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Senior Product Owner / Process Owner

Shahram Fallahdoust
Vienna, Austria

Experience

May 2024 - May 2025
1 year 1 month
Dresden, Germany

Senior Product Owner / Process Owner

SachsenEnergie

  • Defined services (user stories) for the CRM system and customer portal in sales to align with company goals and customer needs
  • Applied SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) methods to optimize CRM processes, promoting collaboration and efficiency in teams
  • Designed and implemented end-to-end customer-focused processes for a seamless omni-channel experience
  • Conducted extensive customer behavior research and translated insights into actionable CRM strategies
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams (marketing, sales, IT) for integrated and coherent service delivery
  • Defined and documented detailed process flows and workflows for CRM service implementation and maintenance
  • Ensured compliance with industry standards and regulations in CRM implementations
  • UX/UI design with Figma and Miro to create user interfaces and process flows
Oct 2023 - Apr 2024
7 months
Rheine, Germany

Senior Product Owner

True Illusions

  • Defined and prioritized product requirements for multilingual online shops based on WordPress and Magento
  • Managed the implementation of WooCommerce and Magento CE features in line with business goals
  • Led migration projects from Magento 1 to Magento 2 focusing on performance, scalability, and multilingual support
  • Coordinated the integration of payment systems, translation tools, and live chat solutions
  • Worked with development teams to adapt templates, plugins, and extensions to user and business needs
  • UX/UI design with Adobe Photoshop to create user interfaces
  • Configured secure, user-friendly checkout and shipping processes for different markets
  • Managed regular platform updates, maintenance, and security measures to ensure stable operations
  • Promoted UX and UI optimizations to improve customer experience
  • Conducted usability and acceptance tests
Sep 2022 - Sep 2023
1 year 1 month
Hallbergmoos, Germany

Senior Product Owner

Eva Solutions Group GmbH

  • Defined product vision, goals, and roadmap for eMobility and charging infrastructure integrations including ticketing systems
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to prioritize features and improvements by business value and customer needs
  • Defined and documented product requirements, use cases, and acceptance criteria
  • Maintained and prioritized the program backlog to align development activities with business priorities
  • Oversaw integration of eMobility software solutions with CPO platforms, MSP systems, and ticketing systems
  • Worked with internal and external stakeholders (CPOs, MSPs, eMobility providers)
  • Defined processes for requesting new features and enhancements
  • Created and configured the program backlog based on JIRA Discovery
  • UX/UI design with Figma and Miro to produce user interfaces, process flows, and conduct usability tests
  • Tested interfaces (APIs) with Postman
Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
10 months
Weilerbach, Germany

Senior Product Owner

proALPHA Business Solutions GmbH

  • Implemented an AWS cloud-based CRM system for web and native iOS & Android apps including legacy ERP system integration
  • Created the product roadmap, prioritized delivery phases, and aligned goals with internal stakeholders
  • Wrote user stories and accepted deliveries
  • Co-developed user experience with selected users (sales / select customers)
  • Coordinated and collaborated with SaaS® team, platform team, design system, UX, enterprise architecture & test automation
  • UX/UI design with Figma and Miro to create user interfaces and process flows and conduct usability tests
  • Coordinated and collaborated with onsite and nearshore teams
May 2021 - Oct 2021
6 months
Essen, Germany

Product Owner / Business Analyst

E.ON Energie Deutschland GmbH

  • Product Owner of a customer self-care portal based on Powercloud, WORK DIGITAL Portal, JBOSS, SAP/Siebel
  • Analyzed feasibility of sales paths and order processes for heating energy in Germany
  • Wrote user stories and accepted deliveries
  • Conducted usability and acceptance tests
  • Tested interfaces (APIs) with Postman
  • Coordinated and collaborated with onsite and nearshore teams
Aug 2018 - Sep 2020
2 years 2 months
Essen, Germany

