About
Highly accomplished AI Program Manager with a proven track record in driving enterprise-scale adoption, deployment, and commercialization of GenAI and other advanced technologies. Expert in aligning cross-functional teams and C-level stakeholders, translating complex technical initiatives into strategic business insights. Consistently delivered significant business impact, including over $1M in retained revenue and $0.4M+ in annual revenue through data-driven strategies across tech, finance, and consulting sectors.
Work
Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Summary
Currently leading strategic initiatives at SAP, orchestrating C-level alignment and delivering critical reports to drive significant annual revenue targets.
Highlights
Orchestrated C-level alignment across 10+ departments (Go-to-Market, Product, Commercial, Marketing), driving execution toward a $164M annual revenue target.
Delivered quarterly reports to the SAP Executive Board, translating technical achievements and market positioning into strategic business insights.
Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Summary
Shaped the company's AI Agent Product and commercialization strategy, ensuring legal and technical alignment across AI systems.
Highlights
Contributed to the AI Agent Product and commercialization strategy, shaping the company's go-to-market approach for next-gen AI solutions.
Developed enterprise AI policy guidance on foundation model (LLMs) governance and ethical customer data use with privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), enabling legal and technical alignment across AI systems.
Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
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Summary
Led diverse transformation projects and strategic initiatives, significantly impacting client revenue, operational efficiency, and skill development.
Highlights
Developed a cross-border Machine Learning (ML) segmentation model for a multinational bank, reducing customer churn by 20% across 11 countries and generating $1M in retained revenue.
Directed transformation projects for a $1.5B oil & gas company and sustainable agriculture across 20+ countries, scaling technology-enabled innovation.
Re-engineered AFDB's public sector contract procurement, reducing fraud and operational costs by 30% through process redesign.
Founded a 300+ member data & analytics community to accelerate AI skill development across EY, earning recognition with the EY Women in Tech Global Young Leader award.
Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
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Summary
Spearheaded advanced analytics and cloud migration solutions, driving significant revenue growth, customer retention, and cost savings for major clients.
Highlights
Spearheaded development for a major financial institution, driving a 30% increase in revenue and customer retention through personalized offerings.
Implemented a predictive model reducing attrition and preserving over $0.4M in annual revenue through data-driven retention strategies.
Built a cloud migration solution processing 5M+ customer records for a healthcare insurer, accelerating analytics with 90%+ data integrity.
Created an SQL-based solution for an FMCG client, reducing financial leakage by over 20% and delivering $0.1M cost savings within six months.
Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
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Summary
Led digital transformation initiatives, managed product requirements, and developed API solutions, contributing to significant revenue generation.
Highlights
Led PowerTech Business unit rebranding, increasing website traffic within 2 weeks of implementation through a digital transformation strategy.
Gathered business and functional requirements for a Finance management product using agile user stories and JIRA task management for a 5-developer team.
Delivered a web authentication API solution for login/sign-up credentials under tight project deadlines.
Generated customer insights, driving feature development for a $1M revenue-generating fintech solution through data-driven product strategy.
Awards
EY Women in Tech Global Young Leader
Awarded By
Ernst & Young
Recognized for accelerating AI skill development across EY and leadership in technology.
Forbes 30 Under 30 Fellow
Awarded By
Forbes
Recognized as a prominent young leader.
Young African Leaders Fellow
Awarded By
YALI
Recognized as a young African leader.
Diverse Intelligence Summer Institute (DISI) Fellow
Awarded By
DISI
Fellowship for diverse intelligence.
Total E&P Full Academic Scholarship
Awarded By
Total E&P
Awarded for academic excellence during university studies.
Publications
Languages
English
German
Skills
Stakeholder Management
Stakeholder Engagement, Cross-functional Collaboration.
Program Management
Project Management, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, JIRA.
Data Analytics
Data Analysis, Predictive Modeling, SQL, Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis.
Strategy
Business Strategy, Digital Transformation Strategy, Go-to-Market Strategy, Innovation Scaling.
Business Transformation
Process Redesign, Organizational Change Management, Operational Efficiency.
Machine Learning
ML Segmentation Models, Predictive Analytics, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Deep Learning, Scikit-learn, Numpy, Pandas, Python.
Digital Transformation
Cloud Migration, API Development, AI Governance, GenAI, Foundation Models (LLMs).
Cloud Platforms
AWS, Azure.
Data Tools
SQL, Power BI.
Professional Training
Google Project Management Course, Stanford University Machine Learning, Udacity Data Analyst Nanodegree, Udacity Introduction to Generative AI with AWS, IBM Data Analysis with Python.
References
Dagmar Schaeffner
COO, Business AI at SAP | Email: dagmar.schaeffner@sap.com
Sean Kask
Chief AI Strategy Officer, SAP | Email: sean.kask@sap.com