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PSPO I signals strong Product Owner skills in product vision, backlog ordering, stakeholder collaboration, and value-driven decisions. Find vetted freelancers who hold this Scrum.org certification fast and with precision.
About the certification
What PSPO I proves
Professional Scrum Product Owner I, often shortened to PSPO I, is a Scrum.org certification for people who can make product decisions in a Scrum setting. It shows that the holder understands the Product Owner role as more than backlog administration. The focus is on value, product direction, and clear decisions that help a team build the right product.
Core responsibilities
A freelancer with PSPO I is prepared to work on the parts of product ownership that shape outcomes, not just tasks.
- Define and protect a clear product vision
- Order and refine the Product Backlog based on value and risk
- Work with stakeholders without losing product focus
- Turn goals and feedback into practical product decisions
- Support the Scrum Team with clear priorities
Knowledge behind it
PSPO I covers the ideas a Product Owner needs to use Scrum well in real projects.
- Scrum framework and the role of the Product Owner
- Product goals, product value, and outcome thinking
- Backlog management and ordering by value
- Stakeholder management and expectation handling
- Empirical product development and inspection of results
Typical holder profile
People who pursue PSPO I are often product owners, product managers moving into Scrum, business analysts, or consultants who support product teams. In Dusseldorf, companies often look for this profile when they need support for digital products, internal platforms, or change initiatives where many stakeholders must align. The certification helps show that the freelancer can operate in busy environments and make trade-offs with a structured Scrum mindset.
What it means for companies
For a company, PSPO I is a useful signal when hiring someone to own a product backlog, guide a roadmap, or improve how a team turns ideas into value. It suggests the freelancer understands the difference between being busy and being effective. It also helps when a team needs a clear Product Owner who can work with developers, managers, and business stakeholders without slowing delivery.
Where it matters
PSPO I is especially relevant in product teams that work in short cycles and need fast prioritization. It fits software products, digital services, and cross-functional initiatives where many requests compete for attention. The certification is also useful when a company wants a freelancer who can join a team quickly and handle Product Owner work in English or in a mixed-language setting in Dusseldorf.
Meet FRATCH Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)
Felix Bauchspiess
Program, Portfolio & Transformation Management
Last position:
Digital Consultant and Solution Manager at Vorwerk SE & Co. KG
Introduction of a new digital product in the Chinese market as part of a global growth strategy.
Point of contact and coordinating interface between central product management, local Chinese teams, and international stakeholders.
Management of the full program management effort to coordinate complex digital projects.
Successful launch of a digital product in China (including successful certification for the Chinese market).
Balancing local requirements with global priorities while taking tax and regulatory conditions into account.
Introduction of a new way of working to improve cross-site collaboration and steering.
Development and implementation of a scaling strategy for the digital business model in China.
Used Jira, Confluence, Miro, Scrum, Agile work, SAFe.
Project language: English.
Ali Catak
Strategy Consultant
Last position:
Founder & Strategist at Wants & Needs UG (limited liability)
Focus areas:
- Strategy & Business Development
- CRM & Retention
- Customer Experience & Journey Management
- Customer Value/CLV
- Growth & Go-to-Market, as well as Business/IT Transformation
- Strategic analysis, target operating models, assessments, business cases, and concept development and implementation management
Frank Cappel
Agile Team Coach & SAFe RTE Consultant
Last position:
Agile and classic change transformation manager at Freelance Interim Manager | Transformation, Change & Procurement Consultant
- Industries: Energy, Telecommunications, Manufacturing
- Transformation & Change: Supported complex IT and digital transformation programs as Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Change Manager, and RTE Consultant at Siemens Energy (global SAFe rollout), E.ON (sales technology platform), Schneider Electric (S/4HANA transformation DACH), and Vodafone (Operational Excellence)
- Agile Roles: Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Product Owner, Business Analyst, RTE Consultant in cross-functional and scaled teams (SAFe, Scrum, Spotify model)
- Procurement Excellence: Strategic procurement consulting with a focus on cost optimization, supplier management, digitalization, and organizational development, including building supplier scorecard models, AI-supported sourcing approaches, and process automation in procurement
- Managed professional leadership of interdisciplinary project teams of up to 12 people in national and international settings
- Successfully launched multiple global ARTs at Siemens Energy with improved coordination across locations
- Increased change acceptance and established communication structures in the S/4HANA program at Schneider Electric
- Introduced agile methods, OKR frameworks, and KPI dashboards at E.ON, increasing velocity and transparency
- Reduced purchasing costs through strategic sourcing and supplier optimization
- Implemented process innovations in close cooperation with IT and business units
Katrin Ohlig
Senior UX/UI Designer
Last position:
Senior UX/UI Designer at Schott
- Requirements analysis
- UX solutions for smart manufacturing
- UI design including documentation and development handoff according to MUI
- Usability testing
Sergo Neuwert
SAP Principal Consultant (RM-CA)
Last position:
SAP Principal Consultant (RM-CA) at Vodafone GmbH
- Support in fit-gap analysis for three RM-CA systems focusing on sub-ledger reconciliation, dunning, and collections processes.
