Christian K. Schaefer

Head of Design @Sovanta Ag

Heidelberg, DE

UX Design Manager with 15+ years of experience designing large-scale enterprise software. Making a difference by creating measurable impact for clients including Adidas, Audi, Bosch, LIDL and SAP.• strategic consultancy guiding organizations on their path to higher UX maturity by defining overall UX strategy, team setup, relevant KPIs, and success criteria• building up UX centers of excellence for customers, establishing human-centered design methods, upskilling employees, and setting up appropriate design operations• growing and evolving design teams, finding and hiring people with the right skills, defining and establishing UX and UI product design standards and guidelines• implementing large-scale design systems for enterprise customers, running design operations at scale, reducing redundancy, and leading to higher process efficiency• threading design, technology, and business thinking together to deliver inventive, durable and future-proof solutions from concept to launch• orchestrating sovanta\'s design lab activities, developing and mentoring a team of designers, managing design managers and individual contributors (internal and externalAbout SAP LIKE NEVER BEFORE. Reduced design. AI-supported processes. Optimal solutions. You’ve never seen SAP software like this.Earlier Positions: UX Designer, Sr. UX Designer, Lead UX Designer, Head of Conversational AI

Hochschule Mannheim

Master of Arts (M.A.)

San Diego State University

Graphic Design & Multimedia

University of Mannheim

Business Administration

Hochschule Mannheim

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)