Scrum Master - Data focus

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

Senior / Performance Expectations