At Ippen Digital, our team is at the forefront of digital journalism, engaging over 35 million users monthly across 80+ news portals e.g. Frankfurter Rundschau, Merkur, Hallo Eltern or Ingame. My role as Director of Platform & Data revolves around leveraging strategic and operational management to handle vast data volumes and reinforce our digital architecture. With a focus on agile leadership, we champion scalable processes that bolster efficiency and market competitiveness.factsEvery second online user in Germany is engaged with one of our +80 News and Special Interest Portals, +2000 News Stories Daily, +35M User per Month, +600M Page Views per Month, +80 Digital Workforce, biggest App + Web Platform in Germany for Journalism, +x PB data in use, +15M Social Fans

Accountability for B2C Channels incl roadmap and retail execution. Disciplinary and organisational leadership of the department with several cross-functional and international development teams.Devising, coordinating and implementing new projects and digitisation concepts within the entire process chain, with main focus on scaled agile work (Spotify / self-managed E2E responsible teams) and customer journey driven KPIs.

Disciplinary and organisational leadership of the department Digital Development Shared Services with several cross-functional and international development teams. Full responsibility for the product portfolio with 12 applications.Devising, coordinating and implementing company-wide new projects and digitisation concepts within the entire process chain. Development of knowledge and methodological competencies and application of agile (scaled) methods.

Defined, specified and set up the digital unit as an independent business unit within the corporation. Full responsibility for the (B2B2C) digital product portfolio including profit/loss. Assigned the role of Lead Product Owner. Disciplinary and organisational management and supervision of several cross-functional development teams, including PM, Dev, UI/UX, customer care, legal, freelancers and agencies. Devising, coordinating and implementing new projects and digitisation concepts within the entire process chain from industry to end consumer (B2B2B2C). Development of all relevant processes: marketing, sales, onboarding, training, support and customer success. Introduction of Scrum, Design Thinking, MVP and other agile tools. Emphasis on regulation, oligopoly and cooperative law. Responsible for conducting financing discussions. Development of knowledge and methodological competencies and application of agile methods. Training and coaching in agile methods and instruments such as Kanban, OKR in management, Scrum, DT and DS within the corporation.

Defined, specified, implemented and supported numerous software development projects/product developments. Disciplinary and organisational management of several cross-functional and international development teams. Assigned the role of Lead Product Owner. Organised and participated in tenders and financing rounds. Internationalisation and marketing of products and services. Responsible for budgets, personnel and resource scheduling. Appeared as a speaker at numerous events and trained employees and customers (agile methods). Reported directly to the board and management.SocialCom® Responsibility as Lead Product Owner and founder of SocialCom®, a B2B2C platform with a focus on connecting social networks and messengers. The software was distributed as a SaaS model and also partly integrated into contact centre software such as Interactive Intelligence/Genesys. Development, financing, management and internationalisation of the software. Acquisition of well-known, national and international customers. Development of international markets and adaptation of the software. Technical and disciplinary management of the agile, nearshore, cross-functional SCRUM teams behind the SocialCom® product landscape.