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Find the right Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) talent in Frankfurt in minutes from 15,000 CVs with the power of AI.

Strong product vision, clear backlog ordering, and value-based decision-making are at the core of PSPO I. It signals a Product Owner who can work with stakeholders, protect focus, and turn goals into transparent Scrum work. Get fast, precise matching with vetted freelancers holding this certification.

About the certification

What PSPO I means

Professional Scrum Product Owner I, or PSPO I, is a Scrum.org certification for people who understand the Product Owner role in Scrum and can apply it in real product work. It focuses on product value, stakeholder alignment, and making clear choices about what matters most. For companies in Frankfurt, it is a useful signal when you need a freelancer who can join a mixed team, support product decisions, and keep delivery tied to business goals.

What it validates

A PSPO I holder is expected to work with product goals, backlog priorities, and evidence-based trade-offs.

  • Writing and refining useful product goals
  • Ordering the Product Backlog by value and risk
  • Working with stakeholders without losing product focus
  • Supporting Scrum events with clear product direction
  • Making transparent decisions under changing demand

Skills behind the certificate

The certification is built around practical Scrum product management, not just theory. It reflects knowledge of empirical product development, value delivery, and the Product Owner’s accountability inside Scrum.

  • Product vision and product strategy alignment
  • Stakeholder management and expectation setting
  • Product Backlog management and refinement
  • Value, outcomes, and release thinking
  • Scrum rules as they apply to product work

Typical holder profile

PSPO I often fits Product Owners, product managers working in Scrum teams, business representatives close to delivery, and consultants who help organizations improve product flow. In Frankfurt, this can be especially relevant in finance, enterprise software, consulting, and regulated environments where product decisions need structure and traceability. The certification does not replace industry knowledge, but it shows that the person understands how to steer product work in a Scrum setting.

What it means for companies

When you hire a freelancer with PSPO I, you are hiring someone who should be able to speak clearly about priorities, outcomes, and stakeholder trade-offs. That is valuable when a team struggles with a noisy backlog, unclear ownership, or too many competing requests.

  • Better backlog clarity and ordering
  • More disciplined stakeholder communication
  • Stronger link between work and business value
  • Less guesswork around the Product Owner role

When it matters most

PSPO I is most useful in product-led projects, Scrum team setups, and transformations where the Product Owner role is still being defined. It also helps when a company needs interim product leadership, support during a product reset, or a freelancer who can coach teams on what a good Product Owner actually does. For Frankfurt teams, remote collaboration is common, but on-site work can help when many stakeholders need fast alignment.

Meet FRATCH Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)

Joachim Auster

Project Manager HubSpot, Tracking + Analytics Expert

Frankfurt am Main

Last position:

Project Manager HubSpot, Tracking + Analytics Expert at Swiss Post

  • Create a tracking concept for Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics including data layer, events, triggers, and reporting
  • Manage the project team (developers, designers, performance specialists)
  • Serve as communication interface between stakeholders and digital departments
Joachim Auster

Vadim Romanenko

Senior Product Owner & IT Project Manager | Mobile Banking · PSD2 · AI Product Development | 19M+ Users | Frankfurt · Remote

Frankfurt am Main

Last position:

Product Owner – Mobile Banking App at Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe

  • End-to-end product responsibility for one of Germany's leading mobile banking apps with approx. 19 million customers — from backlog prioritization and roadmap planning to rollout and quality assurance.
  • Functional leadership of a cross-functional squad (Android, iOS, QA, UX, Compliance, Architecture) including a nearshore development team in a scaled agile environment (tribe/squad model); responsible for time-to-market and quality.
  • Design and implementation of an intent-based semantic search logic (“Intelligent Search”) — including user intent taxonomy, ranking logic, and iterative improvement based on usage data.
  • Delivery of core features: savings pots, deep links, BFSG accessibility — translating regulatory requirements into structured epics and user stories.
  • Primary interface between business, IT, and regulatory stakeholders — accelerating feature release processes through clear communication structures.
Vadim Romanenko

Marcus Niebudek

Founder and Managing Director

Frankfurt am Main

Last position:

Founder and Managing Director at DR. Niebudek Capital GmbH

  • Asset management and investment company
  • Management of financial assets, real estate, and corporate investments
Marcus Niebudek

Matthias Vösgen

Freelance IT Project Manager

Hattersheim am Main

Last position:

Freelance IT Consultant at Freelance IT Consultant

Matthias Vösgen

Chris Z

Senior Consultant for Structure & Decision-Making – Facilitating and Steering Complex Business & IT Transformations

Frankfurt

Last position:

IT Product Manager at Leading German banking service provider

  • Technical design and further development of product-related requirements, product logic, and decision-making frameworks
  • Structuring, prioritizing, and maintaining requirements, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
  • Aligning scope, implementation options, and functional dependencies with business, IT, and other stakeholders
  • Managing product-related enhancements from requirement clarification to implementation and acceptance
  • Ensuring transparent decision-making bases for prioritization, roadmaps, and product lifecycle management

I structured the product development technically, translated requirements into actionable product logic, and led the coordination between business, IT, and stakeholders. This created greater clarity around scope, priorities, and next development steps.

Chris Z

Silvia Forstner

Agile PM

Frankfurt am Main

Last position:

Agile PM at Puma SE

  • Manage and oversee various software development projects between product management and agile dev teams of external service providers
  • Communicate with all stakeholders
  • Promote transparency and focus on project topics
  • Facilitate alignments between business units and external partners
  • Support product managers and product owners in preparing and managing requirements in workshops and tools
  • Use short feedback loops to optimize agile collaboration
  • Support hybrid and agile collaboration
Silvia Forstner

Mobin Rupani

Senior Consultant and Chief Product Owner

Frankfurt am Main

Last position:

Senior Consultant and Chief Product Owner at Luxota Travel Tech

  • Coached teams in Agile methodologies and Scrum framework implementation.
  • Aligned the product roadmap with business goals such as increasing bookings, improving user experience, and expanding supplier integrations.
  • Collaborated with developers and third-party providers to ensure smooth API integration and end-to-end functionality.
  • Created and continuously refined the product backlog with user stories, bugs, and technical improvements.
  • Prioritized backlog items based on business value, revenue impact, and regulatory deadlines.
  • Worked closely with backend and frontend teams to clarify dependencies and prioritize technical debt.
Mobin Rupani

Mouad Oulad M’hand

Project Management Consultant

Frankfurt

Last position:

Project Management Consultant at Joynext GmbH

  • Planning and controlling qualification tests and the delivery of software components (SWC)
  • Consulting and support in stakeholder management
  • Checking work packages for compliance with ISO 29119
  • Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the Porsche and Bentley brands
  • Regular reporting to the customer and internal management
  • Tools / processes: KPM, Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, ISO 26262
Mouad Oulad M’hand

Eyüp Zengin

Professional Scrum Product Owner I

Frankfurt

Last position:

IT Project Manager for Real Estate IT at BNP Paribas Real Estate

  • Responsibility for the specialist department
  • Effective stakeholder management
  • Management and prioritization of the backlog
  • Resource and capacity planning
  • Risk management
  • Cost calculation and budget control
  • Compliance with security guidelines and data protection regulations in a high-security environment (Bank regulations)
  • Creation and monitoring of project timelines
  • Planning and execution of workshops as well as the creation of user manuals
  • Development and coordination of architecture maps with service providers and internal IT
  • Creation and tracking of milestone plans
  • Recording, analysis, and documentation of defects, including retesting until final approval for launch
  • Coordination and execution of penetration tests
  • Organization and management of User Acceptance Tests (UAT)
  • Definition of Go / No-Go criteria for the launch
  • Collaboration and organization of multinational teams
Eyüp Zengin

Theo Liakouras

Project Manager, Consultant

Frankfurt am Main

Last position:

Project Manager, Consultant at Umicore

  • Led the migration of local SharePoint sites to SharePoint Online, including planning, coordination, and communication
  • Advised on governance, security, and data protection
  • Created project documents: project charter, project plan, communication strategy plan, risk and risk mitigation plan, scope of work documents
  • Analyzed manual processes and developed automated solutions
Theo Liakouras

Naum Kaganovich

Project Lead, Strategic Projects

Offenbach

Last position:

Project Lead, Strategic Projects at GIGA FIBER GmbH

  • Led 5+ CEO-facing workstreams across GTM, partnerships, fundraising, Uzbekistan expansion, marketing delivery, and backbone planning; turned priorities into action plans (owners, timelines, reporting).
  • Ran weekly exec reporting: status, risks, decisions needed, and next steps across workstreams.
  • Led cross-functional teams of 4-8 (design, marketing, project contributors) to deliver investor- and partner-ready materials on accelerated timelines.
  • Helped secure a government-level MoU in Uzbekistan through stakeholder relationship building and negotiating a mutually beneficial project plan.
  • Supported fundraising towards a €10M+ target: maintained model assumptions, prepared pitch/diligence materials, and supported investor Q&A (10 qualified investor meetings).
  • Represented company in high-stakes external meetings with government officials, institutional partners, and strategic stakeholders.
  • Managed external vendors (design/marketing) with €75k+ spend; tracked deadlines, flagged risks early, and fixed issues to keep delivery on track.
Naum Kaganovich

Leonid Ravin

Business Analyst | Requirements Engineer (certified) | Requirements Manager

Frankfurt am Main

Last position:

IT Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer at S-Payment GmbH / Sparkasse (DSV-Gruppe)

  • Business analysis of payments for the introduction of Wero EPI in Germany.
  • Analysis and optimization of merchant processes in the context of acquiring and issuing.
  • Analysis of interfaces for instant payments.
  • Analysis of SCT-Inst processes, settlement mechanisms and reporting processes.
  • Identification and clarification of gaps in merchant processes.
  • Analysis and documentation of clearing and settlement processes.
  • OSPlus process analysis and documentation.
  • Coordination and alignment with scheme management as well as various payment service providers and financial institutions on merchant processes.
  • Preparation and follow-up as well as active participation in EPI meetings on technical coordination and regulatory topics in payments, including content familiarization and prioritization.
  • Preparation and documentation of project and steering committees in the EPI environment.
  • Creation of status reports for the subproject.
  • Maintenance and structuring of Confluence pages for project documentation.
  • Coordination and alignment with the issuing teams on individual customer processes as well as aligning with bank processes and acquirer processes in the Wero environment.
  • Communication with payment service providers regarding merchant and bank processes in the Wero environment.
  • Organizational support for project management in special tasks in the EPI and Wero environment.
  • Digital filing and documentation in Confluence and Microsoft Teams.
  • Planning, implementation and tracking of work packages and steps.
  • Quality assurance and project control.
  • Consulting on IT strategy, IT architecture and interface management in the EPI and Wero environment.
  • Technical environment: Jira, Confluence, XML, JSON, MS Office (Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint), SharePoint, Draw.io, Innovator, 3rd-level support, ITIL, creation and updating of software documentation, interface management, OSPlus, Scrum, KYC, payment, European Payments Initiative (EPI), Wero, Microsoft Loop, Instant Payments, SCT-Inst.
Leonid Ravin

Jörn Bottenhorn

Project Management and PMO

Frankfurt

Last position:

Project Management and PMO at TANKKARTEN | PAYMENT

  • Close collaboration with development teams to ensure alignment with project goals
  • Assessment of in-scope assets, requirements definition and support of the public tender process up to vendor selection
  • Creation and maintenance of UML sequence diagrams to document system interactions
  • Intensive use of Agile/Scrum methodology and the Spotify model
  • Development and implementation of cutover and rehearsal plans together with the application managers
Jörn Bottenhorn

