Certified LeSS Practitioner
experts in Germany, matched in minutes from 15,000 CVs with the power of AI.For large-scale product work, cross-team coordination, and Agile adoption that needs real structure, a Certified LeSS Practitioner brings practical knowledge of LeSS principles, roles, and system-wide improvement. Find vetted freelancers holding this certification fast and with precision.
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Peter Jetter
Last position:
external SPC & SAFe Trainer, Scrum Master at Siemens Energy
support SAFe adoption at team, ART and Portfolio level with consulting, coaching and training. Establish hierarchical enterprise backlog and Kanban Systems integrating portfolio, value stream and team level. Make e2e value stream flow across organisational boundaries visible and measurable. Teach "stop starting, start finishing" and Limit WiP.
Olcay Chasan
Last position:
OWI specialist process modernization at Junikom
Public sector, regulated environment with legal deadlines and interfaces to justice, finance offices, and authorities. Took over a software product, condition unknown. The handover reported 89 percent completion.
Description / Results:
Review of the current state showed only two months of remaining runtime until year-end. Stabilized the product base in four weeks, including setup. Process logic proven instead of estimated: 181 workflows with 28 steps each verified against the legacy system.
Thomas Krause
Last position:
Flight Levels Professional® at Kardex Remstar
- Consulted for multiple coordinative work systems across products along the entire value stream
- Optimized connections between upstream (Innovation) and downstream (Supply Chain)
- Designed new and optimized existing work systems on coordinative and operational levels with connection to product portfolio level
Falko Werner
Last position:
Institute for Business and Personal Development, South Harz
- Development of an AI-supported personality analysis based on the institute's SDWA4: online survey, AI-supported and automated evaluation, and email delivery
- Requirements analysis, prototype development, evaluation, derivation of a simplified SDWA4-light analysis, continuous improvement, design, Make automation, deployment
Thorsten Heintke
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
Heike Röttgers
Last position:
Instructor for the "Agile Agents" training at ProScenario
Rolf Wendolsky
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.
Jörn Hendrik Ast
Last position:
Agile Coach at 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
- Development of a scaled agile working model for the work dimensions: values, roles, events, artifacts and workflows
- Team size: four delivery teams with 48 team members, five product owners, three agile masters
- Development of strategies in the area of scaled agile product development according to Scrum, LeSS and the New Work Heroes transformation helix
- Moderation of the SOL Planning Workshop for the overall project with more than 100 participants (PI planning according to SAFe)
- Coaching of all five areas and their managers for the SOL Planning Workshop (structuring the work packages, preparing the planning board)
- Coaching and mentoring for the three Agile Masters in the scaled agile team environment (four+ delivery teams)
- Moderation of scaled agile events, such as Sprint Planning I-III, Multiteam Refinement II, Sprint Review, overall team retrospective
- Support in consulting for stakeholder management and the strategic area of all project partners (construction site management: Inge, ARGE, cable producer NKT GmbH)
- Support for increasing measurability and the development of metrics according to agile product development
- Moderation of workshops, training and coaching for the overall project
- Methods and tools: Product Ownership, Scrum Mastery, Systems Thinking, User Story Mapping, Teamhood (backlog ticketing system), Miro, Kanban, Flight Level; certifications: LeSS Certified Practitioner, SAFe PI-Planning Moderator
Renate Frank
Last position:
Participant MBAI® Program – Leaders of AI at Leaders of AI
- Program to equip professionals with the knowledge to strategically implement and manage AI in business including practical AI applications e.g. ChatGPT, copy.ai, make.com, Voiceflow, Midjourney
- Covering generative AI, strategic implementation, leadership, ethics, and AI business transformation with use cases for marketing, sales, operations and HR
Lars Steinmann
Last position:
Scrum Master & Agile Coach at Self-employed
- Scrum Master & Agile Coach in agile product development
- Training, consulting, and coaching for project and product teams on Scrum and Kanban as well as agile values and principles
- Implementation of Scrum and other agile methods
- Development of an agile mindset at the organizational level
- Advising on setting up cross-functional teams
Roland Judas
Last position:
Business Analyst Generative AI solutions at Nextedge Technologies
- Conducting market analyses for GenAI solutions
- Developing the go-to-market strategy for an international GenAI/RAG solution
- Supporting the recruitment of offshore specialists in India
- Supporting the sales team
Anna-Carina Häusler
Last position:
Co-Founder and CEO at DeepAdvisor GmbH
- CEO/CPO responsible for product-market fit, go-to-market strategy, enterprise sales & investor relations
- HQ Würzburg, grew team from 0 to 12, achieved over €500,000 ARR
Christoph Bedürftig
Last position:
Systemic Agile Coach and Scrum Master at eon
- Guided several teams in backend, DevOps, and Jira/Confluence rollouts
- Established a Scrum Master community for beginners
Neli Georgieva
Last position:
Cohort Participant at Founder Institute
- Customer discovery and product-market fit validation for an AI tutoring platform
- MVP experiments: customer interviews, landing page tests
- Entrepreneurship training: product-market fit, go-to-market strategy
David Cole
Last position:
Scrum Master, Agile Coach at Steadforce
Agile coaching at BMW – 8 coaching projects
Advised BMW department on introducing agile software development
Coaching product owners, Scrum Masters, managers and teams
Trainer for product owner workshops
Consulting firm project (Jan 2017 to present): Steadforce was the main partner in developing products that consultants used on client sites
As Scrum Master, supported scaling the project from six developers to three distributed Scrum teams with developers in Germany, Poland, Romania and Ukraine as well as stakeholders in Germany, US and India
Agile values evangelist
Organizing Scrum meetings
Facilitating retrospectives
Co-organizing team workshops
Working on code quality and test coverage for almost daily releases
UMS at BMW (Sept 2016 to present): Scrum Master for a team of 3 software developers
Organizing Scrum meetings and collaborating in Jira with the product owner at the client for agile fixed-price billing (payment based on t-shirt sizing)
Steadforce Campus: Redefining software development processes at Steadforce with a focus on clean code, code reviews and Scrum
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Certified LeSS Practitioner statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
2.5 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Product Development, Project Management, Information Technology
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Product Development, Project Management, Information Technology
Bachelor's degree or higher
93%
Master's degree or higher
47%
Certifications per freelancer
10
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 26 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates for Certified LeSS Practitioner in Germany
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About the certification
What it proves
The Certified LeSS Practitioner from The LeSS Company shows that a person understands Large-Scale Scrum in practice, not just in theory. It signals the ability to apply LeSS principles to one product, many teams, and a shared backlog without adding heavy process layers.
