Matthias S. - Product Owner

Munich, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Present

1 year 8 months

Munich, Germany

Control & set up inbound channel for data privacy requests
Report to the data privacy team lead
Ensure agile, goal-oriented & efficient execution of data privacy projects & initiatives
Develop & establish an agile workflow for optimized handling of privacy requests
Act as liaison between business units & agile data privacy team
Gather & analyze requirements from business units to support projects
Use project management tools like Jira & Confluence to optimize workflows
Prepare, facilitate & document lessons learned and retrospectives
Introduce process mining & BPMN in Confluence
Analyze existing processes, identify improvement opportunities & design solutions to boost efficiency & effectiveness
Develop a concept for introducing automation in existing tools

Mar 2023 - Present

2 years 6 months

Bonn, Germany

Lead & build Business Management Office for IT infrastructure
Security clearance level 2 (SÜ2) obtained
Report to project management LI11
Manage multiple external staff supporting IT supply, provisioning & operations at Bundeswehr overseas offices
Lead & coordinate commissioned services like file service migration
Prepare decision papers (e.g. project plans, governance models, communication plans, controlling models, RACI matrices)
Gather customer requirements
Develop program-wide knowledge management using Confluence, create Jira concept
Introduce process mining & BPMN in Confluence
Analyze existing processes, identify improvement opportunities & design solutions to boost efficiency & effectiveness
Develop a concept for introducing automation in existing tools
Responsible for risk management, reporting, quality management & resource planning in the program
Advance project methodology with agile practices

Jan 2021 - Jul 2022

1 year 7 months

Bonn, Germany

Budget: €10+M, 15 FTE
Build & lead Cloud Security team
Responsible for deliverable LI19 Work Package 13 Encryption
Introduce agile methods
Develop Zero Trust concept (incl. IAM, PKI & PAM) for cloud migration projects & new Bundeswehr data centers
Manage requirements per Bundeswehr & BSI regulations

Dec 2018 - Dec 2022

4 years 1 month

Bonn, Germany

Lead & build Program Management Office Cloud for Bundeswehr
Report directly to Program Director Cloud (E2), budget €5M, 10 FTE
Responsible for deliverable 'Concept for Bundeswehr Private Cloud Strategy'
Oversee corporate planning & resource management in the program
On-/offboard staff
Manage external tenders per procurement law & hire staff
Manage 4 internal staff & 6 external vendors
Handle partner & stakeholder management
Responsible for risk management & reporting in the program
Manage documentation across all area projects as central interface for program management per ISO 9001, EPDF & PM4BWI
Conduct several internal & external ISO 9001 audits
Make the cloud program agile in hybrid mode → transform PMO into Cloud OneTeam Enablement (COTE) & adapt classic processes with agile methods
Prepare, facilitate & document lessons learned and retrospectives

May 2017 - Jul 2018

1 year 3 months

Würzburg, Germany

Build strategic B2B sales
Report directly to COO
Full P&L responsibility (€7.5M, revenue up ~5% p.a.)
Collaborate with controlling, marketing, IT infrastructure/data center & development (eCommerce, DBs, software)
Build a sales pipeline & drive order intake
Structure & improve sales process
Manage pre-sales staff
Plan & execute client acquisition & trade show appearances
Manage launch of new cloud SaaS solution
Build B2B partner network

Jul 2015 - Aug 2016

1 year 2 months

Saarbrücken, Germany

PM in executive staff of Dr. Ferri Abolhassan (Managing Director IT Division, ~30,000 staff)
Contribute to strategic programs & projects
Define solution concepts: conduct analyses & prepare options
Manage governance structures: prep & follow up T-Systems executive meetings & supervisory board sessions from delivery perspective
Support decision papers & management briefings, incl. M&A analyses
Create briefings for executive management
Draft agendas, minutes & task tracking for Management Committee sessions of IT Division & T-Security

Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

1 year 1 month

Berlin, Germany

Lead subproject to implement target costing in delivering IT collaboration services from private cloud
Cost analysis for private cloud IT services
Stakeholder management for process & cost optimization
Document processes in Word & PowerPoint
Support problem management with Excel analyses
Support incident management with Excel analyses
Assist reporting on installation process