Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
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Matthias K.
Last position:
Business Owner at AKM
Management of several MFA methods for centralized authentication within a group. Interface between various stakeholders such as Support, Finance, Developers, and Security departments. Assessment of compliance requirements such as KRITIS. Budget controlling and monitoring of KPIs and SLAs. Support with internal and external audits on MFA topics and with connecting new systems. Review of operational documentation. Participation in steering committees and leadership of service review meetings and decision-making committees.
Tools/Frameworks: FIDO, Yubikey, Veridium, BSI Grundschutz, NIST
Stavros V.
Last position:
Senior Executive Consultant - AI and Enterprise Transformation at Schneider Electric
Build the business value case for a global Talent Acquisition transformation covering talent attraction, shared specialist capabilities, process standardization, AI-enabled automation and the future HR operating model.
- Led the value-case workstream and aligned Finance, HR, Digital and workstream leaders on scope, assumptions, investment requirements and decision criteria.
- Built low, base and high scenarios linking adoption, productivity, workforce capacity, cost and service outcomes; identified double-digit FTE-equivalent capacity and multi-million-euro modeled value potential.
- Assessed AI and automation across scheduling, sourcing and candidate qualification, separating released capacity, avoided cost, qualitative benefits and standalone investment needs.
- Produced executive dashboards, a value-driver tree and a traceable calculation guide; reconciled cross-workstream inputs into the storyline used for the investment decision.
Marco S.
Last position:
MS Power BI Developer at Bayern Facility Management GmbH
Power BI development and administration, training, consulting, data modeling, DAX development
MS Fabric, MS Power BI, DAX
Enver B.
Last position:
Interim Manager Data Protection Projects at Telefonica Deutschland GmbH
Management of data protection & IT security-related projects. Adjustments to knowledge management and consulting processes.
Activities:
- Data protection consulting
- Process optimization in in-house consulting
- Interface to specialist departments, IT security, development and management
Peter G.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager at REWE Group
Datacenter audit and subsequent transformation program
- Initial situation: Following a critical outage, the datacenter was considered the cause. A traditional audit was to be put out to tender.
- My diagnosis: The technical architecture was not the core problem. The key issues were the incident, diagnosis, and recovery processes, as well as a lack of transparency regarding costs and dependencies.
- Impact: The audit was implemented pragmatically in-house. The results and budget foundations became the basis for a multi-year international transformation program. I was then retained as the preferred candidate for a central transformation stream.
Astrid B.
Last position:
Co-Founder & Project Director at UTU Food4Good
- Responsible for successful series A and B equity financing which secured USD 11 Mil
- Established governance, HR, finance and operations structures and policies
- Expanded, trained and led team from 2 to 10 full-time staff members
- Managed set up of first of its kind test kitchen in Africa
- Managed development of 3 new recipes to be launched in East Africa
Marco S.
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & Digitalization Consultant at paarprojekt GmbH
- Project management and consulting services with a focus on IT interim management: digitalization of corporate management, including processes and applications
- Assessment of the entire IT infrastructure, including applications, core processes and contracts, including cost optimization
- Evaluation and implementation of solutions to promote digitalization in the company in the areas of property management, CRM, invoice review and approval processes, smart metering, DMS and time tracking
- Digitization of file folders and introduction of SharePoint and Microsoft Teams as central document and communication platforms
- Design and delivery of an AI workshop, including the rollout of AI tools to increase efficiency and transparency in key business processes
- Preparation of training materials and delivery of user training for newly introduced digital processes and solutions
Raymond A.
Last position:
Senior Agile Process Manager at Sportsbook Software
- Led Agile delivery governance for the €8M Ultraflex technology transformation programme, establishing teams, delivery processes, planning cadence and cross-team coordination across 9 teams.
- Established the programme delivery roadmap and Agile governance framework including Epic workflows, planning and refinement processes, cross/team alignment and consistent delivery practices..
- Coordinated and coached 6 Scrum Masters across Ultraflex, supporting teams in adopting effective planning, refinement, Definition of Ready/Done and Acceptance Criteria practices.
- Enabled the successful delivery of the programme's interim goal: an independent, production-running instance of the platform for Sweden, delivered within the planned timeframe as a proof of concept for the Ultraflex technology and delivery approach.
- Established and improved delivery processes across Sportsbook Software, including onboarding external development teams, Agile training and coaching, Jira workflows, Epic governance and roadmap planning.
- Established planning and coordination practices that improved visibility across teams and supported alignment on dependencies, priorities and delivery timelines.
- Supported initial Ultraflex programme planning through team effort estimation and cost projections, before financial management and ongoing forecasting were handed over to the Programme Manager.
- Developed proposals for improvements to the Project Management operating model, including process changes, responsibilities and RACI structures.
Peter P.