Jörg Podesky

Salesforce Consultant

Frankfurt am Main

Last position:

Salesforce Consultant at confidential

  • Preparing and conducting workshops for Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Training key users in standard Salesforce capabilities for Sales Cloud & Marketing Cloud, customization capabilities, live demos, including hands-on exercises
  • Tools / languages: Marketing Cloud, Sales Cloud
Jörg Podesky

Thomas Büdinger

Agile Coach & Senior Scrum Master

Oberursel (Taunus)

Last position:

Agile Coach & Senior Scrum Master at Janitza Electronics GmbH

  • Scaling the agile organization and further developing Scrum Masters
  • Team development and workshops to improve collaboration
  • Coaching and mentoring Scrum Masters to advance agile practices
  • Management consulting for agile decision processes and organizational design using the unFix Model, Flight Levels, and OKRs
  • Running workshops on agile methods for teams and leadership
  • Supporting organizational scaling for improved team synchronization
  • Sustainably improving Scrum excellence through targeted coaching
  • Increasing ownership and agility in management
  • Shaping teams into strong units with clear goals and individual motivation
  • De-escalation and facilitation in tense situations and large groups
  • Identifying issues and promoting collaboration by bridging team members and functions
  • Eliminating unsuitable processes and introducing more efficient workflows
Thomas Büdinger

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Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) statistics

Typical experience

18 years

Average project duration

2.2 years

Certifications per freelancer

6

Top business areas

Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services

Most common languages

German, English, French

Bachelor's degree or higher

96%

Master's degree or higher

54%

Doctorate

12%

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Daily rate avg. 925 €

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Median rate 888 €

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I) validates that a person understands the Product Owner role in Scrum and can apply it in day-to-day product work. It is mainly about product value, backlog ordering, and stakeholder alignment. It also shows that the holder knows how to make priorities visible and keep the team focused on outcomes.

PSPO I is focused on product ownership, not on facilitation or team coaching. Compared with Scrum Master certifications, it emphasizes value decisions, backlog management, and product direction. It is the entry-level Product Owner certification in the Scrum.org line, so it is often the first one companies look for when they need product focus.

PSPO I is a strong fit for Product Owners, product managers working in Scrum, and consultants who support product decisions. It is also useful for business leaders who need to represent stakeholders in a structured way. Companies often look for it when they want someone who can own priorities without turning the role into pure administration.

Professional Scrum Product Owner I assumes a solid understanding of Scrum and the Product Owner accountabilities. Preparation usually means studying the Scrum framework, reading the Scrum Guide, and practicing how to order work by value instead of by opinion. Real product experience helps, because the assessment is practical in the way it frames decisions.

PSPO I does not rely on a long prerequisite path in the way some advanced certifications do. Scrum.org certifications are known for using a proctored assessment model, and holders should check the current Scrum.org guidance for any renewal or continuing requirements. For companies, the important point is that the certificate signals current Scrum knowledge and product ownership fluency.

PSPO I checks core understanding of the Product Owner role, Scrum value, and basic product decisions. PSPO II goes deeper and expects more advanced judgment, especially in complex product situations. If you need someone to step into a Product Owner role quickly, PSPO I is often the baseline signal to look for.

PSPO I is especially relevant in product-driven and change-heavy environments such as finance, insurance, enterprise software, and consulting. In Frankfurt, it can be useful where teams work across business, compliance, and delivery concerns and need clear product priorities. It is also a good fit for hybrid and remote work, as long as stakeholders stay aligned.

A freelancer with PSPO I should be able to support backlog refinement, clarify product goals, and help teams understand what to build next. They are often useful when a company needs product direction, but not a full-time permanent hire. They can also help stabilize a team that has too many requests and not enough priority discipline.

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