Marc Lustig - Senior Scrum Master

Q: Where is Marc based?

Marc is based in Munich, Germany .

Q: What languages does Marc speak?

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

Q: How many years of experience does Marc have?

Marc has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Marc has worked in at least 18 different roles and for 26 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months . Note that Marc may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Marc's latest experience?

Marc's most recent position is Senior Scrum Master at Federal Central Tax Office .

Q: What companies has Marc worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Marc has worked for Federal Central Tax Office , Ippen Digital , MHP (Porsche) , Bosch , and RTL / CBC .

Q: Which industries is Marc most experienced in?

Marc is most experienced in industries like Insurance , Automotive , and Information Technology . Marc also has some experience in Banking and Finance , Advertising , and Government and Administration .

Q: Which business areas is Marc most experienced in?

Marc is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Quality Assurance , and Project Management . Marc also has some experience in Product Development .

Q: Which industries has Marc worked in recently?

Marc has recently worked in industries like Automotive , Government and Administration , and Media and Entertainment .

Q: Which business areas has Marc worked in recently?

Marc has recently worked in business areas like Project Management , Product Development , and Information Technology .

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Munich, Germany

Experience

Dec 2024 - Present

1 year 4 months

Senior Scrum Master

Federal Central Tax Office

Promoted a leadership culture
Built structures for agile teams
Trained mindset for a product-centric way of working
Established a Definition of Done
Anchored team responsibility
Used ConceptBoard as a tool for workshops, retrospectives, and training

Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

6 months

Scrum Master and Senior Agile Coach

Ippen Digital

Evolved the agile way of working in the Data/Platform directorate
Coached leaders and team members

Jan 2023 - Jun 2024

1 year 6 months

Senior Scrum Master and Agile Coach

MHP (Porsche)

Developed the leadership culture
Trained mindset for a product-centric way of working
Established a Definition of Done
Anchored team responsibility

Oct 2022 - May 2023

8 months

Team Coach / Agile Coach

Bosch

Servant Leader
Introduced a Kanban-based process for continuous improvement
Promoted understanding of agile methodology
Ran the agile process
Coached the development team in self-organization and cross-functionality
Provided tools and methods from the agile environment
Communicated with management and stakeholders
Encouraged self-organization and cross-team coordination
Created and improved the Definition of Done
Conducted maturity assessments
Change management
Coaching individuals
Developed skill matrices
Coached the Product Owner
Tracked metrics and KPIs
Advised on organizational changes
Onboarded new team members
Planned team capacity

Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

6 months

Senior Scrum Master

RTL / CBC

Servant Leader
Advised on introducing Scrum in the organization
Coached the development team on Scrum in self-organization and cross-functionality
Worked with two teams and coordinated with management to develop a leadership culture
Promoted understanding of agile methodology
Ran the agile process
Communicated with management and stakeholders
Encouraged self-organization and cross-team coordination
Conducted maturity assessments
Change management
Coached the teams
Created and improved the Definition of Done
Coaching individuals
Developed skill matrices
Coached the Product Owner
Tracked metrics and KPIs
Advised on organizational changes
Onboarded new team members
Planned team capacity

Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

7 months

Senior Agile Coach at ART / Program level

Porsche AG

Servant Leader
Introduction of a Kanban-based process for continuous improvement with management
One-on-one coaching
Leadership coaching
Team coaching
Conducting workshops

Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

5 months

Senior Agile Coach

BMW Group AG / Berylls

Consulting on agile mindset and methods
Coaching events with the end customer
Developing a plan for a structured process model for the end customer
Communication with management and stakeholders

Oct 2020 - Jul 2021

10 months

Senior Scrum Master

Volkswagen Cariad

Servant Leader
Further development of the agile way of working based on SAFe
Coaching the development team in self-organization and cross-functionality
Addressing cross-cutting topics with the RTEs
Promoting understanding of agile methodology
Conducting the agile process
Applying the principles of Kanban
Communication with management and stakeholders
Fostering self-organization and cross-team alignment
Creating and further developing the DoD
Conducting maturity assessments
Change management
One-on-one coaching
Creating a skill matrix
Coaching the Product Owner
Tracking key figures/metrics (KPIs)
Consulting on organizational changes
Integration of new employees
Planning team capacity