- Stakeholder management in international teams (business colleagues, IT colleagues, and external partners).
- Escalation and risk management (PM).
- Cost and budget calculation (PM).
- Support in shaping the strategic direction of the global collections system.
- Resolving technical challenges for the central collections system (multi-company operation).
- High-level design of the central AR system with focus on scalability and process harmonization.
Alexander Rautzenberg
IT Consultant
Last position:
Business Analyst at Financial Services Provider Landesbank
The Helaba ATLAS project aims to modernize core systems and make them future-proof. As part of the subproject, the existing legacy system for international payments is being replaced by a modern web-based application.
- Analysis of functional and technical requirements
- Analysis and optimization of business processes
- Process modeling
- Preparation and facilitation of workshops
- Defining project scope and prioritizing requirements
- Business process management (analysis, modeling, and optimization)
- Specification of user stories
- Designing business and authorization concepts
- Testing and acceptance
- Designing mockups in Figma
- Creating the UI/UX style guide for web applications Approach: Scrum (agile) Technologies: Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, Conceptboard, Java, Vaadin, Figma
Marijn Scholtens
Cloud Solutions Architect or Senior Software Engineer
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at Puls Security GmbH
Optimizing and acceleration of our Gitlab CI pipeline
Conceptual work for the PoC of the Zero Trust system
Extension of the policy-engine backend in Go
Extension of the policy-testing mechanism in Python
Architectural design of the PEP component of Zero Trust
Documentation of the product
Technologies: Zero Trust, Go, Python, Gitlab CI, Docker, JWT, Domain-Driven Design
Bastian Knetsch
Process Management Consultant
Last position:
Process Management Consultant at SachsenGigaBit GmbH
- Introduction and optimization of processes in marketing and technology, e.g., the product launch process
Marin Niehues
Project Management & Requirements Management | Leadership Consulting
Last position:
Project Management & Requirements Management | Leadership Consulting at Continental AG
- Project leadership of a cross-functional team of data scientists, software architects, and business stakeholders to develop a dynamic pricing model for the EMEA and US truck tire market
- Management consulting for applied analytics and AI, focusing on agile organizational strategy and designing a global strategy implementation based on agile frameworks with an emphasis on AI enablement
- Methods and technologies used: portfolio management, value stream mapping, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Flight Levels, lean management, OKRs, usability testing, acceptance tests, test management oversight
Tobias Buse
Project Manager Business Development
Last position:
Project Manager Business Development at Anafi Art de Vivre
- manages the early-stage phase including the completion of company setup and market entry activities
- develops the business plan for market entry in the field of furniture production and design
- represents the company at trade fairs in Dubai and establishes initial customer relationships
- leads the process automation for support requests with the help of AI tools
Bernhard Döpper
Senior Architect, Project Manager and Coach
Last position:
Enterprise Architect. And responsible for the cross-functional architecture as well as all domains with a focus on the sales at Süddeutsche Krankenversicherung
Creation of business and technical concepts as well as support for enterprise architecture management as part of the migration to the Adesso standard insurance solutions and the renewal of surrounding systems
Interface definitions
Business analysis and creation of the business concepts for input management and sales
Creation of architecture guidelines and processes
Processing technical and business decisions in the architecture board
Definition of service processes and system management aspects
Creation of the technical target operating model
Creation of an integration architecture for AI/LLMs from the providers Commasoft and Insiders
CommaSoft (Alan) webpages and web services
Insiders for Smartfix based on web services
Creation of a question catalog for a security/regulatory check.
