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CSPO-certified freelancers bring strong product ownership, backlog prioritization, and stakeholder alignment to agile teams. They help shape product goals, refine user needs, and keep delivery focused on value. Find vetted CSPO professionals in Berlin fast and with precision.
About the certification
What CSPO means
The Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) from Scrum Alliance shows that a person understands the Product Owner role in Scrum and can turn product goals into clear priorities for a delivery team. It is not about theory only. It points to practical work on product vision, backlog ordering, stakeholder communication, and value-driven decisions.
Core skills
A CSPO professional is usually expected to handle the day-to-day product decisions that keep an agile team moving.
- Build and communicate a clear product vision
- Prioritize the product backlog by value and risk
- Work with stakeholders and users to shape demand
- Support sprint planning and backlog refinement
- Keep scope decisions aligned with business goals
Typical profiles
Companies often look for CSPO holders when they need someone who can connect business needs with delivery work. Common profiles include product owners, product managers moving into Scrum, business analysts working in agile teams, and delivery leads who need stronger backlog ownership. In Berlin, this certification is especially relevant for teams that work with mixed in-house and remote specialists.
Where it helps
CSPO is useful in software, digital products, platform work, and internal transformation projects where priorities change quickly. It fits situations where one person must translate stakeholder input into a usable backlog and make trade-offs visible to the team. A freelancer with CSPO can help remote teams stay aligned, while also fitting on-site collaboration in Berlin when workshops or planning sessions matter.
What the certificate signals
For a company, a CSPO on a freelancer profile signals that the person understands Scrum from the product side and can work well with developers, designers, and business stakeholders. It does not guarantee seniority or domain expertise, but it does show a shared language for agile product work. That lowers friction when you need someone to step into an active Scrum team quickly.
Before you hire
Scrum Alliance grants the CSPO through participation in a Product Owner-focused training, so companies should read it as evidence of guided learning rather than a traditional exam-based credential. When screening candidates, ask how they have handled backlog trade-offs, conflicting stakeholder input, and delivery pressure. If you are hiring in Berlin, also check whether the freelancer can work in English, German, or both, depending on the team setup.
Meet FRATCH Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Chris Wolf
IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT | PROGRAM MANAGEMENT | STRATEGY CONSULTING
Last position:
Senior Strategy Advisor, Transformation Lead – program realignment with target picture, governance, and priority steering at Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe | S-Communication Services
In-house consulting provider and driver of transformation within the group, multi-stakeholder environment and C-level.
Realignment and stabilization of a cross-functional transformation and scaling program within the group. Sharpening the target picture, priorities, and set of measures, as well as building reliable governance, planning, and steering structures. Structuring roles, responsibilities, and strategic initiatives while including AI and IT automation ideas.
Designed program realignment and project portfolio management
Developed strategy model and target picture for IT projects
Structured portfolio, roadmap, and priorities
Established governance and regular meetings
Worked out operating model for flagship projects
Assessed AI and automation ideas
Clarified roles and responsibilities
Implemented change measures
Developed, moderated, and evaluated workshops
Transformed 17 initiatives into a steering model
Increased transparency and decision-making ability
Strengthened commitment in steering
Sharpened the operating model structurally
Integrated three top-5 institutes
Involved over 80% of stakeholders
Governance
Portfolio steering (PPM)
Change management
Artificial intelligence
Workflow automation
AI use case assessment
Confluence
Jira
Stakeholder management
Christian Pestel
Project Manager
Last position:
Project Manager at Kreis Segeberg
- WiNOWiG extensions (digitalization & organization)
- Project management for the WiNOWiG project (regulatory offenses)
- Process optimization and coordination
Chintan Padaliya
Product Owner and Technical Product Lead
Last position:
Product Owner and Technical Product Lead at Sustamize GmbH
LLM-based features for automated CO₂e data extraction from unstructured documents (70% reduction)
Agentic AI pipeline for automated Scope 3 emissions calculation with 150,000+ validated data records
Smart API workflows for real-time carbon footprint calculations in ERP and ESG systems
ML algorithms to predict emission hotspots and optimize product design
Automated data validation pipelines with NLP for quality assurance of CO₂e datasets
Led a 15-person cross-functional team to develop 10+ AI features
Strategic product planning and AI roadmap with 35% shorter time to market
Stakeholder management with DAX companies (40% higher satisfaction, 95% retention)
On-time project delivery with 95% budget adherence through data-driven backlog management
Agile methods (Scrum, Kanban) with continuous AI/ML integration (25% team velocity increase)
Product-market fit for AI features through A/B testing and analytics (60% higher adoption rate)
Stefan Stallmann
Digital Transformation & AI Strategy | Business Owner | Project, Program & Portfolio Manager
Last position:
Digital & AI Transformation, Agile Culture & Business Management Consultant & Project Manager at Freelance
- Freelance work as a consultant (workshops and coaching for small to midsize companies in the areas of lean startup methodology, digital & AI transformation strategy, agile culture, design thinking)
- AI training & certification
- Project Management
Benjamin Faas
Freelance Product Manager, Product Owner, Scrum Master & Agile Coach
Last position:
Freelance Product Manager, Product Owner, Scrum Master & Agile Coach at Freelance
Freelance product owner, scrum master and agile coach in various projects spanning from local agencies to multinational corporations in diverse industries.
