Nadine Schwarz
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Toptal member since January 3, 2023
Nadine has more than a decade of experience in the agile field. She is a certified senior project manager, scrum master, and business coach. Running her coaching, consulting, and training business since 2019, Nadine previously worked internally as an agile coach in the corporate world. She received her bachelor's (BAA) degree after studying international management and a master's (MA) degree in international event management.
Expertise
- Agile
- Azure DevOps
- Coaching
- Jira
- Languages
- Miro
- Project Management
- Scrum Master
Work Experience
Agile Coach I Transformational Coach
Holistic Elements
- Brought the business from Germany to the world and founded Holistic Elements LLC.
- Provided consultation and coaching for companies concerning their agile transformation and finding a suitable approach for their needs.
- Presented at Intel to 200 people about agile leadership.
Agile Coach
Die Transformerin
- Founded her own coaching business and worked with many large corporate clients such as Intel, Allianz, TRUMPF, and Rommelag.
- Helped companies implement an agile mindset and find their suitable business structure.
- Coached various leaders on the agile mindset and how to scale their businesses.
Agile Coach
dm-drogerie markt GmbH
- Implemented agile frameworks into various team setups in the company, from HR to IT to marketing teams. Helped teams migrate from Scrum to the Kanban approach or find the fitting solution.
- Formed a separate agile coaching team with four other colleagues to work cross-functionally in the entire organization.
- Trained people in agile methodologies while running Kanban, Scrum, or Agile training.
Agile Coach | Project Manager | Scrum Master
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
- Joined the company as an assistant project manager, became IT project manager, and ran direct IT projects such as implementing a new quality management system (QMS) or developing the company website.
- Trained as a scrum master and worked as a scrum master, then later as an agile coach for multiple projects in the company. The projects ranged from a smart home app development project to a B2B CRM system (with 13 teams parallel developing).
- Worked as an agile coach for the electromobility (e-mobility) portfolio and brought 120 people together who had to work cross-functionally on the vision of e-mobility.
Project History
Agile Master for TRUMPF GmbH
Brought various teams into an agile framework and worked as a scrum master for them; coached new product owners successfully to acclimate to their agile roles; helped with the overall Agile transformation under change management.
• Worked with more than 20 teams in the company.
• Coached more than 15 people in their agile role.
• Helped agile managers find ways to empower employees.
• Provided consultation on how to scale a whole department and work end to end with each other.
Agile Transformation for A Leading Insurance Company
Consulted on an agile test field of eight teams for one year in the agile mindset and methodologies; implemented agile methods best suited to the support environment; introduced agile management structures; separated the functional and people lead.
The project consisted of the following:
• An agile test field of eight teams and managers.
• Implementation of agile methodologies and agile leadership.
• Weekly workshops for all the test teams, plus work with the management team on new structures and ideas to implement more agility in the company.
Running Agile Trainings
Facilitated over 20 agile trainings. Received overall very positive feedback frequently.
• Facilitated agile training in Scrum, Kanban, retrospectives, or agile basics.
• Worked as a remote trainer as well for Haufe Akademie in Germany.
My training included theory, a lot of practical knowledge, interactions, exercises, and coaching of situations that my clients provided in the training sessions.
Education
Master's Degree in International Event Management
University of Brighton - Brighton, UK
Bachelor's Degree in International Management
University of Applied Sciences - Karlsruhe, Germany
Certifications
Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
International Coach Federation (ICF)
Business Coach (IHK)
IHK (Cologne Chamber of Industry and Commerce)
GPM-IPMA Certified Senior Project Manager (Level B)
International Project Management Association (IPMA)
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Jira, Miro, Zoom, Confluence, Office 365, Atlassian Suite
Paradigms
Scrum, Agile, Agile Project Management, Azure DevOps, Kanban, Change Management, Agile Leadership
Other
Project Management, Scrum Master, Agile Transformation, Agile Coaching, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Stakeholder Engagement, Microsoft Teams, Coaching, Business Requirements, Technical Project Management, Backlog Management, User Stories, Mobile Applications, PowerPoint Design, Languages, Marketing, Business Strategy, Planning, Organization, Product Owner, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Change Leadership, Scrum Coaching, Leadership, Certified Trainer, Retrospective Techniques, Training
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