Sr. Scrum Master

Senior Scrum Master (Data & AI)

Overview

A large enterprise organization is seeking an experienced Senior Scrum Master to support multiple Data & AI engineering teams. This role focuses on enabling teams delivering cloud-based data platforms, analytics solutions, and AI/ML initiatives.

The ideal candidate is a strong servant leader and Agile coach who can partner effectively with Product Owners, engineers, and stakeholders to drive continuous improvement, healthy delivery flow, and meaningful business outcomes in a complex, matrixed environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a servant leader for Data & AI teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and psychological safety
• Coach teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles and best practices
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives
• Support backlog refinement, prioritization, and breaking down work into deliverable increments
• Use flow metrics (cycle time, throughput, predictability) to guide continuous improvement
• Identify and remove impediments; partner with leadership to resolve systemic issues
• Enable effective collaboration across platform engineering, data engineering, analytics, and business teams
• Promote transparency and effective use of Agile tooling (e.g., Azure DevOps or similar)

Technical Environment (No Hands-On Development Required)

• Cloud data platforms and data pipelines
• Analytics and reporting environments
• AI / machine learning initiatives
• CI/CD and DevOps workflows (conceptual understanding)

You don't need to build solutions-but you should be comfortable speaking the language and facilitating technical conversations.

Required Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach
• At least 2+ years supporting data engineering, platform engineering, analytics, or AI/ML teams
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working in complex, cross-functional, enterprise environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Agile certification(s) such as CSM, PSM II, SAFe Scrum Master, or equivalent
• Experience using Agile delivery tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar