Stefan Wälde

Angestellt, Head of Business Development B2B Payments (Director Center of Excellence B2B), AirPlus International GmbH (since 08/2024 part of SEB Group)
Neu-Isenburg, Deutschland

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Agile Product Management
Design Thinking
Digital Payments
Commercial Payments
Product Management
Credit Card Business
E-Commerce / E-Payment / M-Payment
Payment Expertise
B2B Payment
Agile Program / Project Management
Procure to Pay
Order to cash
Agile leadership
Analytisches Denken
Lernbereitschaft
Soziale Kompetenz
Konfliktmanagement
Führung
Interkulturelle Kompetenz
Financial Supply Chain

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Stefan Wälde

  • Bis heute 4 Jahre und 1 Monat, seit Juli 2021

    Head of Business Development B2B Payments (Director Center of Excellence B2B)

    AirPlus International GmbH (since 08/2024 part of SEB Group)

    Heading a newly established Center of Excellence designed to drive go-to-market and business development of a new digital payment solution, globally. Managing a matrix organization including Product Management, Marketing, Partner Management in parallel. A solution beneficial to corporates seeking for efficiency in procure-to-pay, order-to-cash and cash flow management.

  • 3 Jahre und 10 Monate, Okt. 2017 - Juli 2021

    Director Products & Innovation Management

    Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH

    Leadership role implementing Agile Product Management for the entire product suite (payment & digital services) framing product vision and implementing - Product Strategy & Business Management - Product Portfolio Management - Product Innovation Management (lean startup methodology, design thinking)

  • 2 Jahre und 3 Monate, März 2019 - Mai 2021

    Release Train Engineer (RTE / SAFe) / Workstream Lead (Business Transformation)

    Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH

    This agile leadership role was about managing a work stream (Agile Release Train /ART / SAFe) consisting of several scrum teams in the context of a digital transformation program. Driving development of a transactional processing platform. #RTE #SAFe #agile

  • 3 Jahre und 2 Monate, Aug. 2014 - Sep. 2017

    Program Director / Leading Expert

    Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH

    Program lead in implememtation of a new payment transaction platform and roll-out of new commercial card program in selected European countries. Lead on various strategic projects covering regulation, implementation and roll-out of a new payment product across Europe. Project lead of a business unit transformation.

  • 2009 - 2014

    Director Product Management - Digital Products & Services

    Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH

    - Head of Product Management & Strategy of digital product portfolio (customer portal, online data analytics, data exchange) related to payment products. - Driving innovations in the sphere of predictive analytics

  • 8 Jahre und 4 Monate, Okt. 2000 - 2009

    Director - Sales & Product Development (billinx)

    Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH (billinx)

    Leadership role in business development of a purchasing card solution and the setup of an 'Incubator' - Business Development & Key Account Management - Setup of an incubator under the brand "billinx" - Implementation and launch of a new product/service for digitalisation of the financial supply chain (primarely e-invoicing and payment) - In addition to the leadership role; Project Lead for the setup of a new toll payment system based on a commercial card solution

  • Vertriebsleitung / Head of Sales

    Procontac Digitalservice GmbH

    - Business Development - Key Account Management

  • Consultant

    Hochtief Software GmbH

    - Application consulting on CAD (AutoCAD) and CAFM (SAP Application) - Sales Manager

  • Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate

    Universität Karlruhe

    - Research and numerical analysis of historical building materials behaviour - Lectures and education of students

Ausbildung von Stefan Wälde

  • 1 Monat, Nov. 2013 - Nov. 2013

    Business Marketing

    Columbia Business School

  • 3 Jahre und 7 Monate, Apr. 1996 - Okt. 1999

    Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen

    FernUniversität Hagen / Distance Teaching School

    Professional development in business administration, economics and legal sciences

  • 6 Jahre, Okt. 1990 - Sep. 1996

    Ingenieurwissenschaften

    Universität Karlsruhe (TH)

    - Numerical analysis of historical building materials - Structural Engineering

Sprachen

  • Deutsch

    Muttersprache

  • Englisch

    Fließend

  • Französisch

    Grundlagen

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