Piotr Jakobczyk
Senior Agile Coach / Scrum Master
Experience
Jan 2021 - Present
3 years 5 months Solingen, Germany
Freelance Lead Scrum Master / Agile Coach
Zwilling J.A Henckels Digital Services
- Support building up a digital unit for a world renowned kitchen utensils supplier
- Coaching of (C-Level) management in agile frameworks with focus of agile leadership
- Zwilling wide agile coachings (non IT-Departments) in agile methods and best practices
- Hands on support of newly formed, cross functional scrum Teams
- Hands on coaching of new Product Owners
- Roll out of OKRs for the Digital Unit
- Introduction of Design Thinking / Sprints for the development of new hardware (connected devices in kitchens)
Sep 2019 - Jan 2022
2 years 5 months Berlin, Germany
Senior Agile Coach and Scrum Master
Etventure GmbH
- Coaching new and existing Scrum Masters, development teams and management for one of the largest health insurance companies in Germany applying the scrum framework and agile best practises
- Internal Ernst and Young workshops (Kanban, Scrum, Scrumban, agile leadership) aiming to create an agile organisation whilst strengthening the agile mindset
- Design Thinking coach and moderator
- Conducting SAFe workshops
- Support for customer facing non-IT Projects by implementing a variety of agile tools and best practises ("agile setup")
- Regularly conducting both internal and external project retrospectives and lessons learned
- Providing support to the internal ernst and young dev team (distributed software development) as a scrum master
- OKR-Master for internal and external teams and projects
Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
8 months West Hollywood, United States
Head of USA
HelloBody
- Definition and implementation the marketing strategy for the US market: building upon current successes and expanding them
- Responsible for revenue development of the US market
- Analyse results of marketing campaigns and adapt them continuously
- Building, leading and motivating an energetic and result-oriented team of 7 people
- Managing social media campaigns on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Snapchat etc.
- Developing suggestions and concepts for process optimization
- Budget responsibility of 2 Million USD
Nov 2015 - Dec 2019
3 years 2 monthsFounder and CEO
Bestcruiter.com
- Founder of first recommendation platform for headhunters
- Responsible for Product and Marketing (eg. SEO, usability)
- Definition of market entry strategies and their execution
- Management of a team of 4 employees
- Speaker on conferences and meet ups
Jun 2015 - Oct 2015
5 months Berlin, Germany
Product Owner
MyLorry/ Food Express
- Bridge between the team and their stakeholders
- Definition and design of product features
- Prioritisation of features according to the current business value
- Testing and approval of new features
- Gathering feedback from users and customers
Nov 2013 - May 2015
1 year 7 months Berlin, Germany
Scrum Master / Agile Coach
AS ideAS Engineering an Axel Springer Company
- Direct Support of two international scrum teams
- Introduction of agile methodologies and mindset
- Advocate for Discovery Workshops, Design Thinking and MVP approach
- Stakeholder coaching (Axel Springer-wide)
- Planning, roll out and optimization of agile metrics and happiness index
Jan 2009 - Dec 2014
4 years Berlin, Germany
Scrum Master in IT Security
Immobilien Scout GmbH
- Composition of a security organization within IS24
- Support for the work of the security team
- Coordination of the auditing of platform services
- Planning and roll out of a company wide security campaign
Jan 2009 - Dec 2014
4 years Berlin, Germany
Scrum Master in Product Development
Immobilien Scout GmbH
- Agile transition within the organisation, including non IT departments
- Strengthening of agile principles and mindsets
- Transparency towards management and teams
- Support and organisation of work of external scrum teams
- Process optimization and agilisation of international projects
- Mentor @ you-IS-now (start up incubator)
Summary
Born 1983 in Poland. Holding double citizenship (Polish and German). Starting as a scrum master for 6 years in 2010. Founded my start up Bestcruiter in 2015 with a successful exit. As from 2019 Country manager scaling up the presence of HelloBody in the USA. As from end of 2019 a Senior Agile Coach and Scrum Master at Ernst and Young Berlin office and then Zwilling Digital Services. Agile coach at heart. Into making things possible. Taking risks and responsibilities. CSM and SAFe certification.
Languages
German
Native
Polish
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Oct 2002 - Jun 2008
University of Bayreuth
Diplomkaufman · Business Administration · Bayreuth, Germany
Oct 1998 - Jun 2002
First Private College
Częstochowa, Poland
Oct 1990 - Jun 1998
Primary School
Częstochowa, Poland
Certifications & licenses
CSM
SAFe Certification
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