Marc Lustig - Senior Scrum Master and Agile Coach

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Munich, Germany

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Experience

Dec 2024 - Present

1 year 10 months

Senior Scrum Master

Bundeszentralamt für Steuern

Promoting a leadership culture
Building structures for the agile teams
Training the mindset for a product-centered way of working
Establishing a Definition of Done
Embedding team responsibility
Using ConceptBoard as a tool for workshops, retrospectives, and training

Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

6 months

Scrum Master and Senior Agile Coach

Ippen Digital

Further developing the agile way of working in the Data/Platform directorate
Coaching leaders and employees

Jan 2023 - Jun 2024

1 year 6 months

Senior Scrum Master and Agile Coach

MHP (Porsche)

Developing the leadership culture
Training the mindset for a product-centered way of working
Establishing a Definition of Done
Embedding team responsibility

Oct 2022 - May 2023

8 months

Team Coach / Agile Coach

Bosch

Servant Leader
Introducing a Kanban-based process for continuous improvement
Promoting an understanding of agile methods
Running the agile process
Coaching the development team in self-organization and cross-functionality
Providing tools and methods from the agile environment
Communicating with management and stakeholders
Promoting self-organization and coordination across teams
Creating and further developing the DoD
Conducting maturity assessments
Change management
Coaching individuals
Creating a skill matrix
Coaching the Product Owner
Tracking figures / metrics (KPIs)
Advising on organizational changes
Integrating new employees
Planning team capacity

Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

6 months

Senior Scrum Master

RTL / CBC

Servant Leader
Advising on the introduction of Scrum into the organization
Coaching the development team in self-organization and cross-functionality based on Scrum
Working with two teams and coordinating with management to develop the leadership culture
Promoting an understanding of agile methods
Running the agile process
Communicating with management and stakeholders
Promoting self-organization and coordination across teams
Conducting maturity assessments
Change management
Coaching the teams
Creating and further developing the DoD
Coaching individuals
Creating a skill matrix
Coaching the Product Owner
Tracking figures / metrics (KPIs)
Advising on organizational changes
Integrating new employees
Planning 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
Individual coaching
Executive coaching
Team coaching
Conducting workshops

Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

5 months

Senior Agile Coach

BMW Group AG / Berylls

Consulting on the agile mindset and methods
Coaching events with the end customer
Developing a plan for a structured approach 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-functional topics with the RTEs
Promoting an understanding of agile methods
Implementing the agile process
Applying Kanban principles
Communication with management and stakeholders
Promoting self-organization and coordination across teams
Creating and further developing the DoD
Conducting maturity assessments
Change management
Individual coaching
Creating a skill matrix
Coaching the Product Owner
Tracking key figures / metrics (KPIs)
Consulting on organizational changes
Integrating 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 to the organization
Performing 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 on 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 for 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 training sessions and workshops for Accenture and its 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 on structuring the backlog and challenging their empowerment to make decisions
Supporting 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 during the transition of the department
Introducing a Kanban-based working model
Conducting workshops to create intrinsic motivation for a change process
Supporting the evaluation of Scrum
Supporting the definition of a customer-centric way of working based on Kanban

May 2018 - Oct 2018

6 months

Agile & Organisational Design Coach / Scrum Master

Allianz Technology GmbH

Structured coaching of the organization in accordance with the LeSS Rules and Guidelines
Planning and facilitating Scrum events
Coaching Scrum Masters (India)
Conducting workshops (Product Discovery Workshop, Feature Team Adoption Map Workshop)
Coaching the Product Owner (stakeholder management, incorporating the commercial perspective, simplifying Jira, delegating tasks to the teams)
Advising on the implementation of a DevOps strategy
Scrum Master for a feature team

Jan 2018 - May 2018

5 months

Agile Coach Program Level / Scrum Master

ESG GmbH

Advising on the orchestration of the agile transition
Coaching internal employees
Coaching managers on redefining their role
Establishing an Agile Transition Board and an Organisational Improvement Board
Applying and coaching LeSS principles
Planning and facilitating Scrum events
Conducting training for Scrum Masters, teams, and Product Owners
Coaching the quality manager on transitioning 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 facilitation of Scrum events
Coaching Scrum Masters and Product Owners
Including clients in the delivery process
Agile Guiding Coalition
Self-designing teams workshop
Transition from component teams to feature teams
Coaching Whole Product Focus CoPs
Conducting workshops and training

