Scrum Master
Dallas TX
Fulltime
Key Responsibilities
- Lead & facilitate Scrum (or Agile) ceremonies for data and analytics teams: Sprint Planning Daily Stand-ups Reviews Retrospectives.
- Ensure product backlog for data pipelines analytics features data quality and infrastructure is well groomed; provide support to Data Product Owners or Analytics Product Owners.
- Work closely with data engineers data scientists data analysts BI engineers etc. aligning data deliverables with stakeholder requirements.
- Identify communicate and remove impediments specifically in data workflows (e.g. data source issues ETL/ELT blockers dependencies tooling constraints).
- Coach teams in Agile best practices applicable to data work (incremental delivery of data assets continuous validation versioning of data schemas etc.).
- Manage dependencies between data teams engineering operations and business stakeholders.
- Maintain metrics around velocity data quality cycle time throughput etc. and use them to drive continuous improvement.
- Assist with release planning where data deliverables align with product / BI / ML deliverables.
- Promote good data practices: data lineage documentation testing monitoring.
Qualifications & Skills
- 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile facilitator. Experience with data-oriented teams highly preferred.
- Strong understanding of data workflows: ETL/ELT data pipelines data ingestion transformation analytics BI possibly ML teams.
- Certifications: CSM PSM or SAFe Scrum Master or equivalent Agile credentials. Agile Coaching experience a plus.
- Excellent communication stakeholder management conflict resolution. Ability to translate business/data/stakeholder needs.
- Experience working with Agile tools (e.g. Jira Confluence Azure DevOps or others) and familiarity with data tools / version control (where relevant) is a plus.
- Ability to handle ambiguity changing priorities; comfortable working with cross-functional data stakeholders data ops business intelligence etc.
- Bonus: Experience scaling Agile across multiple teams (SAFe LeSS or similar) experience with data governance / data quality / data ops.
Senior / Performance Expectations
- Lead multiple data teams or be responsible for complex data deliverables across teams.
- Drive improvements in data delivery cycle times quality reliability.
- Mentor junior Scrum Masters or Agile champions.
- Influence process improvements not just within teams but at a department or organization level.