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Thorsten Huber
Last position:
Product Owner, AI Manager at crazyALEX.de GmbH
Digitalization of real places with 3D/LiDAR scans to make spatial data usable for AI applications and derive concrete use cases and prototypes from it.
- Digital capture of real places as a basis for faster planning and analysis
- Browser-based access to 3D data for easier use and coordination
- Turning spatial data into concrete use cases, prototypes, and AI training scenarios
- Planning basis for urban development and other digital future applications
Keywords: LiDAR, 3D scan, AI, use cases, AI training, prototyping, Python, web development, data models, architecture
Marco Toscano
Last position:
Scrum Master at Siemens Energy
- Responsible for introducing agile methods within the Interface & Integration Team (2 Scrum Teams)
- Planning and delivering trainings in agile methods
- Facilitating workshops and Scrum events
- Removing impediments
- Increasing sprint performance
Patrick Wich
Last position:
Scrum Master / Agile Coach at Waygate Technologies
- Restarting and improving the Scrum process
- Reorganizing and structuring the product backlog in Azure DevOps
- Defining and implementing agile KPIs to measure team performance
- Introducing medium-term planning iterations to ensure delivery dates
- Coaching an advanced development team in finding flow
Emilian Naydenov
Last position:
Agile Coach / Scrum Master at Misumi Europe GmbH
- B2B e-commerce platform with self-service portal; support for existing systems and development of a new website (go-live 2025) with a focus on UX/UI, performance, and seamless data flow for tens of thousands of users
- Introduction of efficient Scrum ceremonies, standardized estimation methods, and Definition of Ready/Done
- Coaching of teams and Product Owners, promoting self-organization and continuous process optimization
- Structuring and administration of the Jira infrastructure at team and organization level
- Coordination with stakeholders, implementation of the rollout roadmap, and removal of blockers
- Building a feedback culture and optimizing meeting structures
- Results: +75% PI accuracy, doubling of team velocity
Doaa Abdelghafar
Last position:
Technical Program Manager/Agile Coach at Visa
- Drove two cross-functional engineering teams within the SAFe framework to deliver backend and integration solutions for Visa’s Terminal Management and Cybersource Onboarding platforms
- Served as Program Coach for ten teams within the Platform Services organization, advancing Agile maturity, delivery alignment, and a culture of continuous improvement
- Orchestrated Agile ceremonies including Product Manager syncs, metrics reviews, inspect-and-adapt sessions, system demos, and leadership workshops to strengthen transparency, collaboration, and delivery performance
- Championed the rollout of the Re-imagine Work@Visa scaled delivery framework within the Agile Transformation Team, improving collaboration and delivery predictability
- Increased release frequency 18× per quarter by synchronizing distributed teams and developing a comprehensive release guide
- Partnered with the Release Manager to standardize deployments across Visa Data Center, AWS, and Mobile platforms
- Led teams to close all security findings and embed remediation into BAU, achieving zero open issues by mid-2024
- Directed the Security Findings Program across the portfolio, ensuring visibility, accountability, and progress tracking
- Supported the roll out of the OKR framework and led quarterly reviews to align execution with business goals
- Strengthened communication across distributed teams, removed blockers, and advocated for continuous improvement and automation
- Delivered on demand workshops for teams with raising maturity and adoption of best practices
- Co-founded a Center of Excellence and Agile Community of Practice to promote continuous learning and alignment
- Partnered with SRE and InfoSec teams on multi-region rollout and security initiatives to enhance reliability and compliance
Mariet Ayoade
Last position:
IT Project Manager at HealthHero
- Took over end-to-end management of the digital health platform HealthConnect, including a hybrid CRM portal and mobile applications (iOS and Android), and led a multi-stage transformation program from initiation through handover.
- Led a cross-functional team of 14 specialists in development, QA, UX/UI, and DevOps by facilitating planning sessions, coordinating priorities, tracking progress, and ensuring the timely delivery of key milestones.
- Managed project scope, timelines, risks, resources, and stakeholder expectations through structured project governance, successfully reviewing five change requests, with three approved and implemented.
