Experienced in Project & Program direction with special focus on IT transformation, project crisis management and in M&A IT. Deep understanding of change management required to drive successful organizational development and alignment. Experienced in people management and development in an international and multi-cultural environment. Track record of inspiring superior team performance and trust while managing and coordinating initiatives and projects in a delivery and dead-line driven environment. Well versed in global business demand & requirements management based on Business experience and a strong customer orientation.
+ Gobal IS/IT Management, international & multi-disciplinary teams + IS Strategy & organization + Change management & Business transformation + (IT) M&A + Project crisis, turn around & task force management + Project portfolio management + Global Business demand management + Applications portfolio management +
Director - IS Business Engagement Thermal Power @ Responsible for Business IS of Thermal Power Sector, 32000+ IT users in >85 countries; Business IS team management (120+ staff), Business - IS Strategy alignment, implementation and development of synergies across all Thermal Power business units; M&A programs & projects for IS&T; Global demand management; Cost efficiency and process improvements; Application landscape and project portfolio management (>1800 applications) From February 2014 to Present (1 year 9 months) Baden, SwitzerlandDirector - Steam IS, Steam Business Thermal Power @ IS Management for Steam Business, 9000+ IT users in 35 countries and 70 locations; Global IS Organization & Governance setup and implementation (30+ staff); IS Strategy and roadmap; Global demand, applications landscape & portfolio management ( > 800 applications); Program & Project management; Business analysis & process improvement; change & transformation management (implementation of new global applications and processes) From March 2012 to May 2014 (2 years 3 months) Baden, SwitzerlandIS&T Program Manager @ Focus on IS&T M&A program management in cooperation with Coporate M&A team; Lead of central and global IS&T teams; Coordination with IT M&A for Due Diligence and carve out preparation inlcuding applications inventory and landscape architecture, carve out defintion for more than 500 applications, infrastructure and operations carve out preparation (network, messaging, TelCo, workplace, datacentre), service analysis and contracts preparation (TSA), software license management; Carve out execution, Go-live / cutover and transition phase management From June 2011 to August 2013 (2 years 3 months) Baden, SwitzerlandIS Manager Demand & Service Management @ Demand & Service service management for Gas, Steam, Nuclear Business; Global business demand collection, prioritization and specification; Global IT service delivery and quality monitoring and review in strong coperation with internal IT provider; Problem, escalation / task force management (daily operations); IS&T compliance: Guidelines, units support, Audit preparation; Construction site IS & IT management and support from tendering to decommissioning From June 2011 to February 2012 (9 months) Baden, SwitzerlandIS Manager Operations & Service PLM @ Global operations of 6 business critical applications with more than 10’000 user in 30 countries and 60 locations including monitoring, incident and problem management, user management and security; Setup and implementation of a global operations team; Integration / merge of operations & support organizations, re-organizations and setup of a nearshore hub; Improvement projects e.g. Outage reduction, monitoring, automated load and performance testing; Audit preparation and execution support From January 2010 to May 2011 (1 year 5 months) IS Program Manager PLM @ Global program management for Teamcenter Engineering solutions, including project portfolio management, strategy and roadmaps, business relationship management and governance; Project management for release development and global deployment (multi site); Development and implementation of new deployment concepts; Initiation, set-up and management of stabilization task force for ciritical systems (improve reliability and performance, outage reduction) From March 2009 to December 2009 (10 months) Baden, SwitzerlandIS Business Analyst & Project Manager @ Defintion, setup and maintenance of global application portfolio (>700 applications); Business application landscape analysis, process - application mapping; documentation of application landscape and architecture; Proposals for improvements / optimization of application slandscape and architecture; Management and execution of application harmonization, consolidation and decommissioning projects; Feasibility studies and implementation projects for new engineering solutions From June 2008 to February 2009 (9 months) Baden, SwitzerlandIT Project Manager PLM & Engineering Applications @ Global PLM deployment projects (e.g. CATIA, Teamcenter Engineering) including requirement management, specifications, project initiation, planning, execution and controlling; Overall coordination with Development teams, management of the deployment project team, internal and external suppliers (hosting, network, security, messaging, operations); Evaluation projects, testing of new PLM & Engineering solutions and recommendations; Post-deployment support to Business From June 2007 to May 2008 (1 year) Baden, SwitzerlandCAx / PLM Senior Consultant / Project Manager @ Project management for software development projects for in-house developed CAD/CAM products and customer specific software developments for Power / Energy Business; IS Project management and consulting; Specification, evaluation and implementation of PLM and CAD solutions; Development of CAx methodologies for R&D and Engineering;
Internal IT operations inlcuding infrastructure, network, messaging and hosting From November 1999 to May 2007 (7 years 7 months) Zug, SwitzerlandCAx IT Application Engineer @ Analysis of CAD methodologies and processes in R&D and Engineering departments; Elaboration of new CAD working methods and training concepts; Planning and execution of CATIA user trainings; Development, implementation and execution of customer specific CAD/CAM trainings and training manuals; CAD & PLM system evaluations and application tests; CATIA V5 beta testing, 1st and 2nd level user support From November 1997 to October 1999 (2 years) Baden, SwitzerlandDesign Engineer Gasturbine Development @ Development and construction design of combustor parts (burners, fuel lances, fuel distribution systems and appropriate instrumentation) and test rigs; Supervision in production and assembling of burner, fuel lances and complete combustion test rigs; CAD and DMS key user; Defintion and implementation of CAD design processes and methodologies; Pilot testing for new CAD / EDM solutions and releases From April 1990 to October 1997 (7 years 7 months) Baden, Switzerland
Professional Bachelor ODEC @ WISS, HF, Projektmanagement, NDS From 2006 to 2008 Professional Bachelor @ ABBTS, HF, Betriebswirtschaft, NDSProfessional Bachelor @ ABBTS, HF, KonstruktionstechnikFH Bern, NDS, CAD/CAM Jens Policke is skilled in: IT Management, M&A IT Programs /..., Change Management, Program Management, Project Management, Project Portfolio..., Software Project..., Process Improvement, Management, Engineering, Business Analysis, Project Planning, Strategy, MS Project, IT Strategy, Testing, Demand Management, Application Portfolio...