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Shanza Khan
Digital Transformation (Ways of Working) Intern
Experience
Jun 2025 - Present
8 monthsMunich, Germany
Digital Transformation (Ways of Working) Intern
Infineon Technologies AG
- Ideated and facilitated initiatives in Factory integration and transformation across Infineon Technologies globally
- Co-led the end-to-end design, facilitation, and evaluation of workshops fostering customer-centric co-creation among R&D experts, in collaboration with Agile Coaches and cross-functional teams in EU.
- Re-conceptualized Business Innovation & Business Design (BI/BD) workshops to accelerate customer-focused innovation.
- Presented and pitched project initiatives at Infineon’s Innovation Fair.
- Ideated and facilitated agile transformation workshops on Ways of Working, including Kanban, OKR, and SAFe, to drive digitalization across the organization globally.
Jan 2024 - Mar 2025
1 year 3 monthsCanada
Business Strategist
Team Forward Networking
- Responsible for aligning product strategy with customer insights, collaborating with marketing to ensure strategic content design and data driven market fit.
- Led the end-to-end development of a dynamic tech networking web application, integrating innovation management principles to enhance user engagement by 35% through strategic feature prioritization.
- Optimized product features to market needs and customer expectation using surveys and market research tools and feedback from test user groups.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams (UX design, engineering and marketing), ensuring a smooth cohesive product experience, resulting in a 76% increase in user satisfaction.
- Applied agile project management methodologies, reducing time-to-market by 17%.
- Utilized data-driven decision-making and user research to refine product features, leading to a 20% improvement in user retention.
Sep 2022 - May 2023
9 monthsUnited States
Project Lead
Tech Fleet
- Led the development project of a Digital Feedback Platform for value-based, small-scale food producers, enhancing usability and enabling data-driven decision-making for product innovation.
- Spearheaded a product roadmap and strategic scope definition, aligning with business goals and leading to a 10% increase in user adoption intent.
- Applied agile project management methodologies ensuring an efficient feature rollout.
- Conducted user behavior analysis and feedback evaluation, recommending iterative improvements that resulted in a 15% increase in platform user satisfaction.
- Designed and implemented MVP and MMP (Minimum Marketable Product) development phases, optimizing innovation cycles.
Nov 2019 - Jun 2021
1 year 8 monthsPakistan
Faculty Member
National University of Modern Languages
- Founded and led an Entrepreneurship Club, fostering innovation and business model disruption through annual business competitions, incubating 30+ business ideas per year, with 5+ securing seed funding potential.
- Developed real-world business case studies, engaging students in practical problem-solving through structured competitions.
- Championed industry-academia collaboration in curriculum development, ensuring alignment with market needs and emerging technologies.
- Enhanced content strategy as Editorial Lead, increasing departmental newsletter readership by 33% through data-driven engagement strategies.
Nov 2019 - Jun 2021
1 year 8 monthsPakistan
Manager Research Operations & Development
Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization (ORIC), National University of Modern Languages
- Researched and incubated innovative products and business ideas, secured funding and facilitated skill development through training programs.
- Led LMS (Learning Management System) redesign project, increasing student course completion rates by 20% through UX optimization and personalized learning paths.
- Spearheaded digitization of publication management system, boosting research output by 25% and improving operational efficiency.
- Secured 9 research projects, generating >100,000€ in revenue and raised substantial research funding from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC).
- Drove professional development initiatives, organizing 5 faculty programs and 19 training sessions, impacting over 1,500 employees.
Summary
Experienced consultant with expertise in strategy, digitization, and organizational transformation initiatives. Well-versed in leading complex innovation projects, coaching teams, and driving change. Passionate about fostering early-stage innovation, agile ways of working and stakeholder engagement.
Skills
- Agile Framework (Scrum, Kanban, Safe)
- Strategic Thinking
- Readiness Assessment
- User Research Methodologies
- Workshop/coaching Design & Facilitation
- Stakeholder Management
- Monitoring And Communication
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Strategy Design & Implementation
- Developing And Optimizing Kpis & Okrs
Languages
English
NativeUrdu
NativeGerman
AdvancedEducation
Apr 2025 - Jun 2028
IU International University of Applied Sciences
MSc, AI Enablement & Transformation · Business Psychology · Munich, Germany
Oct 2010 - Jun 2018
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology
MSc · General Management · Pakistan
Aug 2010 - Nov 2019
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology
PhD · Innovation & Sustainable Competitive Advantage · Pakistan
...and 1 more
Certifications & licenses
Product Owner Certification
Digitale Leute
Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®)
Scrum Alliance
User Experience Design Certification
CareerFoundry Gmbh
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