Senior Engineering Manager

Established the department with three developers and scaled it into a diversified business unit with 170 employees. The agilely organized product development has significantly contributed to the growth of the IU Group. Several Best Place to Work awards and external audits were passed with flying colors.

• Member of IU's senior management team. Actively shaped the company's direction, including in steering committees and board meetings
• Budget responsibility in the double-digit million range, including cost control
• Led the software development department organized in scaled Scrum across approximately 30 cross-functional teams in marketing, CRM, ERP, and eLearning
• Disciplinary and technical leadership of enterprise architects, engineering managers, tech leads, directors, and agile coaches
• Collaborated in building a cybersecurity and ISMS department
• Founded and led a product portfolio management working group
• Developed an engineering culture, career paths, and values
• Successfully mentored bachelor's and master's students

Conceptualized, built, and developed the e-learning software 'FAHRSCHULCARD' from scratch. Responsible for the continuous improvement and scaling in areas such as software development, architecture, IT, and administration. Planned and implemented associated business tools, e.g. for CRM, customer management, e-commerce, and billing. Selected and managed external service providers as well as project planning and management.

• Software development
• IT consulting
• Architecture consulting
• PHP
• JavaScript
• Single Page App