Jakub Przetocki
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Kraków, Poland
Toptal member since May 24, 2022
Jakub is a former UI designer and front-end developer, educated in business management. After ten years of exposure in development, he has moved his career towards roles in project management, such as scrum master. Jakub is experienced in scaled agile frameworks, including SAFe and Nexus, and is comfortable leading and coaching international teams.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- Confluence
- Estimation & Planning
- Jira
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Scrum
- Scrum Coaching
- Scrum Master
Work Experience
Scrum Master
HSBC
- Managed, coached, and mentored an international team in three time zones.
- Accomplished the first release of a project according to plan.
- Facilitated cross-department meetings and coached communities as a scrum master guild member.
IT Project Manager and Scrum Master
Philip Morris International
- Planned the foundations of new projects, including goals, scope, milestones, and delivery.
- Trained management and business employees in Agile methodologies and the Scrum framework.
- Built, trained, and established an excellent performing Scrum team.
- Trained and supported product owners in managing stakeholders, requirements, and product backlogs.
Scrum Master
Aptiv
- Reinforced the organization's Agile transformation by leading two international teams and coaching multiple teams.
- Improved the understanding of Scrum within the organization on multiple levels and reorganized the work of the central team.
- Provided workshops and training from the scrum masters community.
Senior Front-end Developer and Scrum Master
HSBC
- Joined the company as a senior front-end developer and was soon promoted to scrum master.
- Developed the online content manager (AEM) for multiple markets in international projects.
- Provided scrum master support and leadership to an international team building a mobile app for private sector banking.
Senior Front-end Developer and UI Lead
April & June GmbH - Internet Marketing
- Headed projects related to front-end and WordPress development.
- Liaised with customers to gather project requirements and prepared presentations of final products.
- Trained and guided developers during their internship.
WordPress Developer
4selected
- Corresponded with customers in gathering requirements and building projects.
- Contributed to implementing the use of Beaver Builder as a new standard of efficiency for building pages.
- Provided support and guidance for UI designers' work.
Front-end Developer
Digital Performance
- Developed designs in front-end technologies for further testing.
- Collaborated closely with marketing teams in UX and A/B testing.
- Introduced WordPress as a solution for faster and more efficient building of new interfaces and improving testing speed.
Project History
Automatic Anti-fraud Analysis Tool
Launched a comprehensive internal banking software for analytics purposes by boosting team efficiency to meet the first delivery schedule.
Car Audio System
Headed two international teams in building and launching DAB Tuner, a car audio system for the most popular car manufacturers.
IoT and Cloud Solutions for Manufacturing
Established the foundations for a comprehensive project relating to IoT, Cloud, and traditional manufacturing solutions.
Education
Postgraduate Studies in IT Project Management
AGH University of Science and Technology - Cracow, Poland
Bachelor's Degree in Project Management
College of Economics and Computer Science - Cracow, Poland
Certifications
Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
Skills
Tools
Slack, Jira, Confluence, Trello, Zoom, Google Docs, Asana, Excel 365, IntelliJ IDEA, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Redmine, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Adobe Experience Design (XD), MAMP, PhpStorm
Paradigms
Scrum, Agile, Design Thinking, Agile UX, Kanban
Platforms
MacOS, iOS, WordPress, Windows, Nexus, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Industry Expertise
Banking & Finance, Automotive
Other
Scrum Master, Web, Scrum Coaching, Business Psychology, IT Projects, Motivation, Estimation & Planning, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), UI Design, eCommerce, ClickUp, Teams, Interviewing, Conflict Resolution, Agile Coaching, Scorecard Development, Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint Design, IT Management, Jira Administration, Goal Management, Team Building, React, Front-end Development, CSS3, Accessibility, Mobile, App UX, PHP, Beaver Builder, User Interface (UI), Web UI, PSD to WordPress, PSD, CSS, Wikis, HTML5, A/B Testing, UX Testing, JavaScript, Content Marketing Platforms
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