Chief of Staff · Governance · Transformation

Andrew Sahaydak

Chief of Staff

I work where management, organisation and execution meet. I turn complex change into sound decisions, align departments and make sure concepts take hold in everyday work.

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Andrew Sahaydak

Employers & education

CARIAD Volkswagen Group University of Victoria Thompson Rivers University National Sun Yat-sen University Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

Profile

Data and the human side of change, thought through together.

Chief of Staff to the CIO at CARIAD SE, the software company of the Volkswagen Group. I advise on organisational development, governance and strategic transformation, including the AI transformation and the IT2030 strategy. I steer several cross-functional projects at once and coordinate around 10 people.

What sets me apart: I combine KPI analysis, OKRs and dashboards with communication, training and buy-in. That way change is not just decided but actually adopted. I work in a structured way, look for common ground and stay human throughout.

Focus

Where I make the biggest difference.

I make the biggest difference as a Chief of Staff, in governance and in transformation. I set priorities with leadership, prepare decisions and follow through on them. I build clear structures, OKRs and metrics that keep an organisation steerable, and I guide change so that it is not just decided but truly adopted.

What I bring

Six things a team gets with me.

Click the cards: the back shows where I have already done this.

Results

What came out of it.

25%shorter average delivery time for tool roll-outsCARIAD
75%time saved in data and analysis processes with Power BI and ExcelVOLKSWAGEN · EWIVA
~10people coordinated across several parallel projectsCARIAD · CIO OFFICE
50people led in the election campaign team, plus dozens of volunteersELECTION CAMPAIGN CANADA
150%membership growth while digitalising the program during COVID-19TOASTMASTERS
90%member retention through a new website and CRMKAMLOOPS UNITED CHURCH

Experience

From a constituency office in British Columbia to the CIO office.

  • Advising the CIO on organisational development, governance and strategic transformation, including the IT2030 strategy
  • Steering several cross-functional projects in parallel, including the AI transformation; coordinating around 10 people
  • Reworked the service catalogue; derived, set and tracked OKRs from the strategy
  • Supported tool roll-outs with training and communication material; 25% shorter delivery time
  • KPI analysis and progress reports for leadership, support on IT budget and finance
  • Coordinating management committees and external partners in SAFe and PMO structures
  • Advising top management on developing organisational and process structures
  • Leading organisation and transformation projects focused on HR and finance, partly with external consultancies
  • Developing standards, best practices and agile role models such as competence centres
  • Dashboards in Tableau and Power BI as the basis for management decisions
  • Streamlined data and analysis processes for Ewiva, the VW–Enel X joint venture, using Power BI, Excel and Power Tools: 75% time saved and reliable figures for the rapid build-out of the charging network
  • Led weekly site-scouting meetings with executives from Ewiva, Enel X and Volkswagen, including the CFO; presented results and enabled timely decisions
  • Turned complex topics such as new business models, NFTs and the metaverse into clear graphics and board-level presentations, covering market potential, use cases and the competitive landscape
  • Prepared decision documents on developing a new vehicle brand under tight deadlines, as an additional assignment from division management
  • Built a knowledge management website for the department and designed report templates for Word, PowerPoint and Power BI
  • Created a new IT strategy for the congregation
  • Provided on-site first-level IT support, helping members with hardware and software issues
  • Supported the migration from the previous CRM to a new system
  • Built a new website with brand identity, marketing, content and videos; contributed to a 90% member retention rate
  • Independently led the campaign, managing several teams with a total of 50 people and dozens of volunteers
  • Strategic planning based on multiple data sources: analysed polling and electoral data to identify the districts with the greatest potential and focus resources accordingly
  • Led and implemented the communication strategy
  • Won the election by 10,000 votes
  • Point of contact for constituents of Kamloops–South Thompson: took up their concerns and connected them with the relevant provincial ministries
  • Wrote speeches for the MLA in the Legislative Assembly, including on home ownership for young people, access to the housing market and homelessness
  • Research, case files and CRM management for the constituency office

Further experience

  • Main contact for Lincoln clients, vehicle tutorials and product orientations on Ford and Lincoln
  • Marketing, social media, CRM customer management and sales support
  • Marketing campaigns for study abroad (TRU World), CRM maintenance
  • Communication plans at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting the move to online learning

Tools

CopilotChatGPTClaudeMicrosoft 365Power BITableauJiraConfluencePowerPointMiro

Languages

GermanC2 · full professional
EnglishC2 · native-level
FrenchBasic

Contact

Let’s talk.

Chief of Staff, governance or transformation: if you are looking for someone who doesn’t just plan change but makes it land in the organisation, I look forward to hearing from you.

Download CV asahaydak@gmail.com +49 159 01369312 LinkedIn

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Last updated: November 2026