Find proven Scrum leaders with a Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) certificate in Germany, matched in minutes from over 15,000 CVs with the power of AI.
For conflict handling, servant leadership, advanced facilitation, and stronger Scrum team coaching, this certification signals hands-on experience beyond the basics. Find vetted freelancers holding the Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) certificate quickly and precisely.
About the certification
What A-CSM means
The Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) is an advanced Scrum Alliance credential for people who already work as ScrumMasters and want to deepen their impact. It shows that a freelancer can support teams beyond routine ceremonies and help remove friction in day-to-day agile delivery.
Core strengths
- Coaching teams without taking over their work
- Facilitating useful Scrum events and difficult conversations
- Supporting flow, transparency, and continuous improvement
- Helping teams and stakeholders work through conflict and change
Typical profiles
People with the A-CSM usually have real ScrumMaster experience and know how to work with product owners, developers, and managers. They are often brought in when a team already uses Scrum but needs better collaboration, stronger delivery habits, or a more mature way of working.
Knowledge behind the badge
The certification is tied to practical ScrumMaster skills, not theory alone. It signals knowledge in areas such as:
- Agile coaching and facilitation
- Servant leadership
- Impediment removal and escalation paths
- Team dynamics and stakeholder alignment
- Scrum values and empirical process control
When companies hire one
An A-CSM freelancer is a strong fit for team starts, scaling efforts, delivery recovery, and workshops that need an experienced neutral guide. In Germany, this profile is often useful for distributed teams that need clear communication in English and sometimes German, especially when product, engineering, and business groups must align fast.
What it tells you
For a company, the A-CSM is a signal of practical ScrumMaster maturity. It suggests the person can coach, facilitate, and stabilize a team without turning into a project manager in disguise. For freelancers, it marks a step from basic Scrum knowledge toward deeper team leadership in complex environments.
Meet FRATCH Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM)
Thorsten Heintke
Managing Partner
Last position:
Program Manager at Telecommunications Industry
- Program Manager for a strategically highly relevant compliance project in the enterprise segment (C4)
- Leading 6 workstreams
- Setting up the project organization, establishing communication structures, project and budget planning, risk management
- Reporting to the CIO
- Facilitating steering committee meetings
- Facilitating critical solution processes
- Responsible for adapting the operating model of the IT organizations in Germany, the EU and India, including planning and managing the relocation of affected employees
Ferhat Göçer
Agile Master & Coach
Last position:
Agile Master & Coach at Insurance
- Conducting workshops and training sessions to actively support the newly started tribe (including Big Rooms)
- Supporting as a shared Agile Master to guide two product teams
- Teaching agile theory, practices and values to deepen agile understanding
- Coaching and mentoring internal Agile Masters in role development, ways of working and tools such as Jira and Confluence
- Initiating organizational improvements within the tribe to optimize processes and structures
- Participating in knowledge sharing and transfer within the cross-organizational agile community
Michael Henze
Project Manager / Agile Coach / Interim Manager
Last position:
Agile Coach at BMW AG (Freelance)
Workshop preparation and facilitation for the BMW digital team to plan the Matko Cockpit product delivery for the second half of the year.
Team building and preparation of the Matko Cockpit product delivery roadmap.
Stakeholder alignment and workshop design.
Managing the workshop agenda, identifying focus topics, and topic prioritization.
Review of team sentiment and capturing impressions.
Identification, summary, and documentation of action items.
Methodologies used: Ice Breaker, Brain Storming, Story Points, Magic Estimation, Hypothesis Statement, Problem Statement, Dot Voting, and Parking Lot.
Matthias Treutner
Enterprise Agile Coach / Scrum Coach
Last position:
Enterprise Agile Coach / Scrum Coach at Intralogistics Solutions Provider/German Manufacturer of Industrial Trucks, Hamburg
Comprehensive support for new teams in adopting Scrum
Targeted coaching of existing Scrum teams and use of various agile methods to establish an agile mindset and culture within the team and the entire company
Analysis of existing Scrum implementations, identification of dysfunctions (lack of commitment, avoidance of responsibility, etc.), and development of measures to improve team performance and satisfaction
Introduction of clear (product) goals with a focus on product value
Hands-on guidance for various teams at different stages and support in adapting to the organization's specific needs
Pilot introduction of weekly sprints to enable faster feedback and adjustments, as well as to increase transparency and delivery capability
Supporting the transition towards more self-organization and personal responsibility
Optimizing agile processes and structures within teams and streams
Successful scaling
Rolf Wendolsky
Agile Consultant
Last position:
Agile Consultant at Lead.ai
- Introduced Agile-CCPM in an IT project agency focused on PHP-based content management systems.
