Mehmet Yigitbay - Team Coach, PMO

Q: Where is Mehmet based?

Mehmet is based in Karlsruhe, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Mehmet speak?

Mehmet speaks the following languages: German (Native), Turkish (Native) .

Q: How many years of experience does Mehmet have?

Mehmet has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Mehmet has worked in at least 20 different roles and for 20 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months . Note that Mehmet may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Mehmet's latest experience?

Mehmet's most recent position is Team Coach, PMO at EWE AG .

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

In recent years, Mehmet has worked for EWE AG , Miele & Cie KG , and Schwarz Gruppe .

Q: Which industries is Mehmet most experienced in?

Mehmet is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Government and Public Administration , and Transportation and Logistics . Mehmet also has some experience in Energy , Retail , and Healthcare .

Q: Which business areas is Mehmet most experienced in?

Mehmet is most experienced in business areas like Project Management , Information Technology (IT) , and Quality Assurance (QA) . Mehmet also has some experience in Product Development , Procurement and Purchasing , and Operations .

Q: Which industries has Mehmet worked in recently?

Mehmet has recently worked in industries like Energy , Information Technology (IT) , and Retail .

Q: Which business areas has Mehmet worked in recently?

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

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Karlsruhe, Germany

Experience

Feb 2024 - Present

2 years 1 month

Germany

Team Coach, PMO

EWE AG

Ready4U: modernizing/transforming SAP IS-U to S/4H Utilities (Cloud)
Migration and optimization of business processes
Implementation of new business and legal requirements
Coaching and Scrum Master activities for agile teams
Setup and maintenance of Confluence and Jira and introduction of Jira BigPicture
Preparation, execution and follow-up of SAFe PI planning sessions, Inspect & Adapt sessions, system demos and PI retrospectives
Planning and execution of agile events and ceremonies
Support of project management in project controlling
Implementation of KVP measures and ensuring project quality
Topics covered: data models (measurement concepts), data cleansing (data quality), migration, cut-over management, open processes (BPEM)
Technologies: Jira BigPicture, Structure, Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Miro

Sep 2023 - Feb 2024

6 months

Germany

Agile Coach, Scrum Master

Miele & Cie KG

MABS: product platform development for the Smart Home segment
Establishment of a customer-specific agile development process for product units (ELC, ECC, ECA, EDR, ECP) to ensure a sustainable CE/CI/CD pipeline
Support of the Miele platform UI/UX team as Scrum Master and Agile Coach
Member of the Change Management Leadership (CML) team to support agile transformation
Coaching an international cross-functional team (16 members) in a scaled environment
Setup and maintenance of Confluence and Jira
Planning and execution of agile events and ceremonies
Implementation of KVP measures and ensuring project quality
Conducting workshops with direct reports to senior management
Active participation in communities of practice for Agile Planning & Controlling and Requirements Change Management
Technologies: Jira Portfolio (Advanced Roadmaps), Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Miro

Oct 2022 - Aug 2023

11 months

Germany

Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner

Miele & Cie KG

MABS: product platform development for the Smart Home segment
Establishment of an agile development process for the product units to ensure a CE/CI/CD pipeline
Support of the Miele platform UI/UX team in the roles of Agile Coach, Scrum Master, and Product Owner
Gathering and preparing customer requirements in collaboration with product management
Creating requirements in Jira and elaborating them at the program level while considering cross-team dependencies
Conducting backlog refinement sessions at the team level
Analyzing existing development and interface processes between product units and development units
Advisory support for the agile transformation as a member of the Agile Center of Expertise (ACE)
Active participation in communities of practice for Agile Planning & Controlling and Requirements Change Management
Team size: international cross-functional team with 16 members in a scaled environment with 7 teams
Technologies: Jira Portfolio (Advanced Roadmaps), Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Miro

