Piotr Jakobczyk - Freelance Lead Scrum Master / Agile Coach

Berlin, Germany

Experience

Jan 2021 - Present

3 years 7 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 on agile leadership
Zwilling-wide agile coaching (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
Rollout 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, an independent subsidiary of Ernst and Young

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 practices
Internal Ernst and Young workshops (Kanban, Scrum, Scrumban, agile leadership) to create an agile organization and strengthen 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 practices (“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 for HelloBody (interim)

HelloBody

Definition and implementation of the marketing strategy for the US market: building upon current successes and expanding them
Responsible for revenue development of the US market
Analyze results of marketing campaigns and adapt them continuously
Building, leading and motivating an energetic and results-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 USD 2 million

Nov 2015 - Dec 2019

3 years 2 months

Founder and CEO

Bestcruiter.com

Founder of the first recommendation platform for headhunters
Responsible for product and marketing (e.g. SEO, usability)
Definition of market entry strategies and their execution
Management of a team of 4 employees
Speaker at conferences and meetups

Jun 2015 - Oct 2015

5 months

Berlin, Germany

Product Owner

MyLorry/ Food Express

Bridge between the team and its stakeholders
Definition and design of product features
Prioritization of features according to their 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, rollout 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 rollout 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 organization, including non-IT departments
Strengthening of agile principles and mindsets
Transparency towards management and teams
Support and organization of work of external Scrum teams
Process optimization and agile scaling of international projects
Mentor @ you-IS-now (startup incubator)

Summary

Born 1983 in Poland. Holding double citizenship (Polish and German). Agile coach at heart. Into making things possible. Taking risks and responsibilities.