Philipp Gleicke

Product Owner / Product Management / Agile Coach / Scrum Master / Project Management Mentor and Coach

Aschaffenburg, Germany
Experience
Apr 2025 - Present
4 months

Agile Coach / Scrum Master

Die Lobby GmbH

Introduction and establishment of agile working methods (Scrum/Kanban) as part of the new development of an internal billing and sales management tool.

  • Coaching the entire team in agile methods and conducting regular training and reflection formats (e.g. retros, team health checks, dojos)
  • Working closely with the customer and product owner to define and prioritize features and user stories
  • Support in the development of a clear product vision and target orientation
  • Sparring and methodical coaching of the PO with regard to stakeholder communication, release planning and backlog maintenance
  • Moderation and structuring of agile events (sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, refinements)
  • Supporting the technical and functional development of a new provisioning and control system for sales
  • Coordination and integration of SAP components and an existing TYPO3 PIM system into a new system architecture
  • Promotion of transparency, personal responsibility and continuous improvement in the team
Jan 2025 - Present
7 months
Aschaffenburg, Germany

Managing Director

PROCEED NOW GmbH

  • Realignment of corporate activities and expansion of the partner network
  • Sharpening of company vision and mission
  • Development of new website (in progress)
Jul 2023 - Mar 2024
9 months

Agile Coach / Scrum Master / Mentor

E.ON Group Innovation

Coaching and mentoring of project managers in an Industrial Innovation Department

  • Coaching and mentoring junior project managers
  • Supporting seniors in stakeholder management and development of use and business cases
  • Contributing technical expertise in IoT, hardware and software development
  • Coaching project managers in agile methods and supporting customer-centric project implementation
  • Mentoring and coaching in preparing complex relationships and explaining them clearly
Apr 2023 - Dec 2024
1 year 9 months

Product Owner / Project Coach Electric Mobility, Energy Storage and Home Energy Management Systems

enviaM Group

  • Development of a new EMP platform and its integration into the system and business processes

  • Responsibility for the development and implementation of a new EMP platform at enviaM

  • Analysis and optimization of the client’s existing business processes to seamlessly integrate the EMP platform

  • Development of interfaces in the system landscape of enviaM

  • Planning and executing tests to ensure the EMP platform is error-free and operating effectively

  • Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the EMP platform meets customer needs

  • Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement of the EMP platform and related processes

  • Development of a new plug-and-play energy storage system and its business integration

  • Responsibility for the development and implementation of a new plug-and-play energy storage system at enviaM

  • Analysis and optimization of the customer’s existing business processes to seamlessly integrate the energy storage system

  • Planning and carrying out tests to ensure that the energy storage system works effectively and without errors

  • Coordinating prototype tests and ensuring smooth implementation

  • Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the energy storage system meets customer needs

  • Calculating the economic viability of the business cases to assess profitability

  • Briefing and supporting the conduction of quantitative and qualitative market research analysis

  • Leading a strategic project to develop a sales strategy for the electric mobility sector

  • Analyzing the market and competitive landscape in the field of electric mobility

  • Identifying and evaluating business opportunities and market trends

  • Developing strategic recommendations for launching and positioning electric mobility solutions

  • Working with cross-functional teams to implement the sales strategy

  • Creating and presenting reports and strategy documents for C-level management

  • Conducting workshops and meetings with internal and external stakeholders

  • Monitoring and analyzing implementation results to continuously optimize the sales strategy

  • Developing measures to increase customer acquisition and retention in the field of electric mobility

  • Ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements as part of the sales strategy

  • Supporting the development of a new HEMS platform and its integration into the customer’s systems and business processes

  • Coaching and consulting to analyze customer requirements and needs for the development and integration of a HEMS platform

  • Co-creating and refining a detailed project plan for the HEMS platform development and integration

  • Consulting on the development of new use cases, taking into account current legal and regulatory developments

