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Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

General ManagerSite Manager

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Responsibilities:- Site Management (Warsaw) - 100+ employees (2022)- Line Management- Data Processing&AI Team Line Management - Account Management (gaming industry)

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Industries: Software Development/ IT Services/Consulting Finance PharmaceuticalsRoles: Account Director Technical Director (IT Strategy, Solutions, Competency Development) Competence Centres Management / Organisation / Growth Partnership Management (Technology) Operations (defining and improving internal operations processes) Teams Leading, Coaching, Building Career Development/Line Management Business Transformation Agent (ISO standards adoption)

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

(intive as in INnovaTIVE)Industry: . Software Development/ IT Services/ConsultingIndustrial Business Line:. Manufacturing/Production. Chemistry/Pharmaceuticals. Transportation (sea, air, land). Mapping/LogisticsResponsibility: . Business Line definition and development. Strategic Management. Supporting Sales Process (Offering, Client Strategy, Account Management). Project Portfolio Delivery. Supervision and final Accountability for Scope, Time, Budget, Quality. Leading a Team of Project Managers (Coaching&Managing). Career Development/Line Management (team of up to 10 people). Site Management (Warsaw office)

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

(intive as in INnovaTIVE)Industry: . Software Development. IT Services. ConsultingResponsibility: . Project Portfolio Delivery. Project(s) Delivery . Leading a Team of Project Managers (Coaching&Managing). Leading a Team of Technical Experts. Defining, Managing and Supervising of Scope, Time, Budget, Quality. Defining and Offering Maintenance&Support services. Supporting Sales Process (Offering, Building Client Strategy, Account Management). Recruitment (profile definition, strategy) . Career Development/Line Management (team of up to 100 people)

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

(former ING UF)Company Project Portfolio* Definition and management of overall portfolio, priorities, dependencies, budget* Alignment with the organisation strategy* Focus on bringing value to the organisation* Yearly budget managed >10 mln PLNPMO Management* Defining a vision and the role for a modern PMO in the organisation* Enforcing the role of Business Architecture and moving towards corporate architecture* Supervising projects delivery* Defined in the Operations and IT Area* Reporting to the Board* Managing a team of 20+ (Project Managers and Business Architects/Analysts)* Recruiting new members and working with external help (contractors)IT Release Management* Redefining the model of internal IT releases' definition and delivery* Paving the way for further changes with introduction of SCRUM as the delivery method Defining standards* Project Life Cycle * Projects in the new model (in the new releases model)* PMO Manual and related templates

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Strategic Project Portfolio Management * Definition and regular update of goals, priorities, dependencies, value…* Portfolio Budget Management – yearly budget of up to 10 mln PLN* Projects of various shapes and sizes – HR, Product, IT, Sales, Operations, Customer Service* Coordination and follow up of many initiatives across the whole organisation* Optimisation and transformation of many aspects of the portfolio management* Projects teams staffing strategy (internal resources v. external help) definition* Reporting to the Board* Escalation point to all projects* Member of all Steering Committees* Focus on bringing value to the organisationPMO Management* Managing a team of 5-10 members (6-8 as full time PMO members)* Team building (based on common goals, solving common problems, finding strength in members to contribute and focus on what can be done best)* Support in members professional development (based on Gallup Strengths tests results)* Setting goals and following up throughout the year* Recruiting new members and working with external help (contractors)Defining standards* PM Handbook definition and regular updates* Enforcing methodology to the organisation in several ways (training sessions, tailored documents, internal broadcast)* Together with the IT department and the Analysts, definition and successful implementation of the Agile Scrum methodology in software development (including external suppliers)* Owner of the Project in AXA module in AXA Talents programme for selected high performing employees (definition of a project and its successful acceptance for implementation at the end of the programme by the CEOs of companies involved)

Warsaw, Poland / Bucharest, Romania

Communications Global Business Unit (CGBU)Responsibility: * Projects supervision, management, delivery, staffing and financial aspects of projects delivered in Eastern Europe - from organisation, planning, staffing, working with customers, negotiations, to legal aspects, invoicing, dues collections and internal reporting * Managing and supervising a portfolio of projects of different sizes (from thousands to millions of USD budget) * Directly managing implementation projects (up to several million USD budget and a team of up to 35 people, stretched over app. 24 months) * Involvement in the sales process (planning, estimating, budgeting, contractual aspects) * Creating a new Unit in another EU country from scratch (Near Shore Centre) – working with recruiters, recruiting, training and placing new team members on projects all over Europe and beyond – responsibility for the budget and reaching objectives of the new unit.

Warsaw, Poland / Munich, Germany

* Projects supervision, management, delivery, staffing and financial aspects of projects delivered in EMEA - from organisation, planning, staffing, working with customers, negotiations, to legal aspects, invoicing, dues collections and reporting* Project portfolio management and supervision - different sizes (from thousands to millions of USD budget) and geographical locations* Project management of software implementation projects (budget of up to several millions USD budget and a team of up to 35 people, stretched over app. 24 months)* Involvement in the sales process (planning, estimating, budgeting, contractual aspects)* Line Management of teams (starting with recruitment and team building to all later stages of a team life cycle) in project oriented organisations.* Office Management – leading/supervising transition of the office from Germany to Poland, acting as Office Manager in the Polish office (in front of authorities and contractors)

Paris, France

Lisbon, Portugal

Former AMS

Kujawy, Poland

Departments of Economics and IT

Gdansk, Poland

Department of Optoelectronics

Postgraduate Degree, Visual Data Analytics, A

SQL, Python, MS PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, AI/ML, Data Story Telling

Mba, General Management

Programme COPERNIC, Paris, France Master of Business (MBA) - General Management, September 1998 - Held by: Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees de.

M.Sc., Computer Science

. Grade "A" . “Primus Inter Pares” Bronze Prize (= Honors)

Postgraduate Degree, Project Management

• Following the PMI (Project Management Institute) standards. • Graded “A”

Postgraduate Degree, Pedagogy/Psychology

• Graded “A”

Baccalaureate, Mathematics And Physics Profile

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