Victoria Pysarenko
Principal IT Delivery Lead at BMW Group, International Agile Transformation & Scalable IT Management Expert, AI Integration Consultant, Business Psychologist, and Executive Advisor.
International IT Strategic Transformation Expert, Principal IT Delivery Lead at BMW Group, Business Psychologist, and Executive Advisor with over 12 years of experience in managing large-scale IT projects, driving organizational change, and developing leadership.
She operates at the intersection of technology, Agile methodologies, business strategy, and management psychology. She specializes in building scalable IT delivery systems, managing in-house transitions of complex development processes, facilitating strategic sessions, and implementing AI solutions.
Currently, she holds the position of Transformational Strategist / Principal IT Delivery Lead at BMW Group (Munich, Germany), where she leads cross-product alignment, governance processes, and transforms software development approaches. She successfully delivered an Agile transformation for a 300+ developer organization within the Autonomous Driving domain, building a delivery framework and an operational collaboration model from scratch.
She possesses extensive experience managing distributed teams and projects for leading global brands and tech giants, including BMW, Audi, Porsche, AWS, and Swissquote Bank.
She is the Founder of the Psychology in Business project, as well as a trainer and expert who helps executives, entrepreneurs, and organizations boost operational efficiency, streamline communication, and achieve ambitious business goals.
She also serves as Vice President and Executive Board Member of the TUM EMBA IBC Alumni Club (Munich).
Core Areas of Expertise:
- Strategic IT management and scalable Agile transformation (Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, SAFe)
- Building operational delivery models and project management systems in complex environments
- Program transition and insourcing (In-house & Hub transitions)
- Facilitation of strategic sessions, cross-product dependency alignment, and executive retrospectives
- AI integration into strategic and operational workflows of organizations
- Mentoring and coaching for Scrum Masters, IT Project Managers, and Team Leads
- Business psychology, decision-making optimization, building accountability, and fostering effective team communication
Education & Certifications:
- Executive MBA (Innovation & Business Creation) from TUM School of Management (Germany)
- Business and Entrepreneurship Program at UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business (USA)
- Master’s Degree in Psychology
- International Certifications: Certified SAFe® Agilist, Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC), Management 3.0, ISTQB®
By combining deep, hands-on expertise in global-scale software development (Automotive, Fintech) with a fundamental background in business psychology, Viktoria effectively guides organizations through complex transformations—shifting team mindsets to deliver predictable business results.