Senior Project & Programme Management
Structured delivery of complex digital, software and transformation initiatives.
Senior interim & delivery leadership · Switzerland
Senior technology, product and transformation leadership
UP Management helps organisations deliver complex digital initiatives where technology, business execution and senior stakeholder management have to come together.
Led by Uwe Placzek, UP Management combines more than 20 years of hands-on experience across software platforms, SaaS, AI-enabled products, healthcare governance, retail technology, media, telecoms, industrial technology and regulated environments.
New ideas to realise? I’m your man!
Getting things done.
Uwe Placzek · Founder & Principal
- 20+ years
- Senior, hands-on delivery leadership
- 10+
- Blue-chip organisations and ventures served
- 6 sectors
- Healthcare, retail, media, public sector, industry and telecoms
- Concept → scale
- Products and programmes delivered end-to-end
Selected experience
What UP Management does
Experienced delivery leadership, quickly and pragmatically
UP Management supports companies, investors and leadership teams in situations where experienced delivery leadership is required quickly and pragmatically.
- Leading complex software, SaaS and platform initiatives
- Acting as Senior Project Manager, Programme Manager or Product Owner
- Structuring digital transformation and innovation programmes
- Translating business goals into practical product and delivery roadmaps
- Managing vendors, internal teams, stakeholders and delivery risks
- Supporting regulated or compliance-heavy environments
- Helping ventures move from concept to market-ready execution
Typical client situations
When organisations bring in UP Management
A strategic digital project needs senior leadership and momentum.
A product vision needs to become a credible roadmap.
Business and technical teams are not aligned.
A stalled initiative needs structure, ownership and accountability.
A regulated organisation needs digital change without losing control.
A founder, investor or board needs an experienced operator to challenge assumptions and drive execution.
Services
Six ways UP Management adds senior capacity
Product Ownership & Platform Delivery
From product vision and MVP definition through to launch, adoption and operational scaling.
Digital Transformation & Operating Models
Pragmatic support in turning strategic ideas into executable plans, teams, processes and governance.
Regulated & Compliance-heavy Delivery
Delivery leadership for healthcare, governance, auditability, traceability and other controlled operating environments.
AI, SaaS, IoT & Industry 4.0 Initiatives
Support for modern technology platforms, from AI-enabled services to industrial and operational digital systems.
Interim Leadership & Venture Execution
Hands-on senior leadership where companies need immediate experience, structure and execution capacity.
Track record
Experience across corporate, SME and venture environments — from enterprise transformation and regulated healthcare platforms to SaaS, AI, IoT, digital media, retail technology and Industry 4.0.
Selected experience highlights
Outcomes delivered, not just advice given
Healthcare · SaaS
Diligram / MyStaff app
Strategic lead for an AI-powered governance platform now supporting 100,000+ frontline staff across NHS and private healthcare, with audit-ready access to policies, procedures and evidence.
Industry 4.0
ScanSoles
Product lead for an Industry 4.0 SaaS platform combining AI-based 3D foot scanning, mobile image capture and custom orthotic production — scaling across EMEA and Asia.
Retail technology
dmTECH / dm-drogerie markt
Senior project leadership for future-store pilots at Europe’s largest drugstore chain (4,000+ stores): cashierless checkout, visual AI, smart carts and in-store innovation.
Media · Learning
Handelsblatt / ada Learning
Product and delivery leadership for a corporate learning platform — MVP live in four months, adopted by staff from top DAX corporations and later expanded into events.
IoT · Industrial
Jakob Müller Group
Delivery of an IoT and e-commerce platform for remote monitoring and predictive maintenance of textile machines deployed worldwide.
Venture · M&A
Sky / Acetrax
Co-founded Europe’s first direct-to-TV streaming service, grew it to acquisition by Sky in 2012, then led the commercial integration as Commercial Director.
How UP Management works
A clear path from ambiguity to operational delivery
Assess
Clarify objectives, stakeholders, constraints, risks and delivery reality.
Structure
Turn ambiguity into a practical roadmap, governance model and executable plan.
Deliver
Lead teams, vendors and stakeholders through implementation, adoption and operational handover.
Need senior hands-on support for a complex digital initiative?
UP Management is available for selected advisory, product, project, programme and interim leadership mandates.
Contact Uwe Placzek