  • Closely collaborating and coaching cross-functional teams, project managers and business analysts

Oct 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 3 months

Agile Coach @ Future Lab

E.ON Digital Technology

Establishing an agile, customer-focused innovation mindset for a digital research and development department

  • Establishing an agile, customer-focused innovation mindset with a pull and technology-focused development strategy
  • Accelerating digital R&D efforts and processes (both for hardware and software development) within the energy industry
  • Promoting modern project management methodologies that fit the internal purpose
  • Acting in the interest of members and their goals
  • Serving as a voice and interface for business stakeholders, service providers and the external ecosystem
Apr 2021 - Oct 2021
7 months

Product Owner

grandcentrix GmbH, member of the Vodafone Group

Agile project management of customer projects

  • Managing concept and development projects in the digital environment as well as clarifying technical and commercial requirements internally and externally
  • Coordinating customer-centric development of technical products in the IoT environment of various B2B customers and industries
  • Designing and delivering internal and external workshops
  • Maintaining and prioritizing backlogs
  • Leading and controlling agile interdisciplinary and intercultural teams (embedded hardware & software, backend, frontend, app, UX)
  • Project controlling and reporting with Jira, Confluence, Qlik, MS Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • Ensuring that the objectives, scope and product domain are understood by everyone in the Scrum team
  • Communicating the need for clear, concise product backlog entries to the Scrum team
  • Removing obstacles that hold up the team
Oct 2019 - Oct 2020
1 year 1 month

Product Owner / Technical Project Lead

E.ON / innogy SE

Led the development of a new NB-IoT device for data collection

  • Stakeholder management
  • Analysis and evaluation of wireless technologies for data transmission in an IoT environment
  • Project management with an external development subcontractor and NB-telecommunication provider
  • Contract negotiations for the final launch of the product, including fulfillment services
Jul 2018 - Dec 2021
3 years 6 months

Product Owner / Project Management

E.ON / innogy SE

Optimization of hardware development and implementation of a support process

  • Managing embedded hardware development with Yocto Linux
  • Collaborating and coordinating closely with an intercultural cloud team in a DevOps environment to ensure secure interaction of the embedded hardware with a higher-level GW API (Mono), a RabbitMQ and Kubernetes cluster on AWS
  • Specifying and introducing a support process to limit requests directly to developers (hardware and software) to a minimum
  • Stakeholder management with internal E.ON divisions and the E.ON Quality department, and external customers
  • Ensuring that the objectives, scope and product domain are understood by everyone in the Scrum team
  • Communicating the need for clear, concise product backlog entries to the Scrum team
Jun 2018 - Jul 2020
2 years 2 months

Project Management

bit.B innogy SE

Process optimization of project delivery and customer service

  • Forming an agile team for project delivery and customer service
  • Building a small partner network for installations to increase quality and customer satisfaction
Apr 2017 - Jul 2017
4 months

Product Management / Project Solution Management / Project Team Member

inno2grid GmbH

  • Defining business cases for charging infrastructure
  • Co-Product Owner in charging backend development
  • Designing central charging infrastructure load management
  • Specifying local load management system for EV charging infrastructure
  • Selecting hardware
  • Coordinating suppliers and the IT department
  • Designing customer-specific use cases for charging infrastructure management
  • Specifying use cases and processes for backend development
  • Coordinating product management and the IT service provider (SCRUM)
  • Developing a process for fault detection and escalation to the responsible authorities
Jan 2017 - Apr 2018
1 year 4 months
Ratingen, Germany

Energy Manager Ratingen

Schneider Electric GmbH

Ensuring ISO 50001 certification within an integrated management system

  • Ensuring ISO 50001 recertification
  • Developing and implementing energy saving projects
  • Designing, planning and commissioning a measurement system according to ISO 50001
  • Collecting and documenting energy consumption indicators
  • Identifying savings potentials and designing energy saving projects
  • Coordinating facility management, suppliers, specialist departments and project management in Germany
Jan 2015 - Apr 2018
3 years 4 months

