Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
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Marco Steidel
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 introduction of solutions to promote digitalization in the company in the areas of: property management, CRM, invoice review & approval processes, smart metering, DMS, time tracking
- Digitization of file folders and introduction of SharePoint and Microsoft Teams as the central document & communication platform
- Design and delivery of AI workshops including rollout of AI tools to increase efficiency and transparency in key business processes
- Creation of training materials and delivery of user training for newly introduced digital processes and solutions
Chris Wolf
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
Onur Kayir
Last position:
Project Manager & Outsourcing Manager at SENEC GmbH (EnBW Group)
- Building a scalable nearshore IT developer hub (Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland) as an independent company using a BOT model (Build – Operate – Transfer)
- Identifying, selecting, and managing full-service agencies; introducing governance and control mechanisms including KPIs, SLAs, and regular service reviews
- Creating and reviewing data processing agreements and framework contracts in coordination with Legal & Compliance; integrating regulatory requirements (including KRITIS) into process design
- Advising on cloud-vs.-on-premise strategies, data storage, and authorization concepts; supporting procurement with tendering and vendor evaluations
- Change management and process harmonization between internal teams and nearshore partners; reporting to management board, CFO, and CIO
Result: Scalable IT developer hub with an audit-proof governance model, lower operating costs, and faster product development.
Vadim Romanenko
Last position:
Senior Business Analyst – Digital Products & Risk at Deutsche Landesbank
- Analysis, structuring, and prioritization of complex business and stakeholder requirements for a business-critical limit and risk system.
- Translation of business requirements into backlog items, user stories, acceptance criteria, and end-to-end scenarios.
- Facilitation of structured workshops and refinements with business, development, and QA to clarify complex issues and derive actionable product and system requirements.
- Optimization of requirements, testing, and quality processes, including automation, data quality, and CI/CD-related workflows.
- Discovery and evaluation of AI/GenAI use cases in terms of user and business value, data basis, feasibility, and potential capability impact.
Matthias Bullmahn
Last position:
Member at Rotary – Passport Club Werderscher Markt
Ole Himmel
Last position:
Interim Head of PMO at RAILPOOL GmbH
Due to the steady growth of the customer organization and the associated increase in the number of projects in a wide range of areas, including IT/digitalization, sales and organizational development, and controlling, the demands on the projects are increasing. Projects are often started but not implemented within the planned time frame, resources are not clearly assigned, and the business value is not clearly demonstrated. The goal of the assignment as Interim Head of PMO is to further develop and embed an existing project organization from the CDO area at management level. It is important that the governance is pragmatic, easy to understand, and simple to apply in daily project work. The tasks and roles are to be defined, embedded in the organization, and this strategic PMO is also to be supported by an IT solution. This solution is to be selected and introduced. In addition, all ongoing projects are to be gradually transferred into PMO governance and project control is to be centralized.
Sebastian Zwiesler
Last position:
CRM Consultant at Adevinta / kleinanzeigen.de
- Goal: Development and optimization of loyalty and CRM measures for a leading e-commerce platform
- Solution: Identification of promising users, increase in engagement, and long-term retention to drive revenue growth
- Definition of local CRM direct communication for specific segments
- Translation of research insights into actionable recommendations
- Planning and implementation of CRM campaigns in close collaboration with marketing and product teams
- Identification of optimization potential in direct communication
- Collaboration with external agencies on creative solutions, prototyping, and UAT
- Measurement and reporting of key KPIs
Marco Skulschus
Last position:
Business Analyst, Data Warehouse Developer at NRW.Bank
Business analysis for risk controlling.
Development of a data warehouse based on MS SQL Server with data from the FIS Cross-Asset Trading and Risk Platform (formerly Front Arena).
Implementation of ETL and transformation logic with T-SQL and Python (template engine Jinja2).
Modeling and automation of data structures with Data Vault.
Building reporting and analysis reports with Microsoft Power BI, including training and onboarding of users.
