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Description

I help organizations sustainably establish agile ways of working, from SAFe implementation to targeted team development.

As an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, and certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), I support companies in introducing and further developing agile structures. with a focus on scaled product development, agile portfolio management, and change processes in regulated environments.

I support insurance companies, banks, automotive corporations, and industrial companies in:

building agile teams, roles, and events
anchoring agile values and mindset
making dependencies and flow in the system visible
effectively using agile metrics (e.g., Flow Metrics, PI Predictability)
empowering managers for the agile role

Project types:

Agile Transformation, SAFe Implementation, Scrum Coaching, Change Management, Training & Certifications (e.g., Leading SAFe), Agile Process Consulting, Implementation of Agile Metrics & Governance, Coaching of Product Owners, Scrum Masters, RTEs, and Teams.

My clients include Volkswagen AG, CARIAD SE, Signal Iduna, CTS Eventim, and medium-sized industrial companies, among others. I am familiar with both classic project structures and the requirements of agile organizational development, also from my own management experience in startups and the insurance sector.

What sets me apart: I combine methodological competence with entrepreneurial thinking and systemic coaching. As a former bank clerk, project manager, and eBusiness consultant, I know that change must not only work but also pay off – for teams, management, and business.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
French
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Hamburg (up to 50km), Berlin (up to 10km), Hannover (up to 50km), Wolfsburg (up to 50km)

Marc Thiel Consulting
Freelance Agile Coach & SAFe 5.0 Program Consultant (SPC)
April 2013 - Today (13 years and 2 months)
Hamburg, Germany
Agile Project Manager at Otto GmbH & Co. KG
SAFe 5 SPC & Agile Coach at CARIAD SE
SAFe 5 SPC & Agile Coach at CARMEQ GmbH
Release Train Engineer (RTE) at Signal Iduna Group
Agile Coach at Signal Iduna Group
Agile Transformation Coach SAFe at Volkswagen AG
eBusiness Strategy Consultant at ROTHENBERGER Werkzeuge
Agile Project Manager eCommerce at CTS EVENTIM AG
eCommerce Consultant at fischer Deutschland
Otto GmbH & Co. KG
Agile Project Manager Otto
E-COMMERCE
December 2023 - March 2024 (3 months)
Hamburg, Germany
The expansion and further development of the customer loyalty program Otto UP is to be coordinated and driven forward on an interim basis by an external agile project manager. The role of the agile project manager completes the key roles triad, consisting of Business Owner and Tech Lead. The goal is to bring together the teams on the requirements side in Hamburg and the development side in Barcelona to improve agile work according to SCRUM and to increase the attractiveness of the customer loyalty program in a results-oriented manner. Resources must be secured from the board. Tools: Jira & Confluence, Miro,
Structuring and updating the roadmap and milestones
Establishing a collaboration model, meeting routines & artifacts
Preparation and support of the Product Increment Planning (PI)
Preparation and execution of Iteration Planning, Retro & Review
Conveying agile values & artifacts
Moderation & mediation between management of the business units and the triad
Agile Coach Project Management Scrum Agile Project Management
CARIAD
SAFe 5.0 Program Consultant (SPC) & Agile Coach
AUTOMOBILE
September 2020 - June 2023 (2 years and 9 months)
Ingolstadt, Germany
As part of the founding of the software & eMobility company Cariad SE of Volkswagen AG, SAFe Program Consultants (SPC) are to support the introduction of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). The implementation is to be carried out across all software development and organizational areas based on the SAFe Implementation Roadmap.
Implementation of the SAFe Framework (Value Stream, Agile Release Train & Solution Identification)
Support & consulting for the redesign of the organizational structure
Training of positions at Solution & Program level (Solution Management, Product Management, System Architect)
Establishment of a collaboration model, meeting routines & artifacts
Workshops and SAFe certification training (Leading SAFe, Team Enablement & SAFe PO / PM)
Coaching of Solution Management, Product Management & Solution Train Engineer in agile methods (SAFe & SCRUM)
Preparation, execution and support of Product Increment Planning (PI)
Support in defining Epics, Capabilities and Features
Conveying agile values & artifacts

"Great consultant, trainer, and SAFe expert! Marc coached me in my new role as Product Manager and led workshops with me to bring several teams together into an Agile Release Train. I also attended one of Marc's Leading SAFe training sessions. Thanks to Marc, I now know what agile working and thinking really mean!" -Martin Porsche, Product Manager, Function-on-Demand – CARIAD SE
Agile Coach SAFe SAFe® SAFe Program Consultant Scrum Agile Transformation Agile Leadership Agile Coaching