Jochen

Jochen has had an affinity for IT since his youth. After his community service, he completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk. However, he quickly realised that this profession did not fulfil him in the long term and so he decided to focus on IT.

Jochen's professional career covers all stages in the field of IT. He has worked as a supporter, developer, trainer and project manager.

Ten years ago, he learnt about the agile Scrum framework through a development project. He was so enthusiastic about this new way of working that he became a certified Scrum Master.

Jochen applied to us in order to be able to utilise and apply this Scrum knowledge more intensively. As he likes to find solution-orientated approaches to tasks and implement them together with customers and users, he took on the role of Product Owner in the POScore team.

"A big challenge for me at the beginning was to first understand the different needs of customers and end users," Jochen explained to us.

One of his favorite tasks is to search for the best solution together with the team and the customers. The exciting part is to change his perspective, to promote, follow and accompany processes.

He especially likes the fact that the POScore team consists of younger and experienced colleagues. This is also emphasized by our Scrum Master Markus: “Diversification promotes discussion and creativity in the team”.

Jochen also works very closely with our other product owners and attaches great importance to a daily exchange. Important decisions are made in cross-product coordination meetings.

Jochen senses that he still has potential for further development. He always likes to reflect on himself, is constantly training and also enjoys using an online learning platform that we make available to our employees free of charge. "It's never too late, even in middle age, to reorient yourself and have the courage to change," emphasises Jochen.