Claus Rosenthal - Scrum Master and Product Owner Coach

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Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Germany

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Experience

Jan 2023 - May 2025

2 years 5 months

Scrum Master

j&s-soft AG

Planning and facilitation of Scrum meetings (dailies, sprint planning, sprint review, sprint retrospective)
Advising the Product Owner on defining sprint goals, creating user stories/product backlog items, achieving goals, and stakeholder management
Tracking and managing the defined sprint goals
Solving problems and conflicts within the team
Creating, presenting, and following up on information to keep all stakeholders (Product Owner, development team, management) up to date

Sep 2020 - Dec 2022

2 years 4 months

Product Owner

NÜRNBERGER Versicherungsgruppe

Requirements engineering
Technical implementation and continuous development of the concept and roadmap
Creating user stories and managing the product backlog
Collaboration/coordination with three external service providers (some English-speaking) and alignment of timelines

May 2020 - Aug 2020

4 months

UX, consulting, concept development

Mediengruppe Oberfranken MGO

Gathering requirements through stakeholder interviews
Heuristic evaluation of the existing system
Creating a new usage concept
Creating a new business model together with the CDO
Iterative creation of a prototype/mockup

Nov 2018 - Feb 2020

1 year 4 months

Product Owner, UX, consulting, concept development

NÜRNBERGER Versicherungsgruppe

Gathering requirements through interviews with sales staff/field sales agents/brokers
Structuring the requirements
Consolidation of six sales platforms that had been separate until then
Creating the roadmap
Communication and coordination up to C-level
Creating epics and user stories
Running daily scrums, backlog refinements, sprint meetings, sprint review, and sprint retrospective
Coordination between external and internal teams, business and technical departments, and stakeholders

Jan 2017 - Oct 2018

1 year 10 months

Product Owner, UX, consulting, concept development

NÜRNBERGER Versicherungsgruppe

Requirements engineering: capturing the current state and identifying current requirements through user interviews
Comparing with market developments
Developing recommendations and actions
Developing a roadmap
Concept development and usability testing
Design development (UI)
Developing and planning the rollout strategy
Filling the backlog with user stories
Coordination with the CEO, HR board member, and works council
Managing internal IT and external service providers as well as internal specialist departments

Apr 2016 - Dec 2016

9 months

UX, Consulting, Concept Development

NÜRNBERGER Versicherungsgruppe

Concept development for online application flows
UX coordination
Lead of the UX department

Jan 2016 - Dec 2019

4 years

Teaching assignment for Interaction Design

Hochschule Coburg

Nov 2015 - Mar 2016

5 months

Consulting, Concept Development

Allgemeines Rechenzentrum GmbH

Intranet assessment
Management interviews
User interviews/contextual inquiries
Intranet scoping/design thinking workshop
Information/portal architecture
Page and navigation concept
Clickable prototype

Aug 2015 - Present

11 years 1 month

Self-employed Consultant

Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

2 years

Project management, Consulting

BASF Crop Protection

Global business analysis with stakeholders (workshops / phone interviews)
Capturing internal and external expectations
Defining a target vision (services and activities)
Developing measures and a roadmap
Project management

Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

3 years

Senior Principal Consultant, UX Consultant / Account Manager / Project Manager

Namics

Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

1 year

Project management, consulting

Messe München GmbH

Assessment of the online marketing/sales pain points
Strategy and concept for the new customer portals with tailored communication for the target groups
User experience concept
Usability testing and qualitative analysis
Page, navigation, teaser, and ordering process concept
Project management

Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

1 year

Consulting

Webasto SE

Intranet assessment
Management interviews
User interviews/contextual inquiries
Clustering
Intranet scoping workshop
Information/portal architecture
Page and navigation concept
Creating a functional concept with wireframes
Clickable prototype
Usability testing and qualitative analysis

Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

1 year

Consulting, concept development

E.ON Vertrieb Deutschland GmbH

Merging the websites of six sales companies
Creating a coordinated project plan
Building a consistent user experience
Creating new content
Usability testing and qualitative analysis
Creating a functional concept with wireframes
Development and rollout of an online contract conclusion process
Coordination with product management, legal, and offline

