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Chris R.

Technical Program & Project Manager | SaaS Integrations & Delivery

I run technical programs, the kind with multiple workstreams, external vendors, and stakeholders who don't naturally agree. Enterprise integrations, platform rollouts, transformation initiatives. 17+ years leading delivery, Executive MBA, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Most project managers run a backlog. I own the outcome: scope, dependencies, risk, and the uncomfortable conversations that keep a program on schedule. Where I add the most value: → Multi-team delivery — aligning engineering, compliance, client success and external partners on one date → System & platform integrations — enterprise-grade, spec-driven, compliance layer handled → Structure into chaos — taking a stalled program or an unclear roadmap and making it legible and shippable → Scale-up operations — building the process, reporting and governance backbone that growth requires Recent and ongoing projects include: 🏦 Banking Integration Program — enterprise communications provider. Cross-functional delivery across engineering, compliance and client success for regulated financial institutions. 🚗 Automotive SaaS (Switzerland) — end-to-end product and delivery ownership for a fleet management platform: telemetry data modeling, vehicle diagnostics, iOS/Android. 🎓 COO / General Manager, EdTech — full operational ownership: remote ops, growth, team leadership across international markets. ✈️ Digital Transformation, German Air Force Officer School — enterprise-wide blended-learning framework, from concept to rollout. Track record: - Secured €500,000 in pre-seed funding by turning a technical roadmap into an investor-ready proposition - Led enterprise-wide digital transformation inside a government/defense organization - 10+ years as an Officer in the German Armed Forces — leading programs and teams of 150+ in multinational, high-consequence environments - Founded InsightQuiz.de — GDPR-compliant SaaS for corporate L&D, built and shipped end to end Methods & tools: Agile · Scrum · Kanban · Lean Six Sigma · Multi-team coordination | Jira · Confluence · Asana · HubSpot · SAP ERP German (native) · English (fluent) · French (basic) · CET — full overlap with EU, mornings with US East Coast If your program has more moving parts than owners, that's the problem I solve. Send me the messy version — you'll get a plan back.

🇩🇪Augsburg, Germany$50/hr100% JSS5.00 (7)Since May 2024

Earnings and projects

MRR
$2.5k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#16,884 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#126 / 3,842
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $15k

Total earnings
$52k

Billed in all: $55k

World#73,372 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#503 / 3,842
Per project
$4k

$2.5k in the last 6 months

World#42,827 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#250 / 3,842
Projects, last 6 months
6
33% fixed67% hourly
World#34,405 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#265 / 3,842
Projects in all
13

Across 16 contracts

56% fixed44% hourly
World#175,712 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#1,505 / 3,842

Earnings, last 30 days

$55.5kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$54k$55k$56k$57kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 4% in Risk Management

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  8. #88Technical Project Management1,684 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #2Top 5%