Oct 2020 - Oct 2022

2 years 1 month

Germany

Release Train Engineer, Digital Transformation, Agile Trainer

Schwarz Gruppe

One Developer Journey (ODJ): building a PaaS infrastructure platform and providing cloud services
Domain-level project leadership and advising management on agile and lean approaches
Coaching agile teams and conducting assessments
Release Train Engineer (RTE): planning and execution of agile events
People management and partner management
Definition of quality standards such as Definition of Done (DoD) and Definition of Ready (DoR)
Preparing status reports for the sounding board
Technologies: Jira Portfolio, Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), MS Azure, StackIT, MS Teams
Lean-Agile trainer for the Agile Academy: conducting training sessions on Agile Awareness, Scrum, Kanban, Design Thinking, and Business Model Canvas
Development of agile and hybrid project management guidelines for the entire Schwarz group (Lidl, Kaufland, PreZero, etc.)
Creating project Statements of Work (SOW) and conducting fits & gaps analyses of existing PM guidelines
Member of the Schwarz IT (SIT) Agile Chapter community: developing and implementing agile standards
Organizing and conducting global chapter events in Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, and Spain
Evaluating and recommending the adoption of agile applications

Nov 2019 - Dec 2019

2 months

İstanbul, Turkey

Kanban Trainer

Mercedes Benz Turkey

Kanban coaching for the SDC team in Istanbul
Preparation, execution, and follow-up of Kanban training
Definition of the Jira workflow process and design of product backlog items (PBIs)
Design and physical implementation of the Kanban board
Definition of quality standards (DoD, DoR)
Technologies: Atlassian Jira, physical Kanban board

Jul 2018 - Mar 2020

1 year 9 months

Germany

Managing Consultant, Agile Project Manager, Proxy Product Owner, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Kanban Trainer

optica direkt

Optica direkt 2.0: Development of an industry software solution in healthcare
Coordination of four agile teams (Scrum, Kanban, Nexus), including three nearshore teams in Istanbul and Sofia
Interim Scrum Master for the client’s internal team
Advising management on agile and lean approaches and coaching the Scrum teams
Organizational setup of the nearshore team including the onboarding process
Defining the Jira workflow processes and configuring the Scrum boards
Creating agile reports and Earned Value Analysis (EVA) reports for senior management
Setting quality standards (DoD, DoR) and PBI templates
Project budget: > 3.0 MEUR
Technologies: Angular 8, Typescript, Java 8, Spring Boot 2, Spring Cloud, PostgreSQL, Azure Cloud, JWT, Keycloak, Jira, Confluence

Mar 2018 - Jun 2018

4 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant, Agile Coach

adesso Schweiz AG

Development of the Agile service "Scrum meets Kanban" for adesso customers
Designing customer workshops and creating the agenda
Creating a landing page and defining the Kanban service pattern

Feb 2018 - Mar 2018

2 months

Switzerland

Interim Scrum Master, Sparring Partner

SBB AG

Further development of the 'SBB mobile' app
Coaching the project team on agile and lean principles
Supporting the Scrum Master and Product Owner in day-to-day activities
Analyzing fits & gaps and supporting the creation of the story map
Preparing and running Scrum events and creating artifacts in Confluence
Technologies: Jira, Confluence, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio

Sep 2017 - Nov 2017

3 months

Switzerland

Agile Coach, Agile Transformation Sparring Partner, Management Consultant

Aviva Group

Bi’Tikla ROP: Modernizing the IT architecture to a service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Coaching management and project teams on agile practices
Introducing and implementing Scrum, Kanban and Nexus (Scaled Scrum) for two teams
Planning and facilitating Agile Readiness workshops
Supporting the Product Owner in defining the product vision and story map
Creating a Kanban system and Nexus training materials
Project budget: > 1.0 MCHF
Technologies: Jira, Confluence, Maven, Bamboo, SonarQube, Git, Nexus, MS Project

Oct 2016 - Aug 2017

11 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Quality Manager, Scrum Master, Agile Coach

Global Switzerland Enterprise

S-GE New CRM: Replacing the CRM system and implementing Microsoft Dynamics CRM with integration of various external systems (ERP, BI, Emarsys)
Project leadership and leading the development team during the implementation phase
Crisis management to rescue the project from a critical situation
Introducing Scrum and Kanban, serving as Scrum Master and Kanban coach
Implementing Jira and maintaining development work on TFS
Creating the test concept, documentation and specifications
Restructuring the project team site on SharePoint 2013
Project budget: > 2.0 MCHF
Technologies: MS Dynamics CRM, TFS, Jira, Visual Studio, SharePoint 2013, MS Project

Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

4 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Requirements Engineer

SBB AG

AusNetServ: Led a WTO tender project for transitioning network services (FTP, DNS, Proxy, Load Balancer) to a commodity service provider (XaaS)
Overall management of the initialization and high-level design phases
Led the tender process through to contract award
Vendor management and collaboration with business, legal, procurement, and IT security
Elicitation and documentation of functional and technical requirements
Preparation of tender documents and creation of the project charter
Single point of contact for RFI, RFP, RFQ, and PoC
Technologies: MS Office, MS Project, SAP PS, HP ALM, MS SharePoint

Dec 2015 - Mar 2016

4 months

Switzerland

Project Manager

SBB AG

DBR16O: Decommissioning of the IBM AIX platform and setup of the Oracle shared platform (ExaData)
Migration of about 75 business applications with Oracle DB upgrade to release v12.1
Project management during the initialization and high-level design phases
Planning and monitoring of migrations in close collaboration with business and operations management
Provider management (T-Systems, Swisscom)
Process modeling and documentation of the migration
Technologies: Oracle ExaData, IBM AIX, Oracle v12.1, MS Project, SAP PS, SharePoint

Jan 2014 - Aug 2015

1 year 8 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Business Analyst, Requirements Engineer, Testing

SBB AG

AWP2016 MPS: Procurement and rollout of managed print services (MPS) via WTO tender (approx. 2,500 MFP printers)
Overall management across all phases from initialization to project closure
Stakeholder, vendor, and procurement management
Single point of contact for RFI, RFP, RFQ, and PoC, including bid evaluation
Requirements gathering and preparation of tender documents
Conducted firmware tests and usability tests
Project budget: 21 MCHF
Technologies: HP ALM, SAP PS, MS Project, MS SharePoint

Mar 2013 - Dec 2013

10 months

Switzerland

Remote

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

SBB AG

GNWP RAS: Functional enhancement of the remote access service solution (8,000 clients) based on Juniper Junos Pulse
Managed a sub-project from initialization to rollout
Organized and conducted workshops
Provider management and stakeholder management
Single point of contact for the pilot phase and rollout planning with operations management
Project budget: > 1.0 MCHF
Technologies: Juniper Junos Pulse, SAP PS, MS Project, MS Visio

Nov 2012 - Jun 2013

8 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Scrum Master (Scaled Agile)

Eidg. Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten EDA

itinerisApp: Developed a mobile app (iOS/Android) for the EDA citizen service
Led a geographically distributed project team (Switzerland, Slovakia, Philippines)
Elicited and documented functional and technical requirements
Assisted in writing user stories and designing mockups
Planned, controlled, and monitored the implementation phase
Technologies: Balsamiq, Test Flight, MS Project, MS Visio, MS SharePoint

Aug 2012 - Sep 2013

1 year 2 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft BLW

KTool: Conducted a WTO tender for an IT solution to coordinate inspections at agricultural businesses
Subproject management during the initialization and rough concept phases
Gathering business and technical requirements
Creating HERMES project documents (manual, plan, QA plan, RM plan)
Ensuring the maturity of the tender documents
Project budget: > 750 KCHF
Technologies: DecisionAdvisor, MS Project, MS Visio

Nov 2011 - Apr 2012

6 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant

ERNI Consulting AG

Consulting activities in the Project Management Office (PMO)
Supporting the project management services in creating process instructions and checklists
Creating and updating PM templates

Jun 2011 - Jun 2012

1 year 1 month

Switzerland

Overall Project Manager, Subproject Manager, Business Analyst, Requirements Engineer, Test Manager, Usability Engineer

Eidg. Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten EDA

Overall project management for four subprojects in citizen services: changes in EDAssist+, online registration (Itineris), bulk SMS sending solution, call center solution
Gathering business and technical requirements and creating project charters
Provider management and stakeholder management
Developing a prototype and contributing to the design
Creating test documentation and conducting tests
Market analysis and evaluation of hotline and helpline solutions
Project budget: 750 KCHF
Technologies: Ruby on Rails, EDAssist+, MS Project

Apr 2011 - Oct 2011

7 months

Switzerland

Senior Consultant

Bundesamt für Veterinärwesen BVET

Asan: consulting and support for overall project management
Creating HERMES documents (project manual, project plan, implementation concept, test plan, training materials)
Technologies: MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio

Jun 2010 - Dec 2010

7 months

Germany

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Widerker Verwaltungsholding GmbH

