Payments Consultant / Manager | Payments Operations

10/2022 – 6/2023

- I consulted the product teams on the marketplace payments solutions.
- I defined and designed the marketplace payments solution.
- I designed the marketplace payments and financial reporting processes.

Finanzierungsberatung, It-Beratung, Requirement Analyse

10/2022 – 1/2023

As a consultant at Dublin Airport Authority:

- I assessed the existing payments organization, solutions and operational model.
- I generated a business assessment report.
- I consulted the daa management on the future of payments and recommended changes to increase conversion and reduce costs.

Geschäftsfeldstrategie

7/2022 – 8/2022

As a project manager with one of the start-ups at Axel Springer,

- I ran the RFP process to select a Subscription and Billing Management provider.
- I drafted all the Subscription and Billing Management product requirements.
- I analysed and assessed the shortlisted providers and recommended the one to be selected.

Projektmanagement (IT)

1/2022 – 10/2022

As a consultant/interim product manager for a strategic project at Wunderman Thompson:

- I defined the payment strategy and selected the payment service provider.
- I defined and designed the payments business solution.
- I defined and designed the payments system landscape and processes.

Product Owner

9/2021 – 12/2021

As a consultant with the Mercedes pay team, I have worked on Mercedes pay's own unified payment layer that connects globally more than 300 merchants to different PSPs.

- I assessed the future landscape of Mercedes pay's unified payment layer (internal technical gateway).
- I have conducted reviews of the existing payment solutions setups and processes, and recommended improvements.
- I have revised and documented new and existing payment methods integration processes.

It-Beratung

6/2021 – 10/2021

As a marketplace payments solution consultant.

- I defined the requirements for Riverty to offer a payment and financial marketplace solution as a service and act as a PayFac.
- I assessed existing marketplace solutions like Stripe, Adyen and Payaut and defined their strengths and weaknesses.
- I consulted and advised Riverty's management based on my findings.

Produktmanagement

4/2019 – 5/2021

Team lead for Payments and SAP consultants working on implementing different systems and backoffice processes across the adidas Sales Channels.

- I contributed to the success of adidas shift's to a product-led-organisation.
- I advised the leadership team on Payments and Financial system strategies.
- I ramped up and built the team to allow a smooth migration to the SAP S4 HANA.
- I contributed to the establishment of Payments SRE teams.
- I advised the leadership team on Payments and Financial system strategies.
- I introduced the internal Payments Orchestration Layer.
- I was accountable for the success of payment projects.

Projektleitung / Teamleitung (IT)

8/2014 – 3/2019

Lead consultant and project manager for different payment initiatives in the area of eCom, retail POS and mPOS EFTs.

- I led RFPs and multimillion Euro projects for selection, integration and implementation of different payment and fraud providers (Adyen, Stripe, ACI, Feedzai, Cybersource, ACI,etc..) in the adidas landscape.
- I designed the payments and fraud end-to-end processes and integrations across channels and systems.
- I designed a fully automated settlement and financial reconciliation processes.

It-Beratung, Projektmanagement

7/2008 – 7/2014

Consultant and researcher for new Brick & Mortar stores technologies.

- I led the research and the introduction of mobile devices, mPOS, digital signage and heat map solutions in the physical stores.
- I led the introduction of a new Network concept that allows higher security and the offering of internet to the customers in the physical stores.
- I monitored and prototyped emerging digital technologies.

It-Beratung, Projektmanagement (IT)