Apr 2017 - Jun 2017

3 months

Agile Quality Coach

Interhyp Group

ATDD/BDD with Serenity and Cucumber
Development of 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 individual test types (CDC, Consumer Driven Contracts)
Coaching Scrum Masters
Coaching teams in implementing their test strategy
Coaching to establish a Squad Cockpit (Team Maturity Assessment), aligned with company goals (corporate capabilities)
Advising on reflecting leadership culture: information hiding
Advising on optimizing the burndown chart: how to avoid a micro waterfall and achieve a smooth burndown by introducing WIP limits
Raising awareness of the value of an Enterprise Agile Coach tool stack: 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 transformation of Digital IT to implement agile ways of working
Advising on structuring products according to business value
Advising on building a culture of collaboration between IT and business departments
Conducting training on Scrum concepts and the PO and SM roles
Coaching and shadowing Scrum Masters to develop their mindset and improve team self-organization
Interim Scrum Master
Conducting kick-off workshops to help teams begin a systematic transition toward an agile mindset
Coaching Product Area Leaders with the goal of transforming Senior Project Managers into Servant Leaders
Conducting LEGO-based Scrum workshops focused on the iterative delivery of customer value while considering the MVP concept
Advising on implementing a Jira-based agile user story workflow
Continuous alignment with other Agile Coaches
Assessing agile maturity using questionnaires (SurveyMonkey)
Coaching the department head in developing further as a Servant Leader

Apr 2016 - Oct 2016

7 months

Software Quality Coach

MSG Gillardon

Mediation to introduce a continuous improvement process across several departments
Development of a long-term quality concept based on the requirements process
Conducting 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 platform for collaboration between the business and development departments

Nov 2015 - Apr 2016

6 months

Scrum Master / Quality Architect

Allianz AMOS SE

Planning and facilitation of Scrum events
Receiving high-level requirements and conducting requirements engineering to create user stories
Coaching the team in effective self-organization through the use of agile methods and techniques
Coaching the team in introducing quality standards
Communicating with stakeholders to negotiate system access and align requirements
Addressing resistance to project goals through facilitation skills
Coaching the requirements owner in defining agile quality metrics

Apr 2015 - Oct 2015

7 months

Agile Quality Coach

Fiducia AG

Implementation of a FitNesse-based framework for running automated integration tests against the frontend layers
Coaching development teams on TDD, testable code, incremental refactoring, and the test pyramid
Integration of the Sqale plugin for SonarCube and interpretation of metrics
Development of a test integration framework (iTest) for running full integration tests
Advising on the planning and execution of Scrum events

Sep 2014 - Mar 2015

7 months

Agile Quality Coach

Wirecard AG

Development and coaching in the implementation of a comprehensive quality concept
Development of 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
Derivation of E2E test scenarios and implementation as Cucumber scenarios
Optimization of build management
Coaching the Scrum Master on planning and executing Scrum events

Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

6 months

Agile Quality Coach

Siemens Financial Services

Agile software development and consulting
Coaching and introduction of agile principles: cross-functional teams, incremental delivery
Coaching on TDD, the 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

Team leadership and communication with stakeholders at BMW
Coordination of architecture with other teams
Requirements engineering in collaboration with the PO
Continuous improvement of the agile process
Implementation of requirements within the team
Running 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

Collaboration with Agile Coaches
Introduction and maintenance of CI/CD infrastructure for automated builds and deployments
Introduction of Sonar as a quality gate
Coaching teams on integration 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

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

Information Technology

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Product Development

Skills

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

Languages

German

Advanced

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 1992 - Jun 1998

Diploma in Social Sciences · Social Sciences and Philosophy

Oct 1990 - Jun 1992

Computer Science

Certifications & licenses

ORSC trained Coach

Emergent Essence Dynamics

Systemic Business Coach

Steinbeis University Berlin, dvct and Kröber Kommunikation

Certified JBoss Developer

Java Certification with top marks

Acting as an Executive Coach

Daniel Mezick

CEC - Certified Enterprise Coach

Scrum Alliance

Bas Vodde

Craig Larman

Mark Bregenzer

Roman Pichler

CTC - Certified Team Coach

Scrum Alliance

Certified LeSS Basics

LeSS company

Certified Professional Co-Active Coach

CPCC

Simon Roberts

Design Thinking Facilitator

Andreas Varesi

Flipchart Visualization

Peter Lie

Jens Coldewey

LFST, LeSS Friendly Scrum Trainer

Professional Certified Coach

ICF PCC

Josef Scherer

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, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Certifications earned 25

Profile

Member since

October 2025

Last update

September 2026

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Marc is based in Munich, Germany.

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

Marc has at least 19 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 9 months. Note that Marc may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

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.

Marc's most recent position is Senior Scrum Master at Bundeszentralamt für Steuern.

In recent years, Marc has worked for Bundeszentralamt für Steuern, Ippen Digital, MHP (Porsche), Bosch, and RTL / CBC.

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

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

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

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

Marc attended education in Social Sciences and Philosophy.

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

Marc is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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