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TOBIAS HONOLKA

TOBIAS HONOLKA

Enterprise Portfolio & Product Management Leader
Frick,AG

Summary

Experienced in hands-on product management and transformation, specializing in helping organizations navigate complex challenges, revitalize processes, and drive growth. Skilled in lean process design and strategic leadership, excels at leading cross-functional teams through high-pressure transitions. Grounded in real-world execution, sets clear metrics, eliminates inefficiencies, and empowers teams to deliver customer-focused outcomes. Creates a culture of innovation and continuous improvement for immediate impact and long-term success. Seeking a transformation leader who combines practical action with strategic foresight to deliver lasting results.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Senior Product Owner

Helvetia Group Asset Management
12.2023 - Current
  • Increased team efficiency by streamlining processes and optimizing workflows for cross-functional collaboration.
  • Improved user experience through regular collaboration with UX designers and incorporating feedback from endusers.
  • Created and maintained comprehensive product documentation, ensuring all team members had access to up-to-date information on project requirements, features, and specifications.
  • Delivered market-leading products, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy and customer needs.

Senior Consultant

coniqq consulting AG
06.2022 - 11.2023
  • Stadtmethodiker (Release Train Engineer equivalent) Swiss Government (ISC-EJPD)
  • Coordinating and leading of the scaled ceremonies and the planning process of six agile teams and differently organized customers and partners
  • Optimizing of the working methods for projects and products by involving the stakeholders and by continuous empirical reflection
  • Coaching of different roles: scrum master, business analysts, project manager, managerial functions
  • Product Owner at the Cantonal Tax Administration of Bern
  • Responsible for the new development of 3 applications through the business value-driven development, prioritization and processing of the backlog
  • Introducing of lean approaches
  • Business Analysis and Requirements Management
  • Onboarding an operations team to build a long-term DevOps structure
  • Internal lead for the sustainability program of Coniqq Consulting AG

Teamlead Projectmanagement

Visana
07.2019 - 05.2022
  • Enabling the project and product organizations that led to the successful design and implementation of their projects
  • Guiding the management board on portfolio issues: generation of ideas, prioritization, risk management, project launches and retrospectives
  • Redesign of the project and agile product management frameworks with a focus on lean methods: pragmatic structures, short decision-making processes, clear responsibilities and communication approaches
  • Optimizing portfolio management towards an LPM Light approach.
  • People management of portfolio and project managers, product owners, scrum masters and a broad scrum team

Deputy Head of Consulting

Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
04.2015 - 06.2019
  • Design and Implementation of projects and transformation initiatives
  • Successful project operationalizations through effective pre- and post-evaluations, planning and close monitoring
  • Management of channel strategy projects: conception of sub-projects and implementation of shop and contact center pilots
  • Analytics Lead and Business Spoc for the BSS Transformation
  • Optimization of contact center performance by around 3% through analysis-driven adjustments to processes and working methods

Strategic Planner

Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
08.2012 - 03.2015
  • Planning of the workload volumes and resources of the private customer contact centers
  • Increase in monthly workload and force planning accuracy by 4%, resulting in more stable service levels and orders from external partners
  • Identification of potential for increasing labor productivity
  • Efficiency gain through the redesign of the planning process and tools

HR Controller

Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
01.2010 - 07.2012
  • Development of human capital dashboards to identify indicators of employee engagement, organizational effectiveness and key HR initiatives
  • Co-creation of the strategic workforce management program
  • Introduction of dashboards for data-driven HR consulting
  • Redesign of the recruitment process and health management

Global HR Analyst

Vodafone (plc)
11.2007 - 12.2009
  • Development of the basis for the global HR data team: implementation of human capital management approaches with the HR teams worldwide
  • Analysis of the organizational effectiveness in the companies that led to a change in organizational structures and goals
  • Creation of the HR reporting concept and responsibility for the rollout

HR Business Analyst

O2 (plc)
04.2006 - 10.2007
  • Definition and creation of HR reports for internal and external stakeholders
  • Improving the ability to analyze by aligning HR KPIs
  • Development of the reporting suite for the implementation of Oracle HR

HR Analyst

EDS (EMEA)
03.2004 - 03.2006
  • Business analysis in the HR environment with the aim of optimizing HR processes
  • Specification of the measures from the employee survey in the EMEA region
  • Initialization of Corporate Social Responsibility activities

Administrator

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (UK)
11.2003 - 03.2004

Healthcare Assistant

Various Locations in England during my studies
09.1999 - 09.2003

Healthcare Assistant

St Louis Hospital
09.1998 - 08.1999

Education

MBA - Business Management

Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
04.2015 - 06.2016

MBA - International Business Management

Simon School, Rochester University
Rochester USA
01.2015 - 06.2016

Master of Arts - Middle Eastern Studies

University of Durham
Durhan
05.2002 - 09.2003

BA (Hons) - Politics and International Relations (2:1)

University of Hull
09.1999 - 07.2002

Skills

Business strategy

References

Can be provided upon request

Certification

IBM AI Product Manager

Timeline

IBM AI Product Manager

05-2025

Financial Technology (Fintech) Innovations

03-2025

IBM & Darden Digital Strategy Specialization

02-2025

Risk Management Specialization

12-2024

Senior Product Owner

Helvetia Group Asset Management
12.2023 - Current

Senior Consultant

coniqq consulting AG
06.2022 - 11.2023

Teamlead Projectmanagement

Visana
07.2019 - 05.2022

MBA - Business Management

Universität Bern
04.2015 - 06.2016

Deputy Head of Consulting

Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
04.2015 - 06.2019

MBA - International Business Management

Simon School, Rochester University
01.2015 - 06.2016

Strategic Planner

Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
08.2012 - 03.2015

HR Controller

Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
01.2010 - 07.2012

Global HR Analyst

Vodafone (plc)
11.2007 - 12.2009

HR Business Analyst

O2 (plc)
04.2006 - 10.2007

HR Analyst

EDS (EMEA)
03.2004 - 03.2006

Administrator

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (UK)
11.2003 - 03.2004

Master of Arts - Middle Eastern Studies

University of Durham
05.2002 - 09.2003

Healthcare Assistant

Various Locations in England during my studies
09.1999 - 09.2003

BA (Hons) - Politics and International Relations (2:1)

University of Hull
09.1999 - 07.2002

Healthcare Assistant

St Louis Hospital
09.1998 - 08.1999
TOBIAS HONOLKAEnterprise Portfolio & Product Management Leader