Julia Waanders

Global digital product program, governance design, cross-market orchestration

> Owned end-to-end program execution for a global consumer IoT digital product (connected smart watch), coordinating software, hardware, and platform workstreams across cross-regional teams and external partners toward fixed international launch milestones.

> Improved on-time delivery from 55% to 78% by designing a scalable delivery framework with structured cadences, dependency tracking, and milestone governance suited to enterprise hardware-software integration.

> Orchestrated quarterly cross-market alignment for 250+ stakeholders (fully remote) spanning product, engineering, business, and partner organizations, establishing shared scope commitment and launch readiness.

> Built real-time portfolio visibility through Jira & Jira Align dashboards, enabling executive-level scenario planning, risk identification, and data-driven prioritization across the program portfolio.

> Reduced technical debt by 20% and drove continuous improvement through KPI-driven governance, structured retrospectives, and program risk management across multiple delivery streams.

> Designed program governance from scratch—roles, decision rights, escalation paths, and reporting cadences—creating a repeatable operating model for cross-functional digital transformation delivery.

Enterprise-scale delivery governance and executive enablement in high-precision industrial environment

> Ensured scaled delivery framework adoption across programs by establishing consistent governance, decision cadences, and execution discipline in a complex, high precision enterprise environment.

> Improved leadership decision speed and consistency by embedding delivery principles into executive workflows, aligning strategy, funding, and program execution cadence.

> Reduced change requests by 30% through outcome-driven roadmapping, scope framing, and structured intake processes across cross-domain programs.

> Strengthened cross-domain coordination by translating enterprise strategy into actionable cross-team roadmaps, removing dependencies, and enabling smooth program operations at scale.

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Enterprise SAP transformation and global-scale program delivery

Retail | SAP S/4HANA Transformation (150+ people, multi-market)

> Co-designed the delivery operating model for Europe's largest SAP S/4HANA transformation—defining roles, governance, ceremonies, decision flows, and workstream structures for a 150+ person multi-market program.

> Accelerated SAP adoption through early user involvement, disciplined quality gates, and structured feedback loops—reducing go-live defects and shortening the post-go live stabilization phase.

> Led 2 delivery teams as Scrum Master, driving industrial-grade process change across procurement, logistics, and finance modules with measurable quality improvements.

Telecom | Global Digital Delivery Program (200+ people, 13 teams)

> Served as Release Train Engineer for a 200+ person global value stream, orchestrating PI Planning, dependency resolution, and cross-team synchronization across 13 delivery teams.

> Resolved systemic cross-program impediments to stabilize delivery flow, improve risk visibility, and enable predictable feature delivery at enterprise scale.

> Built program execution discipline through structured cadences, governance forums, and cross-functional coordination, ensuring concept-to-delivery traceability.