About Sonja
Interim Senior Delivery Lead with over 20 years of experience in taking over critical initiatives, program stabilisation, and special assignments in complex organisations, particularly within Financial Services.
Assumes full end-to-end responsibility and delivers reliable results under high time pressure, escalation, and regulatory constraints.
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Frankfurt am Main (up to 50km)
Experience
- Senacor TechnologiesManaging ConsultantBANKING AND INSURANCEOctober 2025 - Today (9 months)Frankfurt, Germany
- Overall responsibility for cutover planning and go-live preparation as part of a large-scale banking IT modernization
- Alignment of dependencies, risks, and readiness across business and IT to ensure a controlled production start
- Establishment of clear governance, decision paths, and transparent steering mechanisms to stabilize delivery under high time pressure
- Deutsche BankProduct Owner & Product Governance ManagerBANKING AND INSURANCEJune 2021 - August 2025 (4 years and 2 months)Frankfurt, Germany
- End-to-end responsibility for delivery and governance of critical digital products and initiatives in a highly regulated environment
- Leadership and alignment of complex, cross-functional stakeholder landscapes
- Preparation of management and board-2 level decision materials (status, risks, options, decision points)
- Steering of external service providers and vendors, ensuring delivery stability and operational readiness
- Namics (Deutschland) GmbHPrincipal Project ManagerAUTOMOBILEAugust 2012 - June 2015 (2 years and 10 months)Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- End-to-end delivery responsibility for complex digital client programs
- Stabilization of a critical client project through re-establishment of governance, structure, and collaboration
- Management of scope, schedule, budget, and risks with clear client communication and expectation management
- Contribution to business development and expansion of the client portfolio
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Education
- Diplom, PhysikArizona State UniversityDiplom, Physik
Certifications
- Project Management Professional (PMP)Project Management Institute2005
- Product Owner & Product Manager (PO/PM)SAFe2018