- Coordinated the delivery of 10 core platform features, including real-time dashboards, push notifications, wearable integration, offline synchronization, and the migration of more than 310,000 legacy CRM records to support business growth and operational efficiency.
- Led stakeholder and steering committee engagement through regular project reporting, risk escalation, and the successful resolution of five of seven key project risks while maintaining delivery momentum and business alignment.
Sebastian Pauer
Last position:
Scrum Master & Agile Coach at HUK-Coburg
Goal: Coach a new agile team to implement and deliver the MVP of an AI-powered digital insurance service.
- Kicked off and coached a new cross-functional agile team as Scrum Master.
- Introduced a new Product Owner to the role with coaching, close collaboration and support with daily operations and backlog management in Jira.
- Facilitated the ideation, design and backlog creation process for the MVP, applying the appropriate tools and techniques (user journey mapping, impact mapping, story mapping, AI prototyping).
- Managed dependencies and impediments across multiple teams, resolving challenges rising from the use of both agile frameworks and traditional project management methodologies.
- Facilitated and supported planning and decision-making activities regarding the MVP delivery (roadmap creation, release planning, test management, translation of user feedback into product decisions)
- Continuously improved processes across multiple agile teams, closely collaborating with other Scrum Masters and cross-team roles (leads, architect, test manager).
- Designed and facilitated in-person and remote workshops as needed across multiple teams (agile practices, problem solving, process improvement, AI powered product development).
Benjamin Faas
Last position:
Freelance Product Manager, Product Owner, Scrum Master & Agile Coach at Freelance
Freelance product owner, scrum master and agile coach in various projects spanning from local agencies to multinational corporations in diverse industries.
Last projects:
Adevinta: Technical Project Manager responsible for coordination of several sub-workstreams building the world’s largest classifieds multi-tenant platform.
Aroundhome (a ProSiebenSat.1 company): Product Manager implementing and verifying on the business side a concept for digital qualification of user requests for matching service providers.
Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf: Product Manager Mobile advising on and guiding the rebuild of Android and iOS apps.
Visual Meta GmbH (an Axel Springer company), Berlin: Director Product co-leading the Product & Engineering department together with the Director Engineering.
Responsibilities at Visual Meta GmbH:
Define and deliver a 3–5 year horizon product strategy including a product vision & mission connecting to existing company strategy and strategies from adjacent departments.
Refine an existing OKR process together with OKR master and directors of other departments to increase focus and outcome.
Support the Director Engineering in creating a platform transformation strategy to transform a monolithic on-premise tech stack into a service-oriented, cloud-based architecture and establish a domain-based organizational setup.
Accountability for a motivated and talented team of 5 head-level colleagues and 17 operational team members from product management, data and UX/UI design.
Key achievements at Visual Meta GmbH:
Defined and delivered a 3–5 year horizon product strategy including a product vision & mission.
Increased focus within OKR process by moving from 10 company-level objectives to 2 and from several hundred team-level key results to a few dozen.
Created a career path framework for the product team defining roles and responsibilities from junior to head level positions.
Anshita Srivastava
Last position:
Business Intelligence Developer and Data Analyst at Deloitte Consulting
Specialize in turning complex data from diverse environments into actionable business value through compelling visual storytelling. I am an expert in generating actionable insights and presenting recommendations to business stakeholders. My technical proficiency in SQL, Python, and leading data visualization tools like Tableau and Power BI allows me to deliver a new generation of self-service tools and analytics services.
- Data Visualization & Storytelling: Created impactful data visualizations and dashboards in Tableau and Power BI, effectively communicating findings and presenting actionable recommendations to C-suite stakeholders and business leaders.
- Stakeholder Management: Built effective working relationships with key business stakeholders, data engineers, and other partners to achieve common data-driven goals and targets.
- Insights & Recommendations: Generated actionable insights from complex data analysis for funnel conversion, marketing performance, and ROI, directly influencing business performance and strategy.
- Data Collaboration & Empowerment: Worked closely with cross-functional teams to support the ongoing data needs of internal partners, helping to optimize internal data processes and workflows.
- BI & Data Expertise: Applied extensive experience in data modeling, data collection, data mining, and analysis to deliver end-to-end analytical solutions from stakeholder discovery to production.