Core focus
- LeSS principles and how they shape product development
- Organizing multiple teams around one product
- Coordination through transparency, learning, and simple rules
- Working with Product Owner, feature teams, and cross-functional delivery
- Removing scaling waste instead of building extra management structure
Typical holders
This certification is common among Agile coaches, Scrum Masters, product leaders, and experienced developers who support an agile transformation. Companies often look for it when they need someone who can guide several teams through a move from local optimization to shared product thinking. In Germany, it is especially relevant for organizations with established engineering teams that want to scale without losing agility.
What it means for hiring
A freelancer with the Certified LeSS Practitioner credential is usually a good fit for product organizations that struggle with coordination, dependencies, or inconsistent ways of working across teams. The certification suggests hands-on knowledge of backlog flow, team boundaries, system design, and improvement work across the whole product area. It does not replace project context, but it does show that the freelancer can work with the LeSS framework in demanding, multi-team environments.
Skills behind the credential
- Applying LeSS ideas in real transformation work
- Facilitating change across teams and leadership
- Coaching Product Owners and delivery teams
- Spotting bottlenecks caused by structure, policy, or handoffs
- Supporting continuous improvement in complex product settings
Where it matters most
This certification is most useful in organizations that run one product with several teams and want to keep ownership clear. It can matter in software, platform, and digital product work, especially when teams in Germany collaborate with colleagues in other locations and need a common operating model. For companies, it is a sign that the freelancer can help simplify delivery rather than add ceremony.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Certified LeSS Practitioner, in one place.
A Certified LeSS Practitioner has shown practical understanding of Large-Scale Scrum and how to apply it across several teams working on one product. The credential points to knowledge of LeSS principles, product organization, and ways to improve flow without adding unnecessary structure. For companies, it suggests the freelancer can support real scaling work, not just talk about agile ideas.
Certified LeSS Practitioner goes beyond team-level Scrum and focuses on the whole product system. A Scrum Master course usually centers on one team, while LeSS deals with multiple teams, shared product work, and organizational design. If you need someone for cross-team agility, LeSS is the more specific signal.
The Certified LeSS Practitioner is a strong fit for Agile coaches, Scrum Masters, product managers, engineering leaders, and senior developers who work with multiple teams. It also suits people who help shape how teams collaborate around one product. The best candidates usually already know Scrum well and want to scale it with less complexity.
Most people are better prepared for Certified LeSS Practitioner after working in real product delivery with more than one team involved. Experience with backlog coordination, dependency issues, team boundaries, and organizational change makes the material easier to use. The certification is practical, so prior exposure to multi-team work matters more than memorizing theory.
Preparation for Certified LeSS Practitioner usually combines reading the LeSS material, studying the framework principles, and reflecting on real team situations. Good preparation also includes thinking about product ownership, feature teams, and how to remove extra layers of coordination. Many professionals also discuss case examples with peers so they can connect the ideas to actual delivery problems.
Yes, Certified LeSS Practitioner can be very relevant for companies in Germany that run large product groups or distributed engineering teams. It is especially useful when several teams need a shared way of working and clear product focus. German-speaking collaboration can help on-site, but the framework also works well in remote and mixed setups.
The Certified LeSS Practitioner credential is tied to ongoing professional learning rather than a one-time label only. Because LeSS is a practical framework, holders are expected to keep applying it, learning from new situations, and staying current with the guidance from The LeSS Company. Companies should see it as a sign of active practice, not a static certificate.
Certified LeSS Practitioner matters most in complex product environments where several teams build one shared outcome. It is useful in software development, digital platforms, and transformation programs that want to reduce handoffs and improve end-to-end flow. If your project needs simpler scaling and stronger product alignment, this certification is a strong indicator.
The average hourly rate for freelancers with Certified LeSS Practitioner in Germany is 117 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 933 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers with Certified LeSS Practitioner in Germany, 93% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 47% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers with Certified LeSS Practitioner in Germany have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers with Certified LeSS Practitioner in Germany are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (29%).
The most common industries among freelancers with Certified LeSS Practitioner in Germany are Information Technology (95%), Professional Services (76%), and Automotive (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers with Certified LeSS Practitioner in Germany are Product Development (100%), Project Management (95%), and Information Technology (90%).
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