Description

Senior IT Project Manager with 7+ years owning end-to-end delivery in enterprise environments, backed by 20+

years in IT across banking, energy/utilities, automotive and large-scale digital platforms. Lead multi-team

initiatives in Agile/SAFe and hybrid models, managing scope, risk, dependencies, and governance reporting in

regulated contexts. Technical background enables credible execution with engineering teams and strong risk

control with senior stakeholders. Recent work includes fixed-term client engagements, with transitions driven by

planned contract or project completion.

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
German
Basic
Portuguese
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Lisbon (up to 50km)

Accenture
Project Manager
August 2020 - December 2021 (1 year and 4 months)
Lisbon, Portugal
For Caceis Bank banking application leading 14 people in a rebalancing portfolio investment solution.
BPI (Agile/Mobile Banking)
Release Manager
January 2020 - Today (6 years and 6 months)
Lisbon, Portugal
• • Lead release governance for a regulated mobile banking platform, coordinating 25 engineers and QA specialists across sprint execution, release readiness, deployment planning, and production delivery controls.
• • Convert business and product requirements into delivery-ready execution plans, breaking down user stories into actionable technical tasks with estimates, ownership, dependencies, and acceptance expectations.
• • Own sprint and release execution visibility through Agile board governance, burndown tracking, KPI/SLA/OKR monitoring, blocker management, and structured reporting.
• • Manage end-to-end release planning across deliverables, sprints, and deployment windows, ensuring alignment between roadmap commitments, engineering capacity, QA readiness, and critical banking release dates.
• • Coordinate daily delivery with Delivery Managers, Engineering, QA, and DevOps teams, proactively resolving dependencies, risks, and blockers that could impact release scope or timelines.
• • Govern release readiness through Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, go/no-go controls, deployment checklists, release documentation, and AgileWorks compliance artefacts.
• • Facilitate Agile ceremonies and delivery routines, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and dependency syncs.
• • Maintain technical and delivery documentation covering specifications, planning decisions, sprint commitments, story point estimates, release evidence, and operational handover materials.
Volkswagen
PO (Agile/SAFe & hybrid)
February 2023 - July 2025 (2 years and 5 months)
Lisbon, Portugal
• • Owned end-to-end delivery across multiple fixed-term engagements, controlling scope, risk, dependencies, and stakeholder alignment in regulated environments.
• • Led PI Planning, sprint ceremonies, and cross-team dependency management to reduce bottlenecks and improve predictability.
• • Owned and prioritised backlogs in Azure DevOps / Jira, balancing business value, operational risk, and team capacity.
• • Built delivery transparency through dashboards, sprint reviews, and executive reporting (Confluence, Azure DevOps).
• • Stabilised operational flow via structured daily coordination, clear ownership, and performance tracking.
• • Introduced onboarding guides and a knowledge base to reduce recurring support requests and improve team efficiency.
• • Coordinated QA delivery initiatives, including maturity models and quality dashboards, improving defect detection earlier in the cycle.