Lasse Wagener
Last position:
Managing Director | Agile Consultant | Scrum Master | Business Analyst at Wagener Consulting GmbH
- Spearheaded the transformation of Telefonica Germany’s cloud journey into a self-service, automated marketplace by leading process analysis and design efforts; facilitated UX/UI collaboration and served as Scrum Master for cross-functional agile teams to ensure timely and quality delivery
- Designed, launched, and managed an enterprise-wide Learning & Development program focused on cloud-native skills, upskilling over 1,500 employees; undertook full vendor management including sourcing, tendering, contract negotiation, and ongoing partnership to ensure curriculum alignment with evolving organizational needs
- Implemented cloud migration processes aligned with corporate compliance and process governance; improved process transparency and audit readiness while reducing operational risks
- Architected and led a cross-divisional communication strategy to enhance organizational engagement; developed multiple channels including newsletters and intranet content, acting as single point of contact for all departmental communications to ensure consistency and alignment
Benjamin Schöttler
Last position:
Consultant & Scrum Master at DB InfraGO AG
- Conducting requirements analyses
- Facilitating Scrum workshops and meetings (Daily, Retrospective, and Review)
- Introducing and configuring Confluence
- Introducing and configuring Jira
- Conducting PI planning
- Scaling the framework
- Building the SAFE & Spotify structure
- Developing various approaches
Mert Bicer
Last position:
Freelancer at Freelancer
Consulting in testing
- Development and implementation of a test strategy for structured quality assurance
- Consulting on building and improving test processes
- Support in introducing QA standards
Moritz Knüppel
Last position:
Scrum Master, Agile Coach at Name on request
The managing director stepped back from day-to-day operations because he founded another company during Corona, which left the team without leadership for around 3 years.
My task was to train a new Product Owner, shape a coherent team from the developers and the Product Owner, and coach this newly formed team into a state where self-organized value delivery for the customer was possible again.
Due to the political situation in the US, the revenue of my client’s main customer dropped, which made a change in the business model necessary for my client. I was allowed to support the transition from a service provider to an AI-first company with a broad customer base in a strategic advisory role, hire staff, and facilitate several C-level negotiations between my client and its new customer.
TASKS
- Train the team and management in Scrum and agile working
- Coach a junior Product Owner to PSPO II level
- Mediate conflicts as part of change processes
- C-level consulting and negotiation facilitation
- Develop and evaluate business models
- Lead the hiring process for 4 new employees
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Successfully coached the Product Owner to PSPO II level
- Formed a coherent Scrum team from a team without leadership
- Restored self-organized value delivery for the customer
- Successfully transformed to AI-native development (Claude)
- Successfully changed the client’s business model
TOOLS & METHODS
- Team building
- NVC according to Rosenberg
- Conflict management
- Workshop facilitation
- Negotiation facilitation
- Leadership coaching
- Personio hiring
Erjola Jürgens
Last position:
Technical Founder & AI Product Builder at LolaNext
- Build an AI product end-to-end, hands-on across the full delivery cycle so I stay current on how software teams actually work: modern development, CI/CD, and shipping to production.
Stefan Rösch
Last position:
Business Analyst at Galeria
- Independently managed the POS tender for in-store catering.
- Structured requirements gathering (functional and technical).
- Created a management-ready specification to guide decisions for leadership and IT.
- Market overview of relevant POS providers.
- Close coordination with Galeria's IT and business departments.
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Scrum Master statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years
Position duration
2.9 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Product Development, Information Technology
Bachelor's degree or higher
94%
Master's degree or higher
51%
Doctorate
6%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 21 Aug 2026.
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About the role
Core Responsibilities of an Agile Facilitator
A Scrum Master guides software engineering teams through the agile development process by removing blockers, facilitating sprint ceremonies, and protecting the team from external distractions. They ensure that sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives are productive and collaborative. By coaching both the product owner and the development team, they help refine the product backlog and improve delivery predictability.
Essential Skills and Tooling
To coordinate modern development teams successfully, these experts must possess a deep understanding of lean principles, engineering practices, and technical workflows.
