Xavier Reckers

Interim Senior Project Manager, PMO

Xavier Reckers
Stuttgart, Germany

Experience

Apr 2024 - Present
1 year 1 month
Germany

Interim Senior Project Manager, PMO

Mann + Hummel

Sep 2020 - Apr 2023
2 years 8 months
Germany

Senior Consultant, PMO, Product Owner

CARIAD (VW)

  • Senior Consultant/PMO in E3 2.0 PMO, responsible for APMO development and cross-brand top management committees
  • Senior Consultant/PMO in cross-brand project for PMT topics
  • Senior Consultant in defect and test management, responsible for setting up project management structures in teams
  • Product Owner in System Team as part of organizational setup (including JIRA and Confluence setup as part of SAFe scaling)
  • Senior Consultant/PMO in building the CARIAD organization according to SAFe in: Processes, Methods and Tools for CARIAD
Mar 2018 - Present
7 years 2 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Founder, Managing Director and Project Manager

RPM Advisory GmbH

  • RPM Advisory is a consulting boutique focusing on multi-project management optimization, agile transformation and performance improvement
  • Since founding, personally managing projects for various clients from different industries, including Mann + Hummel, GEMA, BNP Paribas Cardif, Carl Zeiss, Bionexx, Mercedes Benz
Jan 2018 - Present
7 years 4 months
Germany

Senior Consultant, Senior Project Manager, PMO

GEMA

  • Active in project and portfolio management (including PMO setup and operations for project portfolio, M&A projects, joint venture, accounts receivable management, organizational restructuring)
Feb 2016 - Feb 2018
2 years 1 month
Stuttgart, Germany

Senior Program PMO, Senior Consultant

Daimler AG

  • PgrO setup and operation for an international program in After Sales (processes, methods and structures) - The program was rolled out in more than 15 markets worldwide during tenure
  • Portfolio-PMO: Setup for division portfolio management (>25 projects)
Jul 2015 - Nov 2015
5 months
Munich, Germany

Senior Consultant

BMW Motorrad

  • Senior Consultant in an international strategy project
  • Supporting the project team in creating specialist concepts for optimizing global financial processes
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
1 year
Munich, Germany

Senior Program PMO, Senior Consultant

BMW AG

  • Senior PMO / Team leader in a major quality program
  • PgrO operations and further development
  • More than 100 projects were handled over ten years as part of the program
Jun 2014 - Nov 2014
6 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Interim Project Manager

Daimler AG

  • Interim management of a development team in After Sales (GSP – Global Service and Parts), responsible for software provision for control units of Mercedes-Benz vehicles
Apr 2013 - Feb 2014
11 months
Stuttgart, Germany

PMO, Consultant

Daimler Mobility Services GmbH - Park2gether

  • Setup and operation of the PMO (processes, methods, structures) of the Park2gether startup (parking sharing platform; iOS app and website)
  • Rollout management: Conception and organization / implementation of Park2gether rollout in Hamburg and Berlin
Feb 2013 - Mar 2013
2 months
Stuttgart, Germany

PMO, Consultant

Daimler Mobility Services GmbH - Car2Go

  • Procurement consulting - International tender management for a software integration platform for global use
Oct 2011 - Feb 2013
1 year 5 months
Stuttgart, Germany

PMO, Consultant

Daimler Mobility Services GmbH - moovel

  • Collaboration in product planning and product development of the moovel startup
  • Product Owner Support - agile software development using Scrum

Summary

Results and solution-oriented project, program and portfolio management expert and manager. I offer you solutions for your challenges in project management. We discuss your topics and jointly determine the strategically and operationally best solutions for achieving your target vision. Agile, hybrid or traditional approach. Pragmatic instead of dogmatic. Your added value always in focus.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate
Spanish
Intermediate

Education

Universität Göttingen

Diplom Volkswirt – Prädikatsexamen · Volkswirt · Göttingen, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Agile Certified Practitioner

ITIL Foundation

Managing Successful Programs

PMI - Data Landscape of GenAI for Project Managers

PMI

PMI - Generative AI for PM

PMI

PMI - Talking to AI: Prompt Engineering for Project Managers

PMI

Professional Scrum Master I

Professional Scrum Product O I

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Safe Agilist (5.0)