Wolfgang Orgler
Last position:
Business Analyst at DekaBank
Lead Business Analyst – Analysis and optimization of private banking processes
Responsibility for the business analysis and further development of business processes in private banking, with a focus on CRM, customer data management, and master data processes
Carrying out a comprehensive business process analysis to identify optimization potential, business gaps, and improvement opportunities along the customer lifecycle
Gathering, analyzing, and structuring business requirements in close cooperation with business units, management, IT architecture, and development teams
Creating and aligning business concepts, process models, user stories, and requirement documentation as the basis for technical implementation
Analyzing and optimizing existing master data processes with a focus on data quality, responsibilities, and efficient data maintenance
Designing and further developing CRM customer data processes while taking regulatory requirements and business goals into account
Planning and moderating workshops with business, IT, and stakeholders for requirements analysis, process design, and solution finding
Managing requirements and ensuring consistent communication between business and IT
Using AI-supported analysis tools to help with requirements analysis, structuring information, and improving documentation quality
Thomas Müller
Last position:
Requirements Engineer (SPC) - ONE.CRM VW Salesforce Solution at CARIAD SE / Diconium Strategy GmbH
- Rework demand, development and operational organizational set up for the Solution Train
- Rework requirement refinement process flow from strategic theme to user story
- Introduction of visualization tools (Canvas) of work dependencies over different requirement levels and Solution Train leadership coaching
Thorsten Huber
Last position:
Product Owner, AI Manager at crazyALEX.de GmbH
Digitalization of real places with 3D/LiDAR scans to make spatial data usable for AI applications and derive concrete use cases and prototypes from it.
- Digital capture of real places as a basis for faster planning and analysis
- Browser-based access to 3D data for easier use and coordination
- Turning spatial data into concrete use cases, prototypes, and AI training scenarios
- Planning basis for urban development and other digital future applications
Keywords: LiDAR, 3D scan, AI, use cases, AI training, prototyping, Python, web development, data models, architecture
Peter Fleischer
Last position:
Subproject Manager and Solution Architect - Microsoft 365 Transformation at Automotive Industry
Integration of highly regulated countries such as China and South Korea into a company-wide M365 tenant.
Technical contact for integrating special requirements for the executive board and German subsidiaries that are subject to BaFin compliance requirements.
Subproject management.
Coordination of requirements within the overall architecture.
Design of the use of DLP features from Microsoft Purview.
Design of special access restrictions via Entra ID Conditional Access.
Support in designing the provisioning of Teams teams and SharePoint sites with higher compliance requirements.
Technical support for implementing information classification with sensitivity labels for SharePoint Online and Teams.
Technical support for the subproject introducing CoPilot for M365.
Skills: M365, Purview, DLP, Entra ID, Sensitivity Labels, CoPilot, Teams, SharePoint Online.
Peter Gastberger
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager at REWE Group
Datacenter audit and subsequent transformation program
- Initial situation: After a critical outage, the datacenter was seen as the cause. A classic audit was to be put out to tender.
- My diagnosis: The technical architecture was not the core problem. What really mattered were the incident, diagnosis, and restart processes, as well as missing transparency around costs and dependencies.
- Impact: The audit was handled pragmatically in-house. The results and budget basis became the foundation for a multi-year international transformation program. After that, I continued as the preferred candidate for a central transformation stream.
Marko Agrez
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 the rollout of Scrum and in the introduction of 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.
- Design and expansion of efficient communication and collaboration structures between multiple development teams and key stakeholders in the organization.
- Facilitation and professional moderation of 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 organization level through targeted impediment management and escalation processes.
- Enabling teams to work with greater self-organization, personal ownership, and end-to-end responsibility across 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, prioritization by business value, product strategy, roadmap planning, and effective collaboration with development teams.
- Introduction, governance, and scaling of 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 the 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.
Christian Hildebrandt
Last position:
Senior Business Consultant CTV Sales - Livestreaming at Under NDA
- Strategic consulting for the implementation of a CTV sales concept in the livestreaming area - sports
- Consulting and support in selecting sales partners
- Strategic consulting and screening of ad technologies, their integration, and delivery of an integrated business workflow
- Stakeholder management and management support
- Pricing, cost and benefit analyses
- Sub-project leadership for external and internal stakeholders and teams
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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
11
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Product Development, Information Technology
Bachelor's degree or higher
93%
Master's degree or higher
64%
Doctorate
9%
Certifications per freelancer
6
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
Based on our profile pool as of 21 Aug 2026.
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Average rates for Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
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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 112 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 896 € 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, 64% hold at least a Master's degree, and 9% 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 English (97%), German (95%), and French (26%).
The most common industries among freelancers with Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) are Information Technology (81%), Professional Services (65%), and Banking and Finance (41%).
The most common business areas among freelancers with Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) are Project Management (90%), Information Technology (87%), and Product Development (74%).
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