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
(Lean) Project Portfolio Management
Business Transformation
Business consulting expertise
Analytics
Project management
SAFe and Agile ways of working
Contact center control and planning
Organizational development
Quality control
Process design and optimization
Business Intelligence
Team building and leadership
Connected thinking
Customer focus
(Self) motivator
Mentoring & Coaching
Result orientation
Conflict management
Working in an international environment
Product lifecycle management
Agile frameworks
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