Ivan Petkovic

- Challenge: opaque product and project portfolio and long feedback loops Action: built Jira/GitHub-based product development performance metrics and engineering investment profile in Metabase Result: transparency enabled multiple data-informed reallocations - Instituted quarterly product portfolio review with clear cost-benefit analysis - Introduced monthly flow metrics used in executive forums to shape the developer experience - Piloting generative AI introduction to workflows and AI community of practice

- Designed 3-6 month coaching program for product and engineering leaders; improved org design and decision cadence. - Helped organisations and individuals to introduce and tailor best Gen. AI workflows - Ran conflict and feedback trainings for teams and leaders - Facilitated strategy→execution offsites and trainings within Europe, USA and SE Asia. - Usual topics: (AI) change management, people development, organisational setup, developer experience, cross-functional leadership and personal development

- Ran department-level Agile operations with product/engineering directors; stabilized throughput across 15 teams; improved on-time delivery and transparency. - Near-shoring initiative to Porto; ramped 10 engineering teams in 11 months - Created role definitions for Agile Coach and Technical Program Manager; reduced role ambiguity

- Led OKR rollout across 3 units (13 product teams); increased objective completion - People manager and mentor for junior agile coaches - Managed conflicts among various parts of the organisation - Built and developed (remote) software teams in Hamburg and Porto

- Implemented Agile frameworks tailored per team - Conducted Agile training sessions and workshops to up-skill teams - Mentored and coached individual team members

- Relaunched lebenslauf.com; drove 12% growth in XING registrations; integrated acquired product; built 5-person team. - Managed partnerships to expand XING member base; added 22 active partners.

- Responsible for business innovations (from conception and market analysis to implementation steering) of technology projects (e.g. introduction of FTTH) - Startup recruiting and incubation with Deutsche Telekom’s incubator hub:raum

Managing and coordinating technical data centre HW & SW projects with international partners (Ericsson, Huawei, DT)

- Head of Organised Play marketing unit - Organising promotional events throughout the country while leading a team of 10 event organisers