André Schmitz Email and Phone Number

*Accomplished Senior People Manager with a passion for driving excellence in Machine Translation/AI within the dynamic landscape of a SaaS scale-up.*Spearheaded the successful transformation of the department in alignment with the new AI/product strategy, including new team topologies.*Lead and inspire two engineering teams, fostering a collaborative environment that enables the ability to react in complex environments and fosters personal growth.*"Lead with context, not… Show more *Accomplished Senior People Manager with a passion for driving excellence in Machine Translation/AI within the dynamic landscape of a SaaS scale-up.*Spearheaded the successful transformation of the department in alignment with the new AI/product strategy, including new team topologies.*Lead and inspire two engineering teams, fostering a collaborative environment that enables the ability to react in complex environments and fosters personal growth.*"Lead with context, not control."*Coaching (also Mentoring and Training) to build up the skill base to run a successful Product Operating Model.*Evangelist for a state-of-the-art Product Operating Model.*Internal and external staffing.*Driver of the People Lead role inside the organization.*ChatGPT Champion to accelerate the usage of AI tools inside the company. Show less

o Disciplinary responsibility for around 30 Developer, QAs and Agile Coacheso Part of a shared leadership team together with Tech Leads, Agile Coaches and the Director, together we manage the next big thing in the companyo Recruiting, retention management, driver of people-related innovations

o Producing including agile methodologieso Quality assurance in gameso Coaching for project managerso Coaching for final thesis o Game developmento Board game workshopo Product management

Agile Coach in an E-Commerce setting:o Internal Coach for Agile Masters and more or less classic line managemento Setting up new Scrum / Kanban teamso Providing data to my organisation (making the soft facts visible)o JUDGE Trainer (consent driven decision framework)o Part of the Otto group culture change program o Organizational developer and System Thinker:-> Creating the structure for the AWS Cloud Center during Cloud Migration-> New team role:… Show more Agile Coach in an E-Commerce setting:o Internal Coach for Agile Masters and more or less classic line managemento Setting up new Scrum / Kanban teamso Providing data to my organisation (making the soft facts visible)o JUDGE Trainer (consent driven decision framework)o Part of the Otto group culture change program o Organizational developer and System Thinker:-> Creating the structure for the AWS Cloud Center during Cloud Migration-> New team role: Technical Driver-> Supporting the growing OKR movement-> Remote / Mobile Work Champion Show less

o Change Manager for the agile transformation on company levelo Ensuring the Scrum Team achieves the release goals and velocity within the agile frameworko Responsible for identifying and resolving impediments in the development processo Responsible for ensuring agile processes, events and artifacts o Establishing a strong mentoring and coaching relationship on three levels: team, organization and the whole companyo Bringing the Scrum values to life: commitment, courage… Show more o Change Manager for the agile transformation on company levelo Ensuring the Scrum Team achieves the release goals and velocity within the agile frameworko Responsible for identifying and resolving impediments in the development processo Responsible for ensuring agile processes, events and artifacts o Establishing a strong mentoring and coaching relationship on three levels: team, organization and the whole companyo Bringing the Scrum values to life: commitment, courage, focus, openness and respecto Applying Gamification techniques within the agile transformation process Show less

o Head of Gamification o Execution of the roles Product Owner or Scrum Master in different projectso Applying the agile methodology inside the development processo Development and consulting of / for serious games, news games and gamificationo Development for PC, iOS, Android devices o Acquisition of customers for contract work including legal negotiationso Resource and budget planningo Self-publishing of self-developed serious games including community… Show more o Head of Gamification o Execution of the roles Product Owner or Scrum Master in different projectso Applying the agile methodology inside the development processo Development and consulting of / for serious games, news games and gamificationo Development for PC, iOS, Android devices o Acquisition of customers for contract work including legal negotiationso Resource and budget planningo Self-publishing of self-developed serious games including community managemento Recruiting of employees and freelancer including onboardingo Business development especially set-up of research partnerships Show less

o Management of a 4 million EURO games projecto Agile transformation on organizational levelo Role of the Product Owner and during training role as Scrum Mastero Developing for PC, Xbox360 and PlayStation 3o Implementation of an agile development environment o Management Coachingo Recruiting and university marketingo Cooperation with universities o Representation of the company at trade shows and press events

o Project planning and controllingo Begin of my agile journeyo Organizational development primarily for Game Design and Quality Assuranceo Recruiting (around 1.000 applications)o Management coaching