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Industry Work

Before returning fully to academia, I worked across innovation management, technical project management, Scrum, digital platforms, and payment innovation.

2016 - 2018

Project Manager / Head of IT & Directory

PANDA GmbH / Odense, Denmark; Lisbon, Portugal; Berlin, Germany

  • Managed PANDA Women Leadership contests and associated event operations
  • Digitized voting processes for leadership contests
  • Researched and evaluated technology providers for the PANDA Directory platform
  • Designed and implemented a digital community platform
  • Restructured sales processes through CRM integration
  • Redesigned and maintained WordPress-based websites

Work projects

PANDA Directory PANDA Events

2015 - 2016

Project Manager Digital Innovation

Wall GmbH / Berlin, Germany

  • Managed innovation and digitization projects related to urban infrastructure
  • Built partnerships with terminal providers, payment providers, technology suppliers, and agencies
  • Designed digital services related to public city infrastructure
  • Supported tender preparation processes with public-sector stakeholders

2014 - 2015

Project Manager

Inventorum GmbH / Berlin, Germany

  • Coordinated communication between product management and development teams using SCRUM processes
  • Improved the internal CRM system
  • Established a customer-facing knowledge base
  • Supported customer service and marketing activities

2012 - 2014

Innovation Development Specialist

PayPal GmbH / Kleinmachnow, Germany

  • Managed innovative omnichannel payment and retail projects
  • Developed partnerships with POS providers, app developers, and technology suppliers
  • Planned and supported market launches and associated marketing strategies
  • Coordinated product development with external technology partners
  • Developed scaling strategies for market-ready products and partnerships

Work projects

PayPal QRShopping eBay Kaufraum Mobile Payment CH

Freelance

Early Career

2011 - 2012

Mobile Payments & Innovation

PayPal GmbH

Mobile and server applications / Pilot projects and innovation initiatives / Marketing campaigns / Product testing and installations / Internal project coordination

2011

Online Marketing

FU International Academy Tenerife

Google Ads campaigns / SEO and content management / Social media marketing / Website development

2010

Digital Commerce

MTV Networks Germany

Product and partner management / Commercialization and quality assurance / Mobile website maintenance / Reporting and analytics

2009

Public Relations & Online Marketing

Tamundo GmbH

Press communication / Social media campaigns / Partner acquisition / Blog and online marketing

Technical Experiences

microsoft work suitemicrosoft wordmicrosoft excelmicrosoft powerpointapple work suiteapple pagesapple numbersapple keynotegoogle work suitegoogle docsgoogle sheetsgoogle slidestrelloasanamicrosoft plannerjoomlawordpressconfluencesalesforcezohohubspotjirabitbuckethp application lifecycle managementibm rational changephotoshopillustratorindesigncanvachatgptclaudecodexgithub copilot

Certificates

05/2020

SAFe Advanced Scrum Master

09/2018

Scrum Master

01/2016

TOEFL iBT, Score 110

04/2015

Project Management

01/2015

Innovation & Solution Skills

Languages

C2

German

C1

English

B1

Spanish / Danish / French