Product Owner

E.ON / innogy SE

  • Product Owner of an agile software development team
  • Development and implementation of digital B2C processes
  • Consulting on digitization and automation of customer journeys
  • Consulting on the introduction and optimization of self-service and digital communication across multiple channels
  • Design and joint solution finding for complex, cross-system requirements
  • Migration from CoreMedia CMS to SiteCore
  • Introduction of Pivotal Cloud Foundry, API Gateway, and Identity & Access Management
  • Introduction of a new customer service channel
  • Implementation of ePay and eDunning applications
  • Conducting usability tests and acceptance tests
  • UX/UI design with Adobe XD and Photoshop
Mar 2017 - Mar 2018
1 year 1 month
Frankfurt, Germany

Product Owner / Business Analyst

Deutsche Bank

  • Development and expansion of a mobile banking app for iOS and Android including basic functions, financial overview, PFM, money transfer, investment, mobile payment, multi-banking aggregation, electronic safe, and inbox
  • Requirements gathering and documentation (BA responsible for epics)
  • Coordination and communication with internal and external stakeholders (Germany and Romania)
  • Preparation and alignment of user stories with product owners
  • Support in refinement and planning meetings
  • Conducting usability tests and acceptance tests
  • Testing interfaces (APIs) with Postman
  • Root cause analysis of faulty processes and recommendation of improvements
Jun 2015 - Dec 2016
1 year 7 months
Munich, Germany

Technical Product Manager

Telefónica O2

  • Multi-project management in the context of transition and merger of Germany's largest telecommunications company
  • Domains: Commissioning, value-added/premium services, carrier billing/Direct2Bill, large account SMS, portal (Google Analytics, activity tracking, affiliate marketing), white-label web/portal and apps for MVNOs/ethnic brands
  • Support in establishing the business case for a unified customer database and standardization of the product portfolio
  • Revision, structuring, and simplification of business processes
  • Planning project deliverables, schedules, resources, costs, and budget
  • Coordination and communication with internal and external stakeholders, escalation management
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
4 months
Vienna, Austria

Business Analyst

A1 Telekom Österreich AG

  • Business analysis from an end-to-end quality assurance perspective
  • Development of new QA strategies, definition of tools, quality gates, KPIs, and reports for various projects
  • Definition of methods and tools to identify dependencies across project deliverables
  • Definition of scoring methods for quality and consistency checks of artifacts
  • Integration of QA methods into the software delivery process
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
1 year
Magdeburg, Germany

IT Analyst

Toll Collect / T-Systems

  • Complete overhaul and modernization of the CRM system within set time windows
  • Support in optimizing the upgrade process and customer data migration
  • Support in upgrade planning
  • Support in change and incident management
Aug 2013 - Oct 2013
3 months
Vienna, Austria

Business Analyst

T-Mobile Austria

  • Introduction of a Mobile Virtual Network Enabler platform (MVNE)
  • Detailed analysis and design of future processes based on requirements
  • Support in preparing and evaluating RFQs
  • Support in supplier selection and independent negotiations
Apr 2012 - Jan 2013
10 months
Vienna, Austria

Project Manager

ÖBB ICT Ltd

  • Planning and operational management of a company-wide program for a new ticketing system, website and mobile apps
  • Consolidation of backend systems and simplification of the pricing model
  • Managing internal and external stakeholders to meet the program schedule
  • Handling political conflicts in the project environment
  • Preparing and running the IT software tender
  • Preparing and finalizing IT software contracts
  • Leading agile software development, testing and 3rd-level support
  • Identifying and resolving weaknesses and error situations
Sep 2011 - Jul 2013
1 year 11 months
Vienna, Austria

Project Manager / Lead Business Analyst

A1 Telekom Austria AG

  • Projects to improve customer satisfaction and sales service
  • Implementing regulatory requirements for number portability
  • Introducing hardware shipping functionality for the call center channel
  • Introducing the geographic feasibility check for fixed-line and mobile products
  • Supporting the sales and marketing units in business case development
  • Planning project deliverables, timelines, resources, costs and budget
  • Coordinating and communicating with team members and stakeholders (300 employees), escalation management
  • Reviewing, restructuring and simplifying CRM and provisioning processes
Nov 2008 - Mar 2011
2 years 5 months
Vienna, Austria