- Prepared and conducted workshops to establish an agency-wide multiproject management system.
- Coordinated and supported agency partners.
- Coached the methodological framework.
- Collected, analyzed, and used organizational metrics to plan the next steps.
- Environment: OKR, CCPM, agile coaching, agile planning, agile metrics, workshopping, facilitation, change management, JIRA, Zoom, Slack, Miro.
Martin Gross
Product Management for Medical Portal
Last position:
Product Management for Medical Portal at MedTech Startup
- Product strategy and roadmap development for digital health portal
- Requirements engineering and feature prioritization
- User story definition and backlog management
- Prototype development
- Implementation of continuous delivery
- Search engine optimization
- Technological environment: Claude Code, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Agentic Coding, TypeScript, React, AstroJS, PostgreSQL, JetBrains IntelliJ, Netlify, Supabase, GitHub Actions, Git, DevOps, continuous delivery
Mike Lie
Agile Coach / Scrum Master
Last position:
Agile Coach / Scrum Master at Landesamt für Digitalisierung, Breitband und Vermessung
- Agile Coach and Scrum Master in the Baykom project
- Coaching the PO and the team
- Reorganization of previous processes with noticeable performance improvement (no statistics yet due to the few sprints, only feedback from the team and from the PO with their supervisor)
Antonio Enea Marraffa
Senior PO/PM/Agile Master for AI/NLP/ML Products
Last position:
Senior PO/PM/Agile Master for AI/NLP/ML Products at Freelancer
- PO/PM for digital products such as Search, Recommendations and AI (IR/ML) related projects, Knowledge and Document Management Systems, search with LLMs, RAG and Knowledge Graph
- Agile evangelist helping people, teams and organizations work in agile ways
Steffen Paul
Consulting
Last position:
Consulting at International Trading House
- Consulting, coaching and support of the new IT manager as part of the internationalization
- Development of the IT and digitalization strategy
- Design of the consolidated target application architecture (Microsoft Dynamics, dc Commerce, Magic XPI)
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) statistics
Typical experience
26 years
Average project duration
2.4 years
Certifications per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Insurance, Manufacturing
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Bachelor's degree or higher
83%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Salary / Daily Rate Distribution
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Average rates for Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) & Seniority distribution
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The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) shows that a ScrumMaster has moved beyond entry-level practice and can work with teams at a deeper coaching and facilitation level. It points to real experience with team dynamics, impediments, and servant leadership. For companies, it is a sign that the person can support a team without micromanaging it.
The A-CSM is the more advanced next step after the CSM. CSM focuses on core ScrumMaster responsibilities, while A-CSM is aimed at people who already apply Scrum in real teams and want to strengthen their coaching, conflict handling, and facilitation skills. It is less about learning the basics and more about improving how you work in complex situations.
A-CSM is a good fit for ScrumMasters, agile coaches, team facilitators, and delivery leads who work closely with Scrum teams. It is especially relevant for people who already support product development and want to become stronger at guiding teams through change. Companies usually look for it when the role needs experienced agile leadership, not just process knowledge.
A freelancer with A-CSM is often hired to improve how a Scrum team works together. Common work includes facilitation, coaching, workshop design, team health improvement, and helping leaders support the team without interrupting it. This profile is useful when delivery is blocked by unclear ownership, weak collaboration, or recurring conflict.
Before pursuing Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM), most people already have experience working as a ScrumMaster or in a related agile role. The focus is usually on learning from practice, reflecting on team situations, and applying Scrum more skillfully. It is not meant as a first introduction to agile work.
Yes, A-CSM is part of Scrum Alliance’s continuing-education model. Holders are expected to keep their knowledge current through ongoing learning and professional development. That makes it a useful signal for companies that want someone who stays active in modern Scrum practice.
In Germany, A-CSM is most useful in product, software, platform, and transformation work where teams need strong collaboration and clear Scrum facilitation. It can matter in both remote and on-site settings, especially when teams are distributed across locations or need smooth English-language communication. Companies often value it when they want an experienced freelancer who can step into an existing team quickly.
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM) is a strong signal, but it should still be read together with real project experience. Companies should look at the kinds of teams the person has supported, how they handle conflict, and whether they have helped improve delivery over time. The certification tells you the person has advanced ScrumMaster training, not the full story.
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