Pouya F. - Senior IT Project Manager – Transformation Projects

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Hamburg, Germany

Experience

Dec 2023 - Present

1 year 9 months

Hamburg, Germany

Senior IT Project Manager – Transformation Projects

Pouya Fakhari Managementberatung

Led complex IT transformation projects – focus on carve-out, post-merger integration, change management & audit-readiness
Overall responsibility for project planning, governance, resource management & management reporting
Central interface between executive management, IT, business units & external partners
Led eight subprojects: application rebranding, M365 data migration & hardware rollout for over 300 employees
Developed KRITIS roadmap & closed 100% of 12 audit findings on schedule
Established central project management function & structured change management (including stakeholder communication, training & KPI tracking)

Jan 2021 - Jul 2023

2 years 7 months

Hamburg, Germany

Consultant & Project Manager – Technology Business Management Consultant

inditango AG

Developed & implemented Technology Business Management use cases to increase IT cost transparency & business-IT alignment
Implemented IBM Apptio TBM Suite including data preparation, transformation & service-based cost modeling
Performed data transformation using ELT/ETL processes
Automated KPI-based reports for CIO & controlling; delivered monthly standard reports without manual intervention
Successfully implemented Apptio including service catalog creation, IT cost model & automated reporting
Designed & supported global rollout strategy; developed showback/chargeback model for business units & established cloud cost transparency
Optimized IT financial management, providing new decision-making foundations for IT budgeting
Analyzed, renegotiated & harmonized IT contracts across functions
Decoupled IT system landscape technically & organizationally; set up new project governance
Prepared target architecture & integration capability of IT stack for subsequent merger

Oct 2018 - Dec 2020

2 years 3 months

Hamburg, Germany

Associate Consultant & Project Manager – Technology Business Management

inditango AG

Led customer workshops & presented decision templates to IT management & CIO (e.g., cost models, forecasts)
Supported Apptio implementation in 3–5 client projects: IT controlling, cost reporting & service cost modeling
Handled data transformation: ETL/ELT, analysis & integration from systems like SAP, Excel & CMDB
Automated monthly reporting (actuals & forecasts) to accelerate IT financial decision processes

May 2018 - Oct 2018

6 months

Hamburg, Germany

Business Analyst Condition Monitoring

PANDA GmbH

Implemented ERP solution
Developed sales strategy for a proprietary condition monitoring application
Created project proposals for funding programs

May 2017 - Feb 2018

10 months

Mölln, Germany

Master's Thesis Student

Heidenreich & Harbeck GmbH

Lean production in the foundry, planning & introduction of an automation machine

Nov 2014 - Apr 2018

3 years 6 months

Junior PMO

T-Systems MMS

Managed PMO & test management in agile software development projects; supported product owner & dev team in telecommunications
Established project reporting & regularly provided it for management decisions
Designed user stories, acceptance criteria & test cases
Introduced & coordinated change request management
Facilitated agile sprint planning & maintained backlog in Jira
Conducted business unit workshops for requirements gathering & solution design

Summary

IT transformation consultant with focus on M&A projects, cost management and governance

I support companies in M&A-driven IT transformations, from executing complex carve-outs and PMI projects to enabling structural control of the new IT organization. As project and program manager, I lead international initiatives with diverse stakeholders, including IT, HR and Finance.

For IT financial management, I develop service-based cost models, implement Apptio and apply FinOps principles to optimize cloud costs. This creates a controllable, transparent and resilient IT with business-IT alignment.