Xavier R. - Interim / Senior Project Manager / PMO

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Stuttgart, Germany

Experience

Apr 2024 - Present

1 year 8 months

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 the E3 2.0 PMO, responsible for APMO development and cross-brand top management committees
Senior Consultant/PMO in cross-brand projects on PMT topics
Senior Consultant in defect and test management, responsible for setting up project management structures in the teams
Product Owner in the system team as part of the organizational setup (including JIRA and Confluence setup for SAFe scaling)
Senior Consultant/PMO in building the CARIAD organization under SAFe in the area of Processes, Methods and Tools for CARIAD

Mar 2018 - Present

7 years 9 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Founder, Managing Director and Project Manager

RPM Advisory GmbH

RPM Advisory is a consulting boutique focused on multi-project management optimization, agile transformation and performance improvement.
Since founding it, I have personally led projects as a project manager for various clients in different industries, including Mann + Hummel, GEMA, BNP Paribas Cardif, Carl Zeiss, Bionexx, Mercedes Benz i.O., Mercedes Benz.

Jan 2018 - Present

7 years 11 months

Germany

Senior Consultant / Senior Project Manager / PMO

GEMA

Active in project and portfolio management (including setting up and running a PMO for the project portfolio, M&A projects, joint ventures, receivables management, organizational restructuring…)

Feb 2016 - Feb 2018

2 years 1 month

Stuttgart, Germany

Senior Program PMO / Senior Consultant

Daimler AG

Established and operated a program office for an international after-sales program (processes, methods and structures) → The program was rolled out in over 15 markets worldwide during my tenure
Portfolio PMO: set up a business area portfolio management (>25 projects)

Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

5 months

Munich, Germany

Senior Consultant

BMW Motorrad

Senior Consultant in an international strategy project
Supported the project team in creating specialist concepts to optimize global financial processes

Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

1 year

Munich, Germany

Senior Program PMO / Senior Consultant

BMW AG

Senior PMO / Team lead in a large quality program
Operation and further development of the PMO
Over more than ten years, over 100 projects were managed within 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), which was responsible for providing software for control units in Mercedes-Benz vehicles

Apr 2013 - Feb 2014

11 months

Stuttgart, Germany

PMO / Consultant

Daimler Mobility Services GmbH - Park2gether

Set up and operated the PMO (processes, methods, structures) for the startup Park2gether (parking sharing platform; iOS app and website)
Rollout management: design, organization, and execution of the 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

Worked on product planning and product development for the startup moovel
Product Owner Support – agile software development using Scrum

Summary

Result- and solution-oriented project, program, and portfolio management expert and manager. I offer solutions for your project management challenges. We discuss your issues and together determine the best strategic and operational solutions to achieve your target vision. Agile, hybrid or traditional approach. Pragmatic instead of dogmatic. Your added value always in focus.