May 2020 - Nov 2020

7 months

Senior Scrum Master for 2 teams and Management Coach

Schwäbisch Hall Kreditservice

Servant Leader
Coaching the development team in self-organization and cross-functionality
Consulting on the introduction of Scrum into the organization
Fulfilling the Scrum Master role for the Financing Platform and Bank Workplace teams
Introduction of a Kanban-based process for continuous improvement at the organizational level
Consulting regarding test automation

Feb 2020 - Apr 2020

3 months

Consultant and systemic coach

Toom / Rewe

Conducting Scrum and Agile training sessions
Coaching leadership on the criteria of agility
Supporting management in establishing continuous improvement based on Kanban
Coaching two teams to establish a Scrum-based way of working
Supporting management in establishing continuous improvement based on Kanban

Oct 2019 - Jan 2020

4 months

Senior Agile Coach

Accenture

Conducting trainings and workshops for Accenture and their clients (Scrum, DevOps, Coaching, Kanban)
Mentoring Accenture's Agile Coaches

Feb 2019 - May 2019

4 months

Scrum / Agile Coach

European Communication Telecoms (ECT)

Supporting teams in establishing a Scrum-based way of working
Implementing the Scrum Master role for 3 teams
Planning and facilitating Scrum events
Using Kanban for a continuous improvement process at management level
Coaching Product Owners in backlog structuring and questioning their decision-making authority
Guiding management in reflecting on opportunities and risks
Advising management on defining meaningful metrics

Dec 2018 - Feb 2019

3 months

Agile & Organisational Design Coach

EnBW

Supporting executive management in the department's transition
Introducing a Kanban-based work model
Conducting workshops to foster intrinsic motivation for a change process
Supporting the evaluation of Scrum
Assisting in defining a customer-centric working model based on Kanban

May 2018 - Oct 2018

6 months

Agile & Organisational Design Coach / Scrum Master

Allianz Technology GmbH

Structured coaching of the organization according to the LeSS Rules and Guidelines
Planning and facilitating Scrum events
Coaching the Scrum Masters (India)
Conducting workshops (Product Discovery Workshop, Feature Team Adoption Map Workshop)
Coaching the Product Owner (stakeholder management, reflecting the business perspective, simplifying Jira, delegating tasks to the teams)
Advising on implementing a DevOps strategy
Serving as Scrum Master for a feature team

Jan 2018 - May 2018

5 months

Agile Coach Program Level / Scrum Master

ESG GmbH

Advising on orchestrating the agile transition
Coaching internal staff
Coaching leaders in redefining their roles
Establishing an Agile Transition Board and an Organizational Improvement Board
Applying and coaching LeSS principles
Planning and facilitating Scrum events
Conducting trainings for Scrum Masters, teams, and Product Owners
Coaching the quality manager in shifting to an agile quality strategy
Leading a distributed team as Scrum Master

Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

6 months

Agile Coach Program Level / Scrum Master

Allianz Technology

Scrum Master for a product area (3 teams)
ABSi Program Coach LeSS adoption
Planning and running Scrum events
Coaching Scrum Masters and Product Owners
Involving stakeholders in the delivery process
Agile guiding coalition
Self-designing teams workshop
Switching from component teams to feature teams
Coaching communities of practice on whole product focus
Running workshops and trainings

Apr 2017 - Jun 2017

3 months

Agile Quality Coach

Interhyp Group

ATDD/BDD with Serenity and Cucumber
Developing a cross-squad test strategy for the microservices architecture
Coaching teams to create a dedicated test strategy by tailoring the cross-team test strategy
Cross-team coaching to implement specific test types (CDC, consumer-driven contracts)
Coaching Scrum Masters
Coaching teams on implementing their test strategy
Coaching to set up a squad cockpit (team maturity assessment), aligning with corporate goals
Advising on mirroring leadership culture: information hiding
Advising on optimizing the burndown chart: how to avoid a micro waterfall and achieve a smooth burndown by setting WIP limits
Raising awareness of the value of an enterprise agile coach toolstack: Git, Jenkins, Gradle, Groovy, Spring Cloud, Spring Boot, SonarQube, JUnit, Java 8

Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

7 months

Senior Agile Coach

Adidas Group, Digital IT, Consumer Engagement and Analytics

Advising on the digital IT transformation to implement agile ways of working
Advising on structuring products by business value
Advising on building a collaborative culture between IT and business teams
Running trainings on Scrum concepts and the PO and SM roles
Coaching and shadowing Scrum Masters to develop mindset and improve team self-organization
Interim Scrum Master
Running kick-off workshops to help teams start a systematic transition to agile
Coaching product area leaders to transform senior project managers into servant leaders
Running a LEGO-based Scrum workshop focused on iterative delivery of customer value using MVP concepts
Advising on setting up a Jira-based agile user story workflow
Continuous alignment with other agile coaches
Assessing agile maturity using surveys (SurveyMonkey)
Coaching department head to grow as a servant leader

Apr 2016 - Oct 2016

7 months

Software Quality Coach

MSG Gillardon

Mediating the introduction of a continuous improvement process across multiple departments
Developing a long-term quality concept based on the requirements process
Running workshops on test automation, unit testing and TDD
Implementing reference examples for incremental refactoring of legacy code and writing Mockito-based unit tests
Introducing FitNesse as a collaboration platform between the business side and development

Nov 2015 - Apr 2016

6 months

Scrum Master / Quality Architect

Allianz AMOS SE

Planning and running Scrum events
Receiving high-level requirements and doing requirements engineering to create user stories
Coaching the team to self-organize effectively using agile methods and techniques
Coaching the team to adopt quality standards
Communicating with stakeholders to negotiate system access and align requirements
Handling resistance to project goals with facilitation skills
Coaching the requesters to define agile quality metrics

Apr 2015 - Oct 2015

7 months

Agile Quality Coach

Fiducia AG

Implementation of a FitNesse-based framework to perform automated integration tests against the frontend layers
Coaching developer teams on TDD, testable code, incremental refactoring, and the test pyramid
Integrating the SQALE plugin into SonarCube and interpreting the metrics
Developing a test integration framework (iTest) to run end-to-end integration tests
Advising on planning and running Scrum events

Sep 2014 - Mar 2015

7 months

Agile Quality Coach

Wirecard AG

Developing and coaching on implementing a comprehensive quality concept
Creating a test strategy based on the test pyramid
Coaching developers on incremental refactoring, pair programming, and TDD
Coaching on implementing testable code and unit tests with Mockito
Defining E2E test scenarios and implementing them as Cucumber scenarios
Optimizing build management
Coaching the Scrum Master on planning and running Scrum events

Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

6 months

Agile Quality Coach

Siemens Financial Services

Agile software development and consulting
Coaching and introducing agile principles: cross-functional teams, incremental delivery
Coaching on TDD, test pyramid, and unit testability
Coaching on continuous improvement and inspect and adapt
Consulting on database schema management and test data (Flyway)
Coaching on software architecture: coupling and coherence
Coaching on software security concerns (SQL injection)

Jun 2012 - Mar 2014

1 year 10 months

Agile Team Architect

BMW Group

Leading the team and communicating with stakeholders at BMW
Aligning architecture with other teams
Requirements engineering in collaboration with the PO
Continuously improving the agile process
Implementing requirements within the team
Conducting coding dojos (TDD, incremental refactoring, pair programming)
Ensuring high quality through smoke and regression tests
Technologies: JEE 6, CDI, EJB 3.1, EclipseLink/JPA 2, REST, JSF 2.1, PrimeFaces, Glassfish 3.1, Oracle, Flyway, Selenium, Hudson

Mar 2008 - Apr 2012

4 years 2 months

Agile Engineering Process Architect

Allianz Deutschland AG

Collaborating with agile coaches
Introducing and maintaining the CI/CD infrastructure for automated builds and deployments
Implementing Sonar as a quality gate
Coaching teams on integrating with CI systems

May 2006 - Dec 2007

1 year 8 months

Agile Full-Stack Developer

Loyalty Partner

Agile software development using Scrum

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Insurance, Automotive, Information Technology, Government and Administration, Banking and Finance, and Advertising.