Implementing the standard OS|ECM software for managing real estate properties
Creating an invoice receipt workflow
Gathering business and technical requirements
Contributing to the migration concept and configuring the application
Creating the test concept and documentation
Technologies: OS|ECM, Oracle, LaTeX, MS Project

Dec 2009 - Dec 2010

1 year 1 month

Germany

Management Consultant, Coach, Quality Manager

Optimal Systems

Establishing and leading a Project Management Office (PMO)
As-is analysis of existing methods, tools, and templates
Examination of fits and gaps and creation of PM templates and operating procedures
Training staff and leading the PMO
Technologies: OS|ECM, MS Visio, LaTeX, MS Office

Sep 2009 - Jul 2010

11 months

Germany

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Deutsche Telekom AG

Implementation of OS|ECM and development of an electronic PIN management system for mobile phone SIM cards
Replacement of an unencrypted, Excel-based solution with a secure application
Gathering functional requirements and designing the user experience
Contributing to the migration concept and performing legacy data migration
Configuring the application and creating the test plan
Technologies: OS|ECM, Oracle, LaTeX, MS Project

Apr 2009 - Dec 2009

9 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Federal Office of Communications (BAKOM)

Data migration and release update of OS|ECM
Migration of data from a legacy system and phased system upgrades (test, integration, production)
Gathering functional requirements and configuring the application
Contributing to the migration concept and creating the test plan
Technologies: OS|ECM, Oracle, LaTeX, MS Project

Jan 2009 - Aug 2009

8 months

Switzerland

Project Manager, Senior Consultant

Swiss UAV AG

Implementation of OS|ECM for managing CAD drawings and general corporate documents
Leading the project through all phases
Gathering requirements and configuring the application
Creating the test plan and documentation
Technologies: OS|ECM, MS SQL Server, LaTeX, MS Project

Dec 2007 - Dec 2008

1 year 1 month

Germany

Consultant

EnBW AG

Supporting a Europe-wide tender for a corporate ECM/DMS system
Assisting in the PMO, as well as analyzing and documenting requirements
Single point of contact for RFI and PoC phases
Organizing and facilitating the proof of concept (PoC)
Creating use cases and test cases in collaboration with business units
Technologies: MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office

Aug 2007 - Dec 2007

5 months

Germany

Test Engineer, Tester

Janitos Versicherungs AG

Support release management in creating and executing test cases
Develop test scripts based on process descriptions and system requirements
Co-responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing releases
Conduct business analyses and document defects

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 (7 years), Government and Administration (4 years), Energy (3 years), Transportation (3 years), Retail (2 years), and Manufacturing (1.5 years).

Information Technology

Government and Administration

Energy

Transportation

Retail

Manufacturing

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 (15.5 years), Information Technology (12 years), Quality Assurance (7 years), Product Development (3.5 years), Procurement (2 years), and Operations (1 year).

Project Management

Information Technology

Quality Assurance

Product Development

Procurement

Operations

Languages

German

Native

Turkish

Native

Profile

Created

December 2023

Last Update

February 2025

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Mehmet based?

Mehmet is based in Karlsruhe, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Mehmet speak?

Mehmet speaks the following languages: German (Native), Turkish (Native).

How many years of experience does Mehmet have?

Mehmet has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Mehmet has worked in at least 20 different roles and for 20 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months. Note that Mehmet may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Mehmet be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Mehmet would be well-suited for roles such as: Team Coach, PMO, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner.

What is Mehmet's latest experience?

Mehmet's most recent position is Team Coach, PMO at EWE AG.

What companies has Mehmet worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Mehmet has worked for EWE AG, Miele & Cie KG, and Schwarz Gruppe.

Which industries is Mehmet most experienced in?

Mehmet is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Government and Public Administration, and Transportation and Logistics. Mehmet also has some experience in Energy, Retail, and Healthcare.

Which business areas is Mehmet most experienced in?

Mehmet is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology (IT), and Quality Assurance (QA). Mehmet also has some experience in Product Development, Procurement and Purchasing, and Operations.

Which industries has Mehmet worked in recently?

Mehmet has recently worked in industries like Energy, Information Technology (IT), and Retail.

Which business areas has Mehmet worked in recently?

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

What is the availability of Mehmet?

Mehmet is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Mehmet?

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