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Sebastian Pauer

Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Sebastian Pauer
Leipzig, Germany

Experience

Nov 2022 - Dec 2024
2 years 2 months
Munich, Germany

Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

  • Supported the RAITT large scale transformation as agile expert in the mass market program management team (internationally distributed 1000+ person digital transformation program)
  • Acted as scrum master and facilitator for a new portfolio management team
  • Facilitated team kickoff, regular team events, workshops and retrospectives
  • Coached the team in establishing and continuously improving their roles and working mode
  • Set up and supported the process framework, requirement artifacts and dashboards in Jira
  • Collaborated closely with way of working team, tribe leads, product owners and other roles to support the delivery of program goals by optimizing cross-team coordination and scaled agile processes based on SAFe (e.g. PI planning)
  • Supported management and resolution of dependencies, risks and impediments
  • Trained and enabled program members to leverage Jira and Confluence capabilities (Scrum Masters, Product Owners, program management, testers, ...)
  • Provided program-wide transparency via Jira based metrics and automated dashboards (Jira structure and eazyBI)
Feb 2022 - Sep 2022
8 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Scrum Master & Agile Coach

DB Systel GmbH

  • Scaled and optimized the TRAVIO mobile app development project with multiple distributed scrum and kanban teams
  • Coached agile mindset and practices across teams and project roles (Product Owner, Scrum Master, architects, dev-team members, stakeholders)
  • Facilitated cross-team events and workshops (e.g. PI planning, retrospectives)
  • Designed, introduced and optimized the agile scaling framework based on SAFe practices
  • Established an agile community and promoted active participation across teams and roles to drive change and foster continuous improvement
  • Supported project growth and onboarding of new teams as coach and facilitator
  • Kicked off and coached a new scrum team as Scrum Master
  • Managed the Jira and Confluence setup for the project
Jan 2016 - Oct 2021
5 years 10 months
Aachen, Germany

Scrum Master

Amadeus Leisure IT GmbH

  • Coached multiple software delivery teams (distributed, English speaking) as Scrum Master to become self-managing, cross-functional DevOps teams
  • Coached Scrum framework and agile mindset
  • Facilitated scrum events
  • Managed impediments and dependencies
  • Helped establish team vision and focus
  • Supported transition to DevOps and new tech stack
  • Coached Product Owners (backlog management, story mapping, impact mapping, vision boards)
  • Introduced and continuously improved agile practices, e.g.: feedback workshops, team self-selection, team health checks, open spaces, tribe level retrospectives, OKRs
  • Supported and facilitated the agile community of practice / scrum master guild
  • Facilitated and optimized portfolio planning processes on tribe level, e.g.: planning & review workshops, Jira portfolio setup
  • Supported the kick-off and operation of a SAFe release train
  • Facilitated workshops (training, setup of new teams, PI planning)
  • Coached a scrum team within the release train as certified SAFe Scrum Master
  • Supported the reorganisation and kick-off of the scaled organisation
  • Implemented custom scaled model with elements of SAFe and Spotify tribes
  • Taught and supported the use of Jira & Confluence (workflows, boards, automation)
  • Supported and facilitated the initial transformation to agile teams
  • Facilitated workshops to reorganise and kick-off new teams
  • Conducted agile/scrum training sessions
Jul 2014 - Dec 2016
2 years 6 months
Aachen, Germany

Project Manager & Kanban SDM

Amadeus Leisure IT GmbH

  • Managed multiple internal IT projects (classic PMI methodology)
  • Topics: product development, internationalization, security, change management
  • Drove the agile transformation as change agent and member of agile transformation task groups
  • Certified as Scrum Master and switched first projects to scrum framework
  • Co-founded the Scrum Master community of practice
  • Coordinated and optimized a multi-kanban system for seven operations teams
  • Identifying bottlenecks and removing impediments
  • Tracking and visualizing metrics
  • Facilitating retrospectives
  • Adapting the process to improve flow and lead time
  • Interfacing with business and development teams

Summary

Scrum Master/Agile Coach with over 10 years of experience in IT projects and agile transformation.

Hands-on agile practitioner with focus on delivering outcomes and enabling sustainable agility across organizations.

Skills

  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • Agile Scaling (Safe, Nexus)
  • Change Management
  • Team Coaching
  • It Project Management
  • Facilitation / Moderation
  • Conflict Management
  • Product Owner Coaching
  • Devops
  • Okrs
  • Tools: Jira, Confluence, Azure Devops, Miro, Mural

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2010 - Jun 2013

TU Braunschweig

Master of Science · Business Information Systems · Braunschweig, Germany

Oct 2006 - Jun 2009

VWA Stuttgart/ IBM Deutschland GmbH

Bachelor of Science, Dual study programme · Business Information Systems · Stuttgart, Germany

Certifications & licenses

ICAgile - Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)

ICAgile

ICAgile - Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)

ICAgile

ICAgile - Coaching Agile Transformations (ICP-CAT)

ICAgile

ICAgile - Enterprise Agile Coaching (ICP-ENT)

ICAgile

Scaled Agile Inc - Certified SAFe 6 Agilist

Scaled Agile Inc

Scaled Agile Inc - Certified SAFe 6 Scrum Master

Scaled Agile Inc

Scrum.org - Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS)

Scrum.org

Scrum.org - Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)

Scrum.org

Scrum.org - Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II)

Scrum.org

Scrum.org - Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)

Scrum.org

Scrum.org - Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK I)

Scrum.org

Scrum.org - Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS)

Scrum.org

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