Delivery Manager/ Project Manager

12/2020 – offen

Act as a Project Manager and Delivery Manager in the relationship with the client and as People Manager for Scrum team members (e.g. role in annual performance evaluation)
* Direct point of contact for the client and active role in stakeholder management in relation to the client organization
* Manage and optimize the Scrum processes (ways of working, ceremonies, process discipline, etc)
* Act as a Career Coach for colleagues in the Project Management discipline
* Support the client organization product owners to keep a clear focus on what is achievable and what is not, facilitate prioritization calls and assist in refinement and grooming of the backlog.
* Actively involved in risk identification and management (mitigation, escalation, trigger decisions needed, etc)
* Manage and monitor team performance, involvement and motivation.
* Nurture a “one team” sense inside project teams (including the client organization)
* Actively involved alongside sales teams to develop highly accurate proposals that lead into actual contracts for the company, then tracking and managing cost to ensure successful project delivery
Key Achievements:
* Get back on track a fix price project where the slippage was pretty big (more than 30%), by creating precise roadmap, estimation drilldown and reprioritization with our internal team and the client organization

Projektmanagement - Vertragsmanagement, Projektmanagement (IT), Scrum

12/2018 – 12/2019

Responsibilities:
* Involved in client engagement activities (payments and media industries), feedback collection and distribution as well as initiating change as a result of our client’s needs and feedback
* Manage and optimize the Scrum processes (ways of working, ceremonies, process discipline, etc)
* Support the client organization product owners to keep a clear focus on what is achievable and what is not, facilitate prioritization calls and assist in refinement and grooming of the backlog
* Actively involved in risk identification and management (mitigation, escalation, trigger decisions needed, etc)
* Manage and monitor team performance, involvement and motivation
* Nurture a “one team” sense inside project teams (including the client organization)
* Act as a People Manager for Scrum team members (e.g. role in annual performance evaluation)
Key Achievements:
* Streamline the Scrum process across delivery teams from Bucharest
* Optimize the delivery flow and delivery commitment by reducing the overall ticket roll overs
* Increased the stakeholder engagement by offering new means to enhance the overall visibility on target dates, resource availability and project commitments (an average of +35% better project delivery)
Technology Stack and Tools:
* Atlassian stack (Jira, Confluence), Google productivity stack (Doc, Sheets, Slide, Forms), MS Office, Microsoft Sharepoint, Oracle Cloud Applications for Project Management (PAS, Timesheets, team reports)

Enterprise project management (EPM), Google Cloud, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Oracle Taleo, People Soft, Scrum

2/2017 – 12/2018

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Responsibilities:
* Coaching test engineers and test leads to determine the best suited approach for their given project setups
* Key contact in Bucharest for all Test Management related aspects (tooling, processes, guidance, etc)
* Increase the visibility of the Test Management practice both locally and at group level
* Organize and staff Test Management related trainings
Key Achievements:
* Delivered more than 15 Test Management related trainings during 2017-2018 (increase of +50% vs previous year)
* Developed a comprehensive strategy for the Test Management practice in accordance with group strategic vision
* Increase adherence to Test Management community by +70%
Technology Stack and Tools:
* Atlassian Stack (Jira, Confluence), Microsoft Sharepoint
* Test management: Zephyr, Test Rail, ISTQB
* Infrastructure: AWS Cloud, on premise Linux based
* Test target: Test Link (installation and management), Open Cart (installation and management)
* Operating systems (Linux, Windows)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, Confluence, ISTQB, Testen, Test Management, Microsoft SharePoint Server, Jira, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Technisches Testdesign, Technisches Testing, Technisches Testmanagement / Testkoordination