Senior Scrum Master (AI-Enabled, Azure DevOps)

About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned Scrum Master who goes beyond facilitating ceremonies and actively

enables teams to deliver measurable business value. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in

modern Agile environments partners closely with Product and Engineering leadership and leverages AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot and GitHub Copilot to improve team effectiveness flow and quality.

You will coach cross-functional teams to take ownership continuously improve and align day-to-day execution with strategic outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Agile Leadership & Team Enablement
• Serve as a servant leader and coach to one or more Scrum teams
• Enable teams to self-organize take ownership and continuously improve delivery outcomes
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Reviews Retrospectives) with a strong focus on outcomes vs. activities
• Identify and remove impediments escalating when necessary while encouraging team accountability

Business Value & Product Partnership

• Partner closely with Product Owners Business Analysts and Engineering Leaders to ensure backlog items are:
• Well-defined
• Outcome-focused
• Aligned to business priorities
• Coach teams on breaking down work into valuable testable increments
• Help teams understand the why behind the work not just the what

Azure DevOps & Metrics

• Deep hands-on experience using Azure DevOps for:
• Backlog management
• Sprint planning and tracking
• Dashboards and reporting
• Leverage metrics such as flow predictability cycle time and throughput to guide improvement (not to micromanage)
• Help teams and leaders make data-informed decisions

AI-Enabled Ways of Working

• Champion the use of AI tools to increase productivity and quality including:
• Microsoft Copilot (documentation requirements clarity analysis)
• GitHub Copilot (engineering efficiency code quality support)
• Coach teams on responsible and effective AI usage within Agile workflows
• Experiment with and promote AI-assisted practices for planning refinement and retrospectives

Coaching & Continuous Improvement

• Coach teams on Agile Scrum and Lean principles
• Identify systemic issues across teams and work with leadership to address them
• Foster a culture of learning curiosity psychological safety and accountability

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach
• Proven experience working with Azure DevOps in a delivery environment
• Strong understanding of Scrum Kanban and Agile delivery metrics
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (engineering product QA business)
• Demonstrated ability to drive business value not just delivery velocity
• Excellent facilitation coaching and communication skills

• Experience working with AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot and GitHub Copilot
• Background in software development engineering or technical product delivery
• Experience coaching teams in enterprise or regulated environments
• Agile certifications (CSM PSM SAFe ICP-ACC etc.)