Last position:
Consultant Strategy & Digital at Polynova AG
- Designed the growth and digital strategy for an EU distributor
- Established a differentiation strategy focusing on horizontal portfolio expansion, ESG and SG&A cost reduction using new digital sales and service channels
- Offered same-day logistic delivery for key customers, increasing customer satisfaction by 25%
Martin L.
Last position:
Senior Consultant at Aucoteam GmbH
- Development of a system for capturing, storing, and using knowledge
- Assessment of the current status and requirements for capturing employees’ tacit knowledge
- Creation of the appropriate taxonomy for the individual specialist areas
- Establishment of a suitable technical architecture
- Conducting expert interviews with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Concept for data backup
- Analysis and evaluation of the approach and results
- Incorporation of organizational changes
Günther W.
Last position:
Senior Consultant, Founder & Owner at BECOLEX GmbH
- Digital Product Owner & Manager at a large transport company south of Vienna (2023 – 2025)
- Agent Boss | Implementation, further development & management of autonomous AI agents
- Requirements Engineering | From the idea ... to success! (E2E)
- Strategic business development (transformation into a „Frontier Firm“)
- Change management | Digital Transformation · Reorganization & restructuring · Cultural change
- Process management | Analysis · KPI management · Implementation
- Project / initiative management | agile (Scrum) & classic (waterfall), or hybrid PM (method: The Race)
- Facilitation & presentations (teams, C-level, stakeholders, large groups)
- Functional leadership and mentoring of (Junior) Consultants and Business Analysts
Ulysse Brice M.
Last position:
Agile Quality Engineer & Quality Master at Die Mobiliar
- Test strategy design
- Continuous defect tracking and documentation
- Test case creation and execution for performance and end-to-end tests as well as mass tests
- Responsibility for all test activities in the team
- Requirements and documentation analysis
- Agile testing based on stories, epics and features
- Test management and coordination
- Use of SAFe (PI planning, PI preparation, sprints, daily meetings, Kanban board, retrospective, review)
- Use of GitHub, Tortoise, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Splunk, Swagger UI, Tosca, Rocket.Chat, Visual Studio Code, Oracle SQL Developer
- SAFe framework and project abroad
Steffen H.
Last position:
Interim CIO and IT and Business Transformation Consultant at Telelift GmbH
Started as a Business Transformation Consultant for IT and process analysis, and from 09/2025 additionally took on the role of Interim CIO with overall responsibility for IT.
- Reduced IT operating costs by 28 %.
- IT and process analysis, target vision and roadmap; governance with SLA, RPO/RTO, RACI and TOMs.
- Led the introduction of Microsoft Dynamics 365: migration, integration and connection of existing systems.
- Established reporting with Power BI; prepared decision documents and 30/60/90-day quick wins for the executive management.
Marko A.
Last position:
Program Lead | Agile Transformation Coach at EnBW
Technologies: Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Office 365 (Teams, PowerPoint, Copilot, Excel, SharePoint, Forms, OneNote, PowerAutomate, Word), DataDog, Conceptboard, Python, AWS, Claude, Perplexity Methodology: Scrum
- Steering and supporting the organization in introducing Scrum and a SAFe-inspired quarterly roadmap and portfolio planning at program level.
- Servant leadership for Scrum teams and managers to achieve quarterly goals and measurably increase value creation for internal and external customers.
- Designing and building efficient communication and collaboration structures between multiple development teams and central stakeholders in the organization.
- Moderating and facilitating cross-functional workshops and management meetings to align on shared goals.
- Coaching leaders, Product Owners, and development teams on agile values, role understanding, and scaled ways of working (Scrum, SAFe, Business Agility).
- Removing structural obstacles at team and organizational level through targeted impediment management and escalation processes.
- Enabling teams to become more self-organized, accountable, and end-to-end responsible along the value streams.
- Individual coaching of key people (Product Owners, Chapter Leads, Scrum Masters) to strengthen their impact in the transformation program.
- Organization-wide identification, planning, and implementation of process, structure, and tool improvements to sustainably increase efficiency, throughput, and value creation.
- Close support for Product Owners in stakeholder management, business value prioritization, product strategy, roadmap planning, and effective collaboration with development teams.
- Introducing, governing, and scaling Azure DevOps as the central project and product management tool, including coaching the organization on usage, reporting, and alignment at all levels.
Achievements:
- Clear increase in visibility, transparency, and perceived value creation of the development teams within the overall organization.
- Noticeable improvement in communication between development, business, and other stakeholders.
- Optimization of work processes, workflow, and backlog structures, which reduced lead times, sharpened priorities, and sustainably increased team effectiveness.
Jakob F.