Last projects:
Adevinta: Technical Project Manager responsible for coordination of several sub-workstreams building the world’s largest classifieds multi-tenant platform.
Aroundhome (a ProSiebenSat.1 company): Product Manager implementing and verifying on the business side a concept for digital qualification of user requests for matching service providers.
Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf: Product Manager Mobile advising on and guiding the rebuild of Android and iOS apps.
Visual Meta GmbH (an Axel Springer company), Berlin: Director Product co-leading the Product & Engineering department together with the Director Engineering.
Responsibilities at Visual Meta GmbH:
Define and deliver a 3–5 year horizon product strategy including a product vision & mission connecting to existing company strategy and strategies from adjacent departments.
Refine an existing OKR process together with OKR master and directors of other departments to increase focus and outcome.
Support the Director Engineering in creating a platform transformation strategy to transform a monolithic on-premise tech stack into a service-oriented, cloud-based architecture and establish a domain-based organizational setup.
Accountability for a motivated and talented team of 5 head-level colleagues and 17 operational team members from product management, data and UX/UI design.
Key achievements at Visual Meta GmbH:
Defined and delivered a 3–5 year horizon product strategy including a product vision & mission.
Increased focus within OKR process by moving from 10 company-level objectives to 2 and from several hundred team-level key results to a few dozen.
Created a career path framework for the product team defining roles and responsibilities from junior to head level positions.
Roman Prysiazhniuk
Product Management Consultant
Last position:
Product Management Consultant at Self-employed/Freelancer
Helping product organizations to grow and scale business by creating digital products customers love.
- Built an MVP and launched a new business line of long-term e-scooters rental at Nordic and German markets for TIER Mobility.
- Reorganized and led product team; launched and scaled deposit warranty service; improved subscription pricing performance; smoothly handed over duties to hired PMs for ImmobilienScout24.
- Ideated and launched Marketplace product for the biggest telehealth service in the US; discovered and validated multiple Marketplace addons; launched live interpreter and whiteboarding services for major medical institutions for Doxy.me.
- Established the growth framework and processes in a Series A B2B Fintech start-up for VAI Trade.
Christoph König
Owner, Planner & Hands-on Builder
Last position:
Owner, Planner & Hands-on Builder at Self-directed Construction Project
- Immersed myself in all aspects of sustainable construction, including planning and coordinating specialist tradespeople.
- Performed extensive hands-on work using sustainable materials and traditional craftsmanship, including clay interior finishing.
- Managed timelines, budget, and all key decisions, bearing responsibility for the consequences of any mistakes.
Muhammad Latif
AI Product Intelligence SaaS Platform
Last position:
AI Product Intelligence SaaS Platform at ProductLogik
- Defined product vision, roadmap, and subscription-based monetization model.
- Architected multimodel AI orchestration (Gemini + GPT fallback) ensuring reliability and cost efficiency.
- Designed explainable insight engine with confidence scoring and agile antipattern detection.
- Built and deployed full-stack architecture (FastAPI, PostgreSQL, React) with secure authentication and quota governance.
- Tech: Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, React, TypeScript, Stripe, Gemini API, OpenAI API.
Chiemela Ogu
Product Management Consultant
Last position:
AI Enthusiast – Independent Projects at Chiemela Ogu Consulting
Too Good To Throw (AI powered social impact webapp focused on reducing food waste in Nigeria):
Integrated Paystack Split Payments to automatically route payments between the platform and partner vendors.
Configured automated subaccount creation workflows so new businesses get a settlement account instantly.
Setup a scalable cloud backend using Supabase.
Implemented role-based access control (RBAC) for Users, Partners, and Admin.
FaithFlow (AI powered webapp supporting Christian teens on their spiritual journey):
Designed and implemented an AI-driven scripture search engine that interprets natural language questions and maps them to relevant Bible texts, commentary, devotionals, and cross-references.
Designed a spiritual growth dashboard enabling users to track reading progress, prayer streaks, and devotional completion milestones.
Bertrand Rothen
Interim IAM Product Owner (Identity Management)
Last position:
Interim IAM Product Owner (Identity Management) at REWE digital GmbH
- Establishing Identity & Directory Management as a new (split-off) team & product within the IAM cluster.
- Leading the “Identity & Directory Management” product (8 people) as Product Owner.
- Concept for ‘Digital Identities’, i.e. IDs with n users/accounts and strategy for a modernized product offering.
- Upgrading APIs, migrating to a containerized infrastructure, rolling out international markets & standardized solutions across the REWE enterprise group.
- Tech: OpenText™ (NetIQ) eDirectory & Identity Manager, LDAP, SAP HR/HCM, Docker/Kubernetes/Podman, REST APIs, Microsoft Active Directory & Entra ID, postgresDB, Keycloak, Ansible, Cyberark (PAM), Apache Kafka, Jira, Confluence, Miro.