Product Application Specialist

Schneider Electric GmbH

  • Technical Key Account Manager at Sonepar GmbH
  • Partner management of EcoXpert EMS
  • Supporting product management
  • Trainer for Struxureware Power Monitoring Expert
  • Project management and development of customer-oriented solutions
  • Designing and implementing a training concept for an energy management software
  • Creating a requirements catalogue for IT equipment and participant profiles
  • Developing training infrastructure at the IT level
  • Coordinating the training department and sales for implementation planning
  • Delivering the training
  • Expanding the EcoXpert partner network and strengthening business relationships
  • Developing a requirements profile for potential partner companies
  • Providing technical and sales support for projects
Jan 2013 - Jan 2015
2 years 1 month
Berlin, Germany

Trainee Energy Management

Schneider Electric GmbH

  • Project management of subprojects at the EUREF Campus Berlin
  • Working on a local micro smart grid project for grid connection
  • Conceptual design of an energy control system for a micro smart grid at the EUREF Campus Berlin
  • Designing a process for coupling a micro smart grid to the network control technology of the Berlin Brandenburg network operator (NBB)
  • Identifying and defining interfaces for data exchange
  • Designing a process for data transmission
  • Planning and controlling implementation
  • Designing network control system and topology of generation plants and protection devices for grid-independent operation within a micro smart grid
  • Determining communication interfaces of power generation and energy storage systems as well as switching and protection devices
  • Analyzing the protection concept and selecting required hardware
  • Creating a concept and selecting software for network control technology
Apr 2012 - Dec 2012
9 months

Intern

Schneider Electric GmbH - Business Unit Power

  • Updating the internal energy management system
  • Supporting during project implementation
Sep 2010 - Dec 2011
1 year 4 months

Student Assistant

University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Institute of Production / Automation Technology

Mar 2010 - Jul 2010
5 months

Tutor for Mathematics III and Foundations of Automation Technology

University of Applied Sciences Cologne

Aug 2004 - Jan 2008
3 years 6 months

IHK Industry Mechatronics Technician – Advanced Technical College Entrance Qualification

Staatliche Berufsbildende Schule SBBS Sonneberg, Sonneberger Ausbildungszentrum SAZ and Glaswerk Ernstthal GmbH & Co. KG

Summary
  • Master of Science: Industrial Management
  • Experienced Product Owner, Servant Leader, Agile Coach and ‘Pastor of Fun’
  • Proven expertise in these industries: Energy, Electric mobility, IoT, Telecommunication
  • Many years of experience in the product development of concept and development projects in the digital environment and their technical and commercial requirements
  • Coordination of user-centred development of technical products in the IoT environment of various B2B customers and industries
  • Conception and implementation of internal and external workshops
  • Leading and managing agile interdisciplinary teams (embedded hardware & software, backend, frontend, app, UX)
  • Project controlling and reporting with the tools like Jira, Confluence, Qlik, MS Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • Very good technical and economic understanding
  • Open and helpful personality
  • Solution and customer-oriented innovative problem solver
  • I enjoy learning and developing new skills
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary
Education
Mar 2013 - Mar 2015

University of Applied Sciences Mittweida

Master of Science · Industrial Management · Mittweida, Germany · 1.3

Sep 2008 - Dec 2012

University of Applied Sciences Cologne

Production and Logistics · Cologne, Germany · 1.9

Aug 2004 - Jan 2008

Staatliche Berufsbildende Schule SBBS Sonneberg

IHK Industry Mechatronics Technician · Mechatronics Technician · Sonneberg, Germany

Certifications & licenses

PRINCE2® Agile Practitioner

EXIN® Agile Scrum Master

EXIN®

EXIN® Agile Scrum Product Owner

EXIN®

ITIL® 4 Foundation

TÜV Quality Manager

TÜV Rheinland

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