Markus Lenker
Digital Business Architect & Consultant
Experience
Mar 2020 - Present
5 years 11 monthsDigital Business Architect & Consultant
horyzn GmbH
- At horyzn we support marketing, sales & service organizations in the automotive and mobility industry with strategies & solutions for digital transformation and e-commerce.
Feb 2019 - Mar 2020
1 year 2 monthsHead of Analytics & AI
Mercedes-Benz Consulting GmbH
- Developing the business strategically by implementing data, analytics, process automation, and artificial intelligence projects
- Leading a team of 30 professionals and managing two sub-departments (Service Line with Hybrid consultants, Tech Factory with IT architects and developers)
- Analyzing market, technology, and competition developments
- Steering the development of innovative IT solutions to analyze big data
- Collaborating with the management to plan, prepare, and execute strategy discussions related to AI projects
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
1 year 1 monthHead of Digital Business & eCommerce
Mercedes-Benz Consulting GmbH
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Developing, conceptualizing, and implementing strategic digital transformation projects
- Fostering the development of a Smart Data and AI CoC as part of Smart Data Management
- Leading a team of 19 professionals
- Establishing a consulting team in Berlin
- Chairing corporate venturing with start-ups
Jul 2016 - Dec 2017
1 year 6 monthsHead of Digital Business Platforms & Applications
Mercedes-Benz Consulting GmbH
- Leading a team of 15 professionals
- Spearheading the Digital Innovation & Technology department
- Supervising and executing interdisciplinary projects considering the budget, time, and corporate strategy
Nov 2015 - Dec 2016
1 year 2 monthsProject Lead Customer Connection Platforms
AUDI AG
- Developing the Audi ID-strategy, including budget coordination
- Initiating an integrated e-commerce strategy
- Standardizing digital offers globally
- Creating relevant portal offers and the customer life cycle
Sep 2013 - Oct 2015
2 years 2 monthsProject Lead Digital Business Development
AUDI AG
- Driving digital innovation in line with the global business strategy & IT
- Orchestrating the Audi web presences and the Audi corporate website
- Developing an international web benchmark tool
Feb 2009 - Aug 2013
4 years 7 monthsProject Lead Digital Marketing
AUDI AG
- Conception, worldwide rollout and training of the new brand website
Apr 2008 - Jan 2009
10 monthsProject Management
Betrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH
- Project management of digital marketing & IT projects for an OEM in the automotive industry
Summary
- Experienced Manager with profound marketing and digitization skills as well as sound industry knowledge
- Proven track record in strategic business development and (IT) project management
- Passion for agile methods and new technologies
- Charismatic leader with excellent communication skills as well as a high customer, team, and performance orientation
Skills
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Adobe Marketing Cloud
- Asana
- Celonis
- Confluence
- Hootsuite
- Html / Css
- Hubspot
- Jira
- Miro
- Ms Project / Office / Visio
- Sap
- Spss
- Shopify
- Trello
- Wordpress
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedSpanish
AdvancedEducation
Oct 2017 - Jun 2022
University Koblenz-Landau
PhD in Economics and Social Sciences · Koblenz, Germany
Oct 2008 - Jun 2010
Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Master of Business Administration · Business Administration · Eichstätt, Germany
Oct 2003 - Jun 2007
Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences
Diploma in Business Administration (University of Applied Sciences) · Marketing & Organizational Management · Ingolstadt, Germany
Certifications & licenses
SAFe 5 Agilist
Scaled Agile
Celonis Snap
Celonis
Design Thinking For Innovation
University of Virginia
AI Trainer
Boost.ai
Advanced AI Trainer
Boost.ai
Analyst
Celonis
Data Engineer
Celonis
Create Web Experiences Using Adobe Experience Manager
Adobe
Scrum Product Owner
Scrum.org
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