Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Senior Delivery & Transformation Advisor with over 15 years of experience in complex IT, transformation, and delivery environments within enterprise, finance, and insurance organizations.

I support companies in building scalable delivery structures, governance models, and high-performing teams, as well as bringing transparency, stability, and clear control to complex organizations and programs.

My focus is less on classic project management and more on the structural and organizational enablement side of delivery and transformation projects – especially where growth, high complexity, lack of transparency, or inefficient processes present challenges.

Typical areas of my support include:

Building and developing PMO and governance structures
Delivery and transformation consulting
Organizational and team enablement
Building scalable control and reporting structures
Executive and stakeholder alignment
Risk, escalation, and dependency management
Stabilizing complex delivery environments
Cutover and go-live readiness reviews
Process optimization and operational excellence
Project portfolio setup and optimization

I combine strategic thinking with pragmatic execution, helping organizations build clarity, structure, and sustainable delivery capabilities.

I am particularly valued for my ability to quickly analyze complex situations, identify structural weaknesses, and establish pragmatic solutions that sustainably improve transparency, alignment, and execution speed.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

x1F GmbH (ehem. IKOR GmbH)
Manager & Team Lead
December 2022 - Today (3 years and 8 months)
Responsible for the successful end-to-end delivery of complex IT transformation programs in regulated banking and insurance environments. Setup and management of reporting, testing, and governance structures at the program level, as well as taking over central escalation and contract responsibilities, including within an M&A project.
Led and scaled the project organization (PMOs, project/program managers) from 6 to up to 14 employees, including establishing agile roles and introducing PM standards – including successful transition into growing and new organizations (from 250 to 1,300 employees). Built a strategic AI partnership with Parloa, including the implementation of initial AI-based use cases and integration into internal products. Developed internal process optimizations and organizational units to ensure KPIs and formal processes.
Riverty (ehem. Arvato Financial Solutions)
Head of Strategic Projects/Center of Excellence Operations
DIGITAL AND IT
May 2015 - November 2022 (7 years and 6 months)
Responsible for the setup and management of a holistic project portfolio management for effective prioritization and implementation of cross-functional initiatives, leading to a reduction in SAP development times from 6 to 3 months.

Repeatedly built and led high-performing PMO and project management organizations with a clear delivery focus at the interface between product development and sales, including transition into growing organizations during mergers (from 250 to up to 7,000 employees).

Implemented and scaled OKR-based control processes, including tooling and enablement, to improve collaboration among approximately 7,000 employees.

End-to-end delivery of strategic initiatives in the areas of automation, process digitalization, and ERP-related finance transformation (including payment platforms, digital payment methods, risk scoring, setup of security support team, SAP Accounting & Travel Management).
CORE SE
Consultant IT Transformation
October 2013 - April 2015 (1 year and 6 months)
Co-responsible for the structured implementation of complex IT and transformation programs in the banking and insurance sector. Setup and implementation of standardized project and program management structures, as well as establishment of program PMOs for effective control of SaaS and IT transformation initiatives. Sub-project management of regulatory IT projects with high functional and technical complexity. Implementation and operational control of change and enablement processes for sustainable support of digital transformations. Broad experience in transformation PMOs at the interface of regulation, SaaS, and IT. Analysis and participation in the optimization of IT strategies and system architectures.