Project Manager

Hutchison 3G Austria

  • Optimizing and automating call center processes
  • Process and organizational analysis of complex customer communication
  • Creating a transformation concept for call centers and communication channels
  • Implementing a multi-channel customer communication system with automation and archiving
  • Conducting performance analyses to increase productivity
  • Health check and end-to-end monitoring of involved systems
  • Project planning, control, budgeting and resource planning
  • Coordinating integration and user acceptance testing
  • Training users and business units (go-live handover)
  • Automating IVR, OCR, contract and document management
Jun 2008 - Sep 2008
4 months
Munich, Germany

Business Analyst

Telefónica O2 / Oracle

  • Introducing a new CRM system for business customers
  • Supporting evaluation of CRM solutions and RFQ analysis
  • Detailed analysis and design of future processes based on requirements
  • Creating ASRI (Application Specific Requirements & Interfaces)
  • Project planning and effort estimation
  • Supporting supplier selection and negotiations
Sep 2006 - Feb 2008
1 year 6 months
Bristol, United Kingdom

Lead Business Analyst

Orange UK / France Télécom / Accenture

  • Implementation of a new CRM solution (CRM, Billing, EAI) for Customer Service and Sales
  • Definition of business requirements and processes for Call Center, Business Sales and Campaign Management
  • Design of the role model and analysis of security concepts and interface design
  • Process optimization for Customer Service processes
  • Team lead for Order Management, Support/Case Management and Account Portfolio
  • Planning and leading JAD workshops with business and system specialists
  • Requirements gathering, business process design, FIT-GAP analysis
  • High-level and detailed functional design, validation of the E2E solution
Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Hamburg, Germany

PeopleSoft HR Trainer

AOL

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Cologne, Germany

IT Analyst / Developer

Axa Colonia

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Zürich, Switzerland

IT Analyst

Credit Suisse

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Business Analyst

Debitel / T-Systems

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Cologne, Germany

IT Analyst / Developer

Ford Motor Company / Logica

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Bern, Switzerland

Business Analyst

Galenica Pharma Logistics

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Cologne, Germany

IT Analyst / Developer

ITS Travel

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Zürich, Switzerland

IT Analyst

KPMG

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Reading, United Kingdom

PeopleSoft CRM Trainer

Oracle

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Cologne, Germany

IT Analyst / Developer

Rheinboden Hypotheken Bank

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Elmshorn, Germany

PeopleSoft CRM Trainer

Talkline

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Munich, Germany

Business Analyst

Telefónica O2 / Capgemini

Jan 1999 - Aug 2006
7 years 8 months
Paris, France

Business Analyst

Valeo

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 Telecommunication (15.5 years), Information Technology (11.5 years), Banking and Finance (8.5 years), Media and Entertainment (7.5 years), Insurance (7.5 years), and Automotive (7.5 years).

Telecommunication
Information Technology
Banking and Finance
Media and Entertainment
Insurance
Automotive

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 Information Technology (21 years), Customer Service (9 years), Product Development (8.5 years), Business Intelligence (8 years), Human Resources (7.5 years), and Project Management (6.5 years).

Information Technology
Customer Service
Product Development
Business Intelligence
Human Resources
Project Management

Summary

Solid expertise from over 25 years in consulting and successful software project delivery.

Many years of experience managing complex, international projects with multicultural teams using various project methodologies (waterfall, agile, hybrid).

Specialized in the European Economic Area (EEA) with proven use of onsite, nearshore, and offshore resources for efficient project execution.

Strong skills in developing strategic solution approaches that align precisely with defined business goals and implementation requirements.

Experience delivering integrated end-to-end solutions that seamlessly fit into existing IT landscapes and boost their performance sustainably.

