing
- Acceptance testing
- Test management coordination
Oct 2022 - Jun 2023
9 months Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Agile Management & Product Coach
CJ WildBird Foods / NABU-Shop
- Advised and provided operational support to the e-commerce leadership on organizational and management methodology in roles of project/product lead and agile coach.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Spotify model
- Zero based budgeting
- Value stream mapping
- OKRs
Oct 2022 - Jun 2023
9 months Münster, Germany
Business Unit Manager & Product Owner
DMI GmbH & Co. KG
- Led the software development business unit focusing on agile transformation and turnaround management during the restructuring of process and project management landscapes following Scrum and Spotify, and aligned content to ensure profitability and optimize the medical services department’s e-record and patient data processing products.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Business development
- People management
- Budget planning
- Spotify model
- SAFe
- Supplier management
- OKRs
- Product lifecycle management
- ITIL 4
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Flight Levels
- BPMN 2.0
- EPK
- UML
- User & acceptance testing
- Feature testing
- E2E testing
Apr 2022 - Sep 2022
6 months Remscheid, Germany
Scrum Master
Vaillant Group GmbH
- Scrum Master (Scrumban) for two cross-functional teams of hardware, software, and research components to research, prototype, and prepare new heat pump systems for series production for the international market.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Scrum
- Scrumban
- SAFe
- Kanban
- Siemens Polarion
- Prototype testing
Mar 2022 - Sep 2022
7 months United States
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, focusing on data analysis and developing 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 organizational development and process management.
- Designed and implemented business agility frameworks to improve company efficiency and align processes with strategic goals for e-record and patient data processing products.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Spotify model
- 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
- Developed a requirements elicitation strategy for 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 guild moderator for an IT team developing a web application for intelligent selection of various heat pump systems.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Scrum
- Spotify model
- Agile coaching
- Flight Levels
Jan 2019 - Sep 2022
3 years 9 months Essen, Germany
Lead Agile Consulting | Product Owner
Agile Ants GmbH
- Started as Scrum Master and ended up leading a team of six Scrum Masters, including financial and personnel development responsibility.
- The team was responsible for two-thirds of the agency’s staff and over three-quarters of its revenue.
- Also implemented a trainee program.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Business development
- People management
- Budget planning
- Entrepreneurship
- Lean management
- Business agility
- Evidence based management
- Spotify model
- OKRs
- Usability testing
- Acceptance testing
- Test management coordination
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
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 requirements management and company-wide coaching of POs and SMs.
- During the Operations Sunrise merger with Innogy, built and aligned an agile portfolio and project management framework to fully integrate shared resources.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Scrum
- Kanban
- LeSS
- Spotify model
- Agile coaching
- Business agility
- Lean management
- Portfolio management
- BPMN 2.0
- Feature testing
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
1 year Düsseldorf, Germany
Scrum Master | Agile Coach
Reed Exhibitions
- Advised and coached on agile corporate strategy and process structure in marketing and event management at C-suite and team leader levels.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Kanban
- Scrumban
- Scrum
- Portfolio management
- Agile coaching
Sep 2018 - Dec 2019
4 months Rosenheim, Germany
Project Manager & Product Owner
Stadt Rosenheim
- Project manager and requirements manager advising and implementing IT-related security optimizations for the city of Rosenheim’s KuKo, tourist info, and Lokschuppen websites.
- Methods and technologies used:
- GANTT
- Roadmaps
- Go-to-market
- Data processing agreements
- Tracker analysis
- Cookie optimizations
- GDPR compliance
Apr 2018 - Dec 2019
9 months Essen, Germany
Project Manager
Adacor GmbH
- Project manager for content marketing within the Adacor group of three companies.
- Requirements and stakeholder management and operational implementation of new content measures.
- Methods and technologies used:
- WordPress
- Kanban
- JIRA
- Confluence
- TYPO3
- Requirements engineering
Nov 2016 - Apr 2018
1 year 6 months Essen, Germany
Technical Project Manager
Universität 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 university remote teaching in collaboration with a scrum team of software developers.
- Methods and technologies used:
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Requirements engineering
- Public procurement
- Process modeling with UML
Summary
As a methodological pragmatist and problem solver, I use my know-how in modern management frameworks and agile methods to place products on the market promptly, with a customer focus and value efficiency, and to optimize internal and external value creation processes both qualitatively and quantitatively.
- Industry focus: Development, Energy sector, Data Science, Hardware Engineering
- Highlighted skills: Project management, Product management, Agile methods, Business scaling, General management
- Highlighted projects: E.ON SE, Vaillant Group GmbH, Continental AG, Amprion GmbH
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Oct 2015 - Oct 2018
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Teaching degree for secondary schools and comprehensive schools · English & Social Sciences · Essen, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Atlassian Accredited Operations Alliance Professional
Atlassian
Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Evidence Based Management
Scrum.org
Flight Levels Foundations (FLIN)
Flight Level Academy
ITIL 4
PeopleCert
Professional Agile Leadership (PAL-EBM)
Scrum.org
Professional Agile Leadership I
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Master II
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Product Owner I
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Product Owner II
Scrum.org
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