Analysis of threats using threat modeling / STRIDE incl. creation of a set of measures to secure the systems
System environment: Jira, Confluence, Java, Enterprise Architect, VAIT/DORA, KritisV, GDPR, IT ServiceMgmt, Adesso Ecosphere and Insure Health, DoPIX and successor product, SmartFix, SmartFlow, Zabas, Kolumbus, Clarc archive, BiPRO, AI / LLM, MS Azure, AWS, TOM/FMO
Yunus Sakar
Product Management Consultant
Last position:
Product Management Consultant at Self-Employed
- Strategic Product Leadership: Manage end-to-end product lifecycle for diverse clients, acting as a strategic partner to align digital transformation with business goals.
- Full-Cycle Development: Successfully launched two mobile applications and a fully functional e-commerce platform from concept to release, overseeing roadmap, design, and development.
- Operational Efficiency: Developed a custom logistics application focused on supply chain optimization, directly solving client pain points through data-driven operational strategies.
- Knowledge Sharing: Hosting the Productman Podcast, discussing product culture and market trends.
Deniz Kahraman
Marketing Strategy & UX/UI Design
Last position:
Marketing Strategy & UX/UI Design at Telefónica Germany Retail GmbH
- As a UX/UI Designer & Digital Growth CRM Marketing Campaigning consultant, I advise companies on improving their digital presence.
- I develop user-friendly designs.
- I support digital projects.
- I accompany digitization in cooperation with a team of Web & App Developers.
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Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
16 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Retail, Information Technology, Telecommunication
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
64%
Doctorate
9%
Certifications per freelancer
12
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Daily Rate Distribution
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Average rates for Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) & Seniority distribution
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Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Frequently Asked Questions
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PSPO I shows that a freelancer understands how to act as a Product Owner in Scrum. The certification points to skills in product vision, backlog ordering, stakeholder collaboration, and value-based decisions. It is a good sign when you need someone who can help a team focus on the right work.
Yes, Professional Scrum Product Owner I is the Scrum.org certification for the Product Owner role at an introductory professional level. People often shorten it to PSPO I. When you see it on a profile, it usually means the person knows the Scrum.org view of product ownership, not just generic agile terms.
PSPO I is about product direction, value, and backlog decisions. A Scrum Master certification focuses on coaching the team and helping Scrum run well. Companies often need both roles, but they are not the same and should not be treated as interchangeable.
Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) is a strong fit for people who work with product goals, stakeholder needs, and prioritization. That includes current Product Owners, product managers, business analysts, and consultants who support Scrum teams. It is useful for professionals who want to show that they can take ownership of product decisions, not only write requirements.
Preparing for PSPO I usually means studying Scrum.org material, especially the Product Owner role, the Scrum framework, and how value is created in product work. Practical experience with backlogs, stakeholder conversations, and product trade-offs helps a lot. The exam expects clear understanding, so people often prepare by reading carefully and practicing scenario-based thinking.
There are no formal prerequisites for PSPO I. Scrum.org does not require a specific previous certification before you take it. Still, people with hands-on experience in product work usually find the content easier to apply and explain.
PSPO I is tied to Scrum.org, and the renewal model is different from time-limited vendor certificates. In practice, holders should stay current with Scrum.org guidance and keep their understanding of Scrum and Product Ownership fresh. Companies usually care more about how the freelancer applies the learning than about a repeated formal process.
PSPO I matters most in projects where product choices shape delivery, such as digital products, platform work, and internal transformation efforts. In Dusseldorf, it can be especially useful when teams need someone who can work with local stakeholders while collaborating remotely with broader teams. It is a strong signal for companies that want clear prioritization and steady product direction.
The average hourly rate for freelancers with Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) in Dusseldorf is 106 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 846 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers with Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) in Dusseldorf, 100% 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 Product Owner I (PSPO I) in Dusseldorf have 16 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers with Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) in Dusseldorf are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (23%).
The most common industries among freelancers with Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) in Dusseldorf are Retail (77%), Information Technology (69%), and Telecommunication (62%).
The most common business areas among freelancers with Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) in Dusseldorf are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (85%), and Project Management (77%).
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