Insurance

Automotive

Information Technology

Government and Administration

Banking and Finance

Advertising

Business Area Experience

See which departments and functions this freelancer has contributed to most.

Experienced in Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Project Management, and Product Development.

Information Technology

Quality Assurance

Project Management

Product Development

Skills

Scrum Master
Coach For Agility At Company And Team Level
Leadership Coach
Accredited Trainer (Scrum, Less)
Quality Engineering Coach
Individual Coaching And Mentoring (Since 2017)
Supporting Leaders In Agile Leadership
Using Jira And Confluence Since 2004 With Almost All Clients
Using Miro Since 2019 For Retrospectives, Planning, And Workshops

Languages

German

Advanced

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 1992 - Jun 1998

Dipl. Soc. Sci. · Social Sciences and Philosophy

Oct 1990 - Jun 1992

Computer Science

Certifications & licenses

ORSC trained Coach

Emergent Essence Dynamics

Systemic Business Coach

Steinbeis Hochschule Berlin, dvct und Kröber Kommunikation

CSM, Certified Scrum Master

Certified JBoss Developer

Java certification with top grade

Acting as an Executive Coach

Daniel Mezick

CAL, Certified Agile Leadership

CEC - Certified Enterprise Coach

Scrum Alliance

CLP, Certified LeSS Practitioner

Bas Vodde

CLP, Certified LeSS Practitioner

Craig Larman

CLP, Certified LeSS Practitioner

Mark Bregenzer

CSPO, Certified Scrum Product Owner

Roman Pichler

CTC - Certified Team Coach

Scrum Alliance

Certified LeSS Basics

LeSS company

Certified Professional Co-Active Coach

CPCC

Certified Scrum @ Scale Practitioner

Simon Roberts

Design Thinking Facilitator

Andreas Varesi

Flipchart Visualization

Peter Lie

ISTQB Certified Professional For Software Testing

KMP I, Kanban Management Professional

Jens Coldewey

LFST, LeSS Friendly Scrum Trainer

Professional Certified Coach

ICF PCC

SAFe Agilist, Scaled Agile Framework

Josef Scherer

iSAQB Certified Professional For Software Architecture

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 26

Experience in Insurance 5.5 y

Avg length 9 m

Longest experience 4 y 1 m

Expertise

Recent roles Senior Scrum Master, Scrum Master and Senior Agile Coach, Senior Scrum Master and Agile Coach

Main industries Insurance, Automotive, Information Technology

Main business areas Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Project Management

Qualifications

Certifications earned 25

Profile

Created

October 2025

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Where is Marc based?

Marc is based in Munich, Germany.

What languages does Marc speak?

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

How many years of experience does Marc have?

Marc has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Marc has worked in at least 18 different roles and for 26 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months. Note that Marc may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Marc be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Marc would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Scrum Master, Scrum Master and Senior Agile Coach, Senior Scrum Master and Agile Coach.

What is Marc's latest experience?

Marc's most recent position is Senior Scrum Master at Federal Central Tax Office.

What companies has Marc worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Marc has worked for Federal Central Tax Office, Ippen Digital, MHP (Porsche), Bosch, and RTL / CBC.

Which industries is Marc most experienced in?

Marc is most experienced in industries like Insurance, Automotive, and Information Technology. Marc also has some experience in Banking and Finance, Advertising, and Government and Administration.

Which business areas is Marc most experienced in?

Marc is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Project Management. Marc also has some experience in Product Development.

Which industries has Marc worked in recently?

Marc has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Government and Administration, and Media and Entertainment.

Which business areas has Marc worked in recently?

Marc has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Product Development, and Information Technology.

What is Marc's education?

Marc attended education in Social Sciences and Philosophy.

Does Marc have any certificates?

Marc has 25 certificates. Among them, these include: ORSC trained Coach, Emergent Essence Dynamics, and Systemic Business Coach.

What is the availability of Marc?

Marc is immediately available for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Marc?

Marc's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.