09/11/2025 updated

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Agile Leader with extensive experience in digital transformation

Marbella, Spain
Only remote
Law & Finance
Marbella, Spain
Only remote
Law & Finance

Profile attachments

Macarena Ruiz Castro CV.pdf

Agile MethodologyAtlassian ConfluenceAtlassian JiraMicrosoft AzureMultilingualismBusiness Process ImprovementChange ManagementDigitizationPerformance ManagementEspañolProject ManagementProduct ControlProduct DesignScrum MethodologyMicrosoft Power BIRequirements ManagementMetricsKanbanCoaching and MentoringTeam Management
Agile Methodologies
Expertise in Scrum and Kanban framework implementation, team coaching, and establishing agile ways of working across multiple teams and organizations.

Product Management
Experience in structured MVP planning, roadmap creation, and requirements management using tools like Jira for effective product development.

Digital Transformation
Knowledge in business process re-engineering and implementing technology platforms that drive organizational change and efficiency.

Team Leadership
Ability to lead large teams of Scrum Masters and coordinate multiple teams working in parallel on complex projects.

Multilingual Communication
Fluency in English and Spanish, with German language skills at B2 level enabling effective international collaboration.

Project Management
Experience in both agile and traditional project management methodologies, including waterfall approaches.

Performance Metrics
Skills in establishing and tracking team metrics to measure performance and drive continuous improvement.

Tools
Jira and Confluence extensive knowledge. Some experience with Azure DevOps and with facilitation tools such as Miro and Mural. For Metrics, experience with PowerBI, Nave and other tools.
 

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2011

Languages

GermanGoodEnglishNative speakerSpanishNative speaker

Project history

SCRUM MASTER

Datamaran SL.

Other

50-250 team member

Working in supporting 2 dev teams to be the best version of themselves, working in a safe environment to delivery high value increments to clients and cooperate with Product and Clients to create and deploy roadmaps that would deliver most value for the Product.

PRODUCT DEPARTMENT HEAD OF AGILITY

Inditex Technology

Goods & Retail

>10.000 team member

Leading a team of 58 Scrum Masters to design a new technology platform for fashion campaigns. Coordinating hundreds of teams in parallel, implementing new ways of work, and establishing metrics to track team performance.

SENIOR SCRUM MASTER & AGILE COACH SUPPORT

SAFETY.IO GMBH

Industry & Mechanical Engineering

1000-5000 team member

Supported two teams with different maturity levels working on various products in a competitive market with tight sales deadlines. Focused on improving multi-cultural team dynamics and resolving internal conflicts.

EXPERIENCED SCRUM MASTER

SANTANDER TECH UK

Banking & Financial Services

5000-10.000 team member

Supported two teams (back and front) working on a shared product for the Financial Market Regulator in the UK, managing tight deadlines and business pressure.

SENIOR PRODUCT OWNER

118 118 MONEY

Banking & Financial Services

50-250 team member

Assisted stakeholders in defining and refining requirements from different company areas. Communicated requirements to development teams through Jira, supported releases and testing, and created product roadmaps.

SCRUM MASTER & PRODUCT OWNER

TLC MARKETING UK

Marketing, PR and design

50-250 team member

Managed digital transformation projects creating a platform that generates websites with different logics for 13 markets. Managed two teams (Kanban and Scrum), wrote requirements, and aligned with stakeholders.

SCRUM MASTER

SANTANDER TECHNOLOGY UK

Banking & Financial Services

5000-10.000 team member

Managed team requests, Jira administration, produced reports in Confluence, managed software/hardware requests, and coordinated work between developers and product owners.

BUSINESS ANALYST & PROJECT MANAGER

SANTANDER TECHNOLOGY UK

Banking & Financial Services

5000-10.000 team member

Participated in various technology projects analyzing project management and software development. Worked across different departments on digital transformation initiatives for financial products from definition to deployment.

Certificates

Product Owner

Scrum.Org

2024

Agile Leader

Scrum.org

2024

Advance Scrum Master

Scrum.org

2023

Road to Mastery

Xebia Academy

2023

Scrum Master

Scrum.org

2018


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