VW Body Domain Controller

OEM:

Volkswagen AG

Role:

SAFe Product Owner / SW Technical project lead

Duration:

June 2022 – Mar 2024

Body Domain Controller System

Led application software development in this customer facing role of SW-TPL in a Volkswagen’s Body Control Module project. Delivering complex features such as Remote Engine Start, Mobile Device Key, and Child Presence Detection and managed a team of >40 people including developers, architect and test engineers.

Key Contributions & Achievements

  • Led a large scrum team to design and implement complex features, increasing overall feature rediness from 40% to 90%
  • Reinfroce trust with stakeholders and customer by using clear and open communication, managed expectations and aligned product roadmap alignment. reducing escalation by 50%
  • Communicate clear expetations and product roadmap to the team, Motivate team to clearly communicate blockers, Boost team efficiency and increase the sprint achievement rate from 65% to 85%
  • Continously monitor and refine product backlog, reducing the backlog by 150%
  • Lead defect burndown for the team in a task force, increase customer defects outflow by 90%

Responsibilities & Deliverables

  • Led multiple global Agile Scrum teams of 40+ developers, integrators, and architects to deliver high-quality automotive software, achieving ASPICE Level 2 and ASIL-D functional safety.
  • Managed end-to-end software delivery (SWE.1–SWE.6) for the VW Group, ensuring full compliance and on-time milestones.
  • Served as the primary software interface for VW, third-party suppliers, and interdisciplinary teams, resolving technical and commercial issues to align project scope.
  • Aligned team workflows and resource planning with project milestones and customer delivery schedules.
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies—including PI Planning, sprint planning, sprint review, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups—to maintain agility and transparency.
  • Represented the software discipline in program-level SAFe events (PIPE, Inspect & Adapt, ART sync) to ensure cross-team coordination.
  • Participated in organizational Kaizen initiatives, continuously improving internal processes to boost efficiency and quality.
  • Directed quoting and offer preparation for multiple European OEMs, aligning budgets, resources, and technical scope.

Skills & Tools

  • Stakeholder management
  • Collaboration and project cordination
  • Problem solving (Mind map, Miro)
  • Effective communication
  • Product development
  • Project Management
  • Negotiation (Internal and External)
  • Team management (People’s management)
  • Agile methodologies (SAFe, Kanban, Scum)
  • Planning (MS Office, Jira, MS Project, Thinkcell)
  • Software Process (VDA, ASPICE)
  • Requirements Engineering (IBM Doors, PTC)
  • ALM (Jira, Confluence)

Feedback

— Jane Smith, CEO

“The professionalism and expertise demonstrated by the team were unparalleled, and we couldn’t be more pleased with the results. We’ve been able to achieve new levels of innovation and success in our industry.”