Skills

  • E-mobility
  • Energy
  • Telecommunications
  • Banking And Financial Services
  • Transport And Logistics
  • Automotive Industry
  • Pharmaceutical Logistics
  • Project Management
  • Process Management
  • Requirements Management (Requirements Engineering)
  • Operational Crm
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Risk Management
  • Escalation Management
  • Safe® 6 Product Owner / Product Manager (Certified)
  • Cloud Technologies
  • Saas (Software As A Service)
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Large Language Models (Llms)
  • Committed And Professional In Attitude And Behavior
  • Strong Adaptability In Dynamic Environments
  • Reliable And Resilient Work Style With High Self-motivation
  • Clear Assertiveness While Being Team-oriented
  • Pursuit Of Excellence And Sustainable Success
  • Strong Leadership With Clear Goal And Result Orientation
  • Motivated To Tackle Challenges Actively And Solution-focused
  • Intercultural Competence And Sensitivity In An International Context
  • Excellent Skills In Planning, Structuring, And Organizing
  • Safe Scaled Agile
  • Scrum Agile
  • Uml
  • Ooad
  • Itil
  • Etom
  • Jira
  • Jira Product Discovery
  • Confluence
  • Aris
  • Ca Project Portfolio Management Clarity
  • Rational Clearcase
  • Rational Rose
  • Rational Soda
  • Charm
  • Ms Office
  • Ms Sharepoint
  • Ms Project
  • Ms Visio
  • Ms Teams
  • Slack
  • Retrium
  • Draw.io
  • Miro
  • Peoplesoft Crm
  • Peoplesoft Hr/hcm
  • Appdynamics
  • Oracle
  • Ms Sql Server
  • Mysql
  • Unix
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • Mac Osx
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Xd
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Figma

Languages

German
Advanced
English
Advanced

Education

Feb 1997 - Nov 1998

Wirtschaftsschule Bohlscheid

IT Management Assistant (IHK) · Management Data Processing Assistant · Cologne, Germany

Sep 1991 - Feb 1993

FH-Aachen

Aerospace Engineering · Aachen, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Artificial Intelligence A-Z. 2024: Build 5 AI + LLM & ChatGPT

SAFe® 5 Product Owner/Product Manager

SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager

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Where is Shahram based?

Shahram is based in Vienna, Austria and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Shahram speak?

Shahram speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Shahram have?

Shahram has at least 24 years of experience. During this time, Shahram has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 29 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 months. Note that Shahram may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Shahram be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Shahram would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Product Owner / Process Owner, Senior Product Owner, Product Owner / Business Analyst.

What is Shahram's latest experience?

Shahram's most recent position is Senior Product Owner / Process Owner at SachsenEnergie.

What companies has Shahram worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Shahram has worked for SachsenEnergie, True Illusions, Eva Solutions Group GmbH, proALPHA Business Solutions GmbH, and E.ON Energie Deutschland GmbH.

Which industries is Shahram most experienced in?

Shahram is most experienced in industries like Telecommunication, Information Technology (IT), and Banking and Finance. Shahram also has some experience in Media, Entertainment and Publishing, Insurance, and Automotive.

Which business areas is Shahram most experienced in?

Shahram is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Customer Service, and Product Development. Shahram also has some experience in Business Intelligence, Human Resources (HR), and Project Management.

Which industries has Shahram worked in recently?

Shahram has recently worked in industries like Energy, Information Technology (IT), and Utility Services.

Which business areas has Shahram worked in recently?

Shahram has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Product Development, and Customer Service.

What is Shahram's education?

Shahram holds a Bachelor in Management Data Processing Assistant from Wirtschaftsschule Bohlscheid.

Does Shahram have any certificates?

Shahram has 3 certificates. These include: Artificial Intelligence A-Z. 2024: Build 5 AI + LLM & ChatGPT, SAFe® 5 Product Owner/Product Manager, and SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager.

What is the availability of Shahram?

Shahram is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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