René Pfisterer
Founder and CEO
Last position:
Full Stack Developer at XPS Software
- Industry: B2B
- Headless frontend with AEM integration
- Key challenge: Migrating a PWA application in live operation based on .NET and legacy code; the entire application must be converted to React and Express.js/TypeScript
- Technical frameworks: Tailwind, XML, JavaScript, Caddy, ReactJS, Express.js, REST API, JSON
- Cloudflare CDN
- Caddy server with GitHub CI/CD pipeline
Sai Vedula
Technical Product Owner
Last position:
Technical Product Owner at Freelancer
- Worked with multiple clients on short- and mid-term engagements, leading the delivery of data-driven SaaS and analytics solutions.
- Coached and supported cross-functional teams with a strong focus on execution, working closely with senior and C-level stakeholders through regular alignment and decision-making.
- Focused on automating data workflows, integrating backend systems, and turning technical requirements into scalable product outcomes.
- Led delivery of automated data capabilities across client platforms, streamlining customer data integration and reducing manual processing by up to 60% within 6 months.
- Translated and aligned technical and business requirements for Shipzero into prioritized user stories, accelerating delivery and enabling ~€450K in annualized cost savings.
Amogha Sathyanarayana
Senior Product Manager - OS, platform, IAM
Last position:
Senior Product Manager - OS, platform, IAM at Aleph Alpha GmbH
- Leading the product lifecycle for sovereign AI platform and operating system teams for enterprise & government clients and internal stakeholders (infra, solution delivery, support, revenue)
- Built and scaled the platform from a 200-user beta to a full rollout of 70K+ members at the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), secured with ISO 42001 and EU AI Act compliance
- Architected the shift to a multi-tenant shared inference, increasing GPU cluster utilization from 20% to 85% and reducing infrastructure cost-to-serve by 40% for SaaS clients
- Shipped model quantization, allowing clients to run advanced LLMs on legacy hardware (A100s GPUs) instead of the H100s, saving upwards of 70% cost per enquiry
- Abstracted complex Helm configurations into a dynamic model manager, reducing the time to install or swap models by ~80%
- Killed an expensive move to build own dashboard service, pivoting to an API-first data strategy that clients can consume directly and saving €100Ks in opex and capex
- Built a safety-first agent marketplace and control plane lighthouse project for a Tier-1 bank, allowing internal teams to deploy autonomous agents within strict regulatory guardrails
Stefan Gimeson
Freelance Product Owner / Manager
Last position:
Freelance Product Owner / Manager at Self employed
- Working on [link] and [link]
- Temporary Product Owner / Product Manager
- Project management
- Jira/Confluence setup/configuration
- Requirements engineering
- User story mapping, backlog creation and prioritization
- Scrum Master for hybrid and remote teams
Katharina Dufner
Lecturer in Human Resource Management
Last position:
Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Steinbeis-Hochschule
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Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) statistics
Typical experience
19 years
Average project duration
2.2 years
Certifications per freelancer
4
Top business areas
Product Development, Project Management, Information Technology
Top industries
Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Automotive
Most common languages
English, German, Spanish
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
72%
Doctorate
6%
Salary / Daily Rate Distribution
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Average rates for Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) & 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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions? See our quick guide to FRATCH
The Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) validates that a professional understands the Product Owner role in Scrum and can apply it in real product work. It points to skills such as backlog management, stakeholder alignment, and making value-based priorities. For companies, that usually means the person can support a Scrum team without needing a long ramp-up on product-side basics.
The CSPO focuses on product direction, backlog priorities, and stakeholder decisions. A Scrum Master certification is centered on coaching the team, removing blockers, and improving the Scrum process. If you need someone to own product choices, CSPO is the more relevant signal.
The Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) is a good fit for freelancers working as product owners, product managers, business analysts, or agile delivery leads. It is especially relevant when they spend time translating business goals into backlog items and coordinating with several stakeholders. Companies often value it when the role sits close to both product strategy and delivery.
The Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) is usually taken through a Scrum Alliance training, so it is accessible to people who are new to the Product Owner role as well as those who already work in agile teams. Some practical exposure to product work helps, because the class and the role both make more sense when you have seen backlog decisions in real projects. It is less about formal entry barriers and more about readiness to apply Scrum thinking.
No, CSPO and PSPO are different credentials from different organizations. Both relate to product ownership in Scrum, but they are earned through different learning paths and are often viewed differently by employers. If you are hiring, the key is not the label alone but whether the person can handle product priorities in your team setup.
The Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) is tied to Scrum Alliance and is not handled like a classic exam-only certificate. Holders should stay current through ongoing Scrum Alliance requirements and continued professional learning. When you review a freelancer profile, it is worth checking that the certification is active and that the person still works with current Scrum practices.
The Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) matters most in Berlin projects where product decisions need to move fast and stakeholder input is complex. That includes software builds, digital platforms, internal tools, and transformation work with distributed teams. It is also useful when a company wants a freelancer who can switch between English and German collaboration depending on the team.
Ask the Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) holder how they prioritize a backlog when business, user, and technical needs conflict. You should also ask how they work with developers, how they write and refine items, and how they handle changing scope. Those answers tell you much more than the certificate name alone.
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