Last position:
Core Team Member at Jafa Consulting
- SME for operational processes, contract negotiation and product design for the implementation of a SaaS contact center solution & carrier services
- Definition of several operational processes, organizational setup, ITSM application integrations, creation of contract schedules and advising contract negotiation
- Scrum Master with agile tooling (processes & automation)
- Commercial manager to create business cases and closing the sales process
- Increasing impact, trusted relationship, and key team member within a short time
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Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
2.9 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
93%
Master's degree or higher
63%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
6
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
Based on our profile pool as of 21 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts holding this certification are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates for Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
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.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 21 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (82%)
- Professional Services (65%)
- Banking and Finance (43%)
- Manufacturing (41%)
- Automotive (38%)
- Retail (30%)
- Telecommunication (29%)
- Education (27%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the certification
What PSM I means
Professional Scrum Master I, often written as PSM I, is a Scrum.org certification for people who understand how Scrum works in practice. It focuses on the role of the Scrum Master as a servant leader, coach, and facilitator, not as a project commander. For companies, it signals that a freelancer can help a team work in a disciplined Agile way without losing flow.
Core skills
- Explaining the Scrum framework and its rules
- Supporting self-managing teams
- Removing blockers through influence, not authority
- Facilitating events with a clear purpose
- Helping the team inspect and adapt its work
- Working with product owners and stakeholders
Knowledge behind it
The certification covers the Scrum Guide, team accountability, transparency, and empirical process control. It also touches on the difference between doing Scrum and merely following rituals. A strong PSM I holder can spot weak backlog refinement, unclear sprint goals, poor stakeholder habits, and anti-patterns that slow delivery.
Typical holders
PSM I is common among Scrum Masters, Agile coaches, delivery leads, project managers moving into Agile, and team facilitators. Some freelancers hold it to prove they can join a new team quickly and bring structure to complex collaboration. In Germany and other international markets, it is often valued in product teams that work in English and need a clear common Scrum reference.
What it tells companies
A freelancer with PSM I should be comfortable in environments where teams need better cadence, stronger communication, and fewer handoff problems. That includes software delivery, digital product work, transformation programs, and cross-functional teams with changing priorities. It does not by itself prove deep technical knowledge, but it does show a solid grasp of Scrum principles and the role expectations around them.
Before hiring or pursuing
The certification is suitable for people who already work with teams and want a more formal Scrum foundation. Preparation is usually focused on the Scrum Guide, the meaning of the Scrum Master role, and practical situations such as conflicts, events, and team coaching. Renewal and any current assessment details should always be checked with Scrum.org, since requirements can change.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), in one place.
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) validates a solid understanding of Scrum, the Scrum Master role, and how to support a team in real work. It is less about theory for its own sake and more about knowing how to apply Scrum principles, events, and accountabilities correctly. Companies often use it as a sign that a freelancer can step into a Scrum team with a shared baseline.
PSM I is Scrum.org’s entry-level Scrum Master assessment and is centered on the Scrum Guide and practical understanding. Compared with broader Agile certificates, it is more specific to Scrum and the responsibilities of the Scrum Master. Compared with higher PSM levels, it is the foundation, not the advanced proof of deep coaching or organizational mastery.
Professional Scrum Master I fits freelancers who facilitate Scrum teams, support delivery flow, or help organizations adopt Scrum correctly. It is also useful for project managers, delivery leads, and Agile practitioners who work closely with product teams. Companies should expect a person who can guide teamwork and remove friction, not just repeat Scrum terms.
A good PSM I preparation usually starts with the Scrum Guide and then moves into real situations: sprint planning, daily scrums, reviews, retrospectives, and team impediments. Candidates should understand the purpose of each event, the accountabilities in Scrum, and common misunderstandings around the Scrum Master role. Practice with scenario-based questions helps more than memorizing definitions alone.
There is no formal prerequisite for Professional Scrum Master I. That said, people who have worked with Scrum teams usually find the assessment easier to understand because they can connect the concepts to real situations. Scrum.org does not require a specific training path before the exam, but structured study is still important.
For PSM I, renewal details should be checked directly with Scrum.org because assessment policies can change over time. In practice, companies should focus less on a calendar label and more on whether the freelancer keeps a current, working knowledge of Scrum. Active use of Scrum in projects is often as important as the certificate itself.
PSM I matters most in product development, software delivery, digital transformation, and any cross-functional setup that works in short, iterative cycles. It is especially useful where teams need clear facilitation, better stakeholder alignment, and consistent Scrum habits. The certification can help in many industries, but it is strongest where teamwork and change management are part of daily work.
A freelancer with PSM I should be able to improve team discipline, support healthy Scrum events, and coach people toward better collaboration. The certificate suggests a practical grasp of how Scrum should work, but it does not guarantee senior coaching skill or domain expertise. For the best result, pair it with evidence of real team experience and the kind of project you need help with.
The average hourly rate for freelancers with Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) is 113 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 900 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers with Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), 93% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 63% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers with Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers with Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) are German (99%), English (97%), and French (24%).
The most common industries among freelancers with Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) are Information Technology (82%), Professional Services (65%), and Banking and Finance (43%).
The most common business areas among freelancers with Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) are Project Management (89%), Information Technology (88%), and Product Development (75%).
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