Rudi Pletes

Skills: Professional Skills · Stakeholder Engagement · Project Teams · Methodology · Communication · Subject Matter Experts · Vendor Management · Problem Solving · Budgeting · Project Leadership · Presentations · Automotive · Project Metrics · Interpersonal Skills · Business Strategy · Teamwork · Passionate about Work · Relationship Development · Team Management · IT Projects · Computer Science · Performance Motivation · Strategic Thinking · Leadership · Project Management Office (PMO) · Stakeholder Management · Organization Skills

- lead 15 FTE project managers in matrix organization, - act as a Project Management Office (PMO) for software projects, - support organization of 150FTE's delivering custom-made software solutions for external customers, - recruit, hire, evaluate, develop, and engage high performing project managers, - conduct regular 1:1's and team & performance meetings, skip-level meetings, and team building activities, organize training and education for PM's etc., - control project finances (regular plan and review of project cost/revenue/gross margin and variance), - lead, create strategy, develop plans, communicate plans across the company, - cooperate with customers, executive management, sales, functional management (development, business analysis, testing), controlling and HR, - plan the need for external staff within business unit, - design contractual obligations with customers and vendors, - support invoicing, purchase orders, contract management etc., - drive changes/initiatives within the organization.

– leading multiple large-scale, custom-made software projects, – using PMP framework for managing overall project deliverables and Agile (Scrum/Kanban) working principles for organizing development teams and their work, – while serving teams, actively acting within Program Manager, Scrum Master and Product Owner role, – utilize empathy and knowledge of personality types; influence stakeholder’s expectations, – taking care of contractual obligations, organizational aspect, working norms and people's personal needs, – coordinating different development teams in order to support customer’s specific business goals, – introducing JIRA system and implementing working processes and metrics for multiple development teams, – performance improvement, – developing strong relationships and build trust internally and externally with stakeholders of diverse personalities, – mentoring and coaching, – influencing and negotiating in an environment where this role may not directly control resources, – experience and ability in accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues, – invoicing, cost and revenue planning, management reporting, managing subcontractors etc.

– leading different agile project teams using Scrum/Kanban/XP practices, – forming/introducing new development teams, – prioritizing product backlog, – coordination of working activities between different development teams and other stakeholders, – optimizing working processes, – analyze and improve development team and individual’s efficiency, overall satisfaction, motivation, need for education, etc., – taking care of team member's professional path (together with Functional Manager, Project Manager, Technical Lead, Scrum Master and team member), – engaged in planning team resources in order to deliver service/product according to the project plan, – introducing new team members (tracking and evaluating new team member's skills and team adoption), – mentoring and coaching new team members, product owners, scrum master, project managers, – moderate regular internal and external workshops and meetings, – help solving critical internal and external communication barriers, – planning vacations; organizing overtime working environment, ... – organizing team buildings and other social activities in order make development teams grow faster, planning, dashboard analysis, regular and ad-hoc reporting.