- Expert knowledge of Jira, Confluence, and Miro for sprint tracking and collaboration
- Command of scaling frameworks such as SAFe, LeSS, or Scrum at Scale for larger enterprises
- Conflict resolution, active listening, and team facilitation techniques
- Clear metrics tracking including velocity, burn-down charts, and cumulative flow diagrams
- Strong alignment with product management to balance team capacity and product roadmaps
When to Bring in a Freelance Expert
Companies hire freelance agile facilitators during major product launches, organizational agile transformations, or when a team is experiencing high friction and low velocity. A freelance professional brings immediate, unbiased observation to the existing team dynamics, helping to break deadlocks and introduce best practices without being entangled in internal company politics. They are highly valuable during transition phases, scaling initiatives, or to fill sudden leadership gaps in critical software projects.
Characteristics of Outstanding Professionals
Top-tier facilitators do not just enforce rules; they cultivate a culture of continuous improvement and psychological safety.
- Ability to adapt theoretical framework guidelines to the practical constraints of the business
- High emotional intelligence to detect unspoken team frustrations early
- Focus on long-term team autonomy rather than creating dependencies on their own presence
- Excellent communication skills bridging the gap between developers and executive stakeholders
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Scrum Master.
A Scrum Master starts the day by facilitating the daily standup meeting to sync team progress and identify blockers. Throughout the day, they work to resolve those blockers, coach team members on agile principles, and collaborate with the product owner on backlog refinement. They also prepare data-driven metrics for upcoming sprint planning and retrospective sessions to improve overall team efficiency.
While the product owner focuses on what to build by defining product requirements and prioritizing the backlog, the Scrum Master focuses on how the team builds it by optimizing the development process. The product owner maximizes business value, whereas the agile facilitator maximizes team velocity, collaboration, and adherence to agile engineering practices. Together, they form a balanced leadership partnership for the development team.
Hiring a freelance Scrum Master is highly effective when your organization is going through an agile transition, launching a temporary project, or needs immediate, objective mediation. Freelancers bring valuable experience from diverse technical environments and can implement changes without being influenced by internal company politics. They provide immediate relief to struggling teams and easily transition out once the team becomes self-organizing.
Yes, an agile coach can easily step into this role, as they possess advanced skills in scaling frameworks and organizational design. While a standard facilitator usually works with one or two specific teams, a coach typically operates at a higher organizational level to align multiple departments. However, in complex or highly technical projects, having a dedicated specialist focused entirely on team-level delivery is often the most effective approach.
Look for credentials such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM I, II, or III), or Safe Scrum Master (SSM) if your company utilizes scaled frameworks. When evaluating an agile project facilitator, practical experience in real-world software delivery environments is always more valuable than certifications alone. Strong candidates can demonstrate how they applied theoretical principles to solve actual team bottlenecks.
A remote-first Scrum Master relies heavily on digital collaboration tools to maintain transparency and team connection across different time zones. They design structured virtual workspaces, establish clear communication protocols, and organize asynchronous check-ins to prevent meeting fatigue. By ensuring documentation is comprehensive and accessible, they help distributed developers maintain momentum without needing constant real-time alignment.
The impact of an agile delivery lead is measured by the increasing predictability, quality, and velocity of the software engineering team. You should observe a reduction in cycle time, fewer carry-over tasks at the end of sprints, and improved team morale during retrospectives. Ultimately, their success is defined by how self-organizing and resilient the team becomes over time.
A professional agile scrum specialist utilizes project management tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, or ClickUp to map workflows and track sprint progress. They also use interactive whiteboards like Miro or Mural to run engaging retrospective sessions and brainstorming workshops. For communication and documentation, they rely on platforms like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Confluence to keep stakeholders and developers aligned.
The average hourly rate for Scrum Master is 101 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 810 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Scrum Master, 94% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 51% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as Scrum Master have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Scrum Master are English (95%), German (89%), and French (21%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Scrum Master are Information Technology (84%), Professional Services (58%), and Banking and Finance (43%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Scrum Master are Project Management (99%), Information Technology (92%), and Product Development (80%).
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