Jan 2008 - Dec 2013

6 years

Head of Consulting (UX focus)

Namics

Jan 2005 - Dec 2008

4 years

Senior Manager UX

Sapient

Jan 2004 - Dec 2005

2 years

Lecturing assignment in Media System Design (msd)

Hochschule Darmstadt

Jan 2003 - Dec 2004

2 years

Senior Consultant, Team Manager Web Portals

Avinci

Jan 2000 - Dec 2003

4 years

Head of Information Architecture

Pixelfactory GmbH

Jan 1996 - Dec 2000

5 years

Founding Member / Consultant

neustart corporate medialab

Industry experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Professional Services, Insurance, Media and Entertainment, Education, and Agriculture.

Information Technology

Professional Services

Insurance

Media and Entertainment

Education

Agriculture

Business area experience

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Experienced in Product Development, Strategy, Information Technology, Project Management, Research and Development, and Sales.

Product Development

Strategy

Information Technology

Project Management

Research and Development

Sales

Skills

Project Management
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Agile Coach
Coaching
Scrum
Kanban
Devops
Atlassian Jira
Atlassian Confluence
User Experience
Digital Prototyping
User Testing
User Research
Design Systems, Atomic Design, Visual Design
Ux Strategy, Product Vision And Requirements Management

Operating Systems

Mac Os X 10.15
Microsoft Windows 10

Applications & Technologies

Atlassian Confluence
Atlassian Jira
Microsoft Office
Slack
Adobe Creative Suite Cc (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Xd)
Figma
Axure Rp Pro
Justinmind
Invision
Sketch

Expertise

Strategy Development And Implementation
Requirements Engineering
Project Management
Scrum
Kanban
Interim Management
User Experience
Customer Journey
Design Thinking
Personas
Usability Testing
Heuristic Evaluation
Din En Iso 9421-11 / -210
Intranet / Social Collaboration
Responsive Prototyping
User Interface Design
Interaction Design
Human-Computer Interaction

Areas Of Use

Scrum Master
Product Owner
User Experience Design (Ux)
Functional Concept Development
Prototyping
User Interface Design (Ui)
Strategy Development
Requirements Engineering

Engagement

Member Of German Upa E.V. (Professional Association For User Experience And Usability Professionals)

Languages

English

Advanced

German

Intermediate

Education

Oct 1993 - Jun 1997

HTW Dresden

Dipl. Des. (FH), Product design · Product design · Dresden, Germany

Certifications & licenses

scrum.org

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 20

Experience in Information Technology 18.5 y

Avg length 2 y 8 m

Longest experience 11 y

Expertise

Recent roles Scrum Master, Product Owner, UX, consulting, concept development

Main industries Information Technology, Professional Services, Insurance

Main business areas Product Development, Strategy, Information Technology

Qualifications

Highest degree Doctorate

Certifications earned 2

Profile

Member since

June 2025

Last update

August 2026

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Claus is based in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Germany.

Claus speaks the following languages: English (Advanced), German (Intermediate).

Claus has at least 31 years of experience. During this time, Claus has worked in at least 19 different roles and for 16 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months. Note that Claus may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Claus would be well-suited for roles such as: Scrum Master, Product Owner, UX, consulting, concept development.

Claus's most recent position is Scrum Master at j&s-soft AG.

In recent years, Claus has worked for j&s-soft AG, NÜRNBERGER Versicherungsgruppe, and Self-employed Consultant.

Claus is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Professional Services, and Insurance. Claus also has some experience in Media and Entertainment, Education, and Agriculture.

Claus is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Strategy, and Information Technology. Claus also has some experience in Project Management, Research and Development, and Sales.

Claus has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Information Technology, and Insurance.

Claus has recently worked in business areas like Strategy, Project Management, and Information Technology.

Claus holds a Doctorate in Product design from HTW Dresden.

Claus has 2 certificates. These include: Scrum Master and OKR Certification: Leadership And Goal Setting.

The availability of Claus needs to be confirmed.

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