Senior Engineering Manager

Founded the department with three developers and grew it into a specialized business unit with 170 employees. The agile product development contributed significantly to the growth of the IU Group. We successfully passed multiple Best-Place-to-Work awards and external audits with flying colors.

• Part of the IU's senior management team. Actively shaped the company's direction in steering committees and board meetings
• Budget responsibility in the multi-million range including cost controlling
• Led the software development department, which works in about 30 cross-functional teams in marketing, CRM, ERP and eLearning using scaled Scrum
• Managed Enterprise Architects, Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, Directors, and Agile Coaches both disciplinarily and technically
• Helped set up 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 and master students

Conceived, built and developed the e-learning software 'FAHRSCHULCARD' from scratch. Responsible for continuous improvement and scaling in areas like software development, architecture, IT, and administration. Planned and implemented related business tools e.g. for CRM, customer management, shop, billing. Selected and managed external vendors as well as project planning and management.

• Software development
• IT consulting
• Architecture consulting
• PHP
• JavaScript
• SinglePageApp