Scrum Master

Position: Scrum Master - Electric Utility
Department: Electric Business Analytics & Operations Data Engineering
Location: Downtown, Houston, TX
Work Model: Hybrid (4 days / 1 days)- Onsite 4 days a week-No remote-No exceptions
Duration: Longterm Contract
*Prefer only USC*

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement, and release planning.
• Support Agile delivery across Electric Business Operations, Operational Data Engineering, and Data & Analytics product teams.
• Partner with Product Owners, Data Engineers, Analysts, Architects, and business stakeholders to maintain prioritized and sprint-ready backlogs.
• Coordinate delivery of data engineering, analytics, reporting, and operational technology initiatives supporting electric business operations.
• Manage cross-team dependencies across data platforms, enterprise applications, integration, cloud, and business teams.
• Identify and remove delivery impediments while proactively managing risks, issues, dependencies, and escalation items.
• Monitor Agile delivery metrics including velocity, burndown, cycle time, throughput, capacity, and sprint commitments.
• Coordinate release planning, testing, deployment readiness, and production implementation activities across multiple product teams.
• Facilitate communication between technical teams, Product Owners, business stakeholders, and program leadership to maintain delivery transparency.
• Maintain Agile project plans, backlogs, dashboards, RAID logs, and delivery documentation using Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar tools.
• Drive continuous improvement through retrospective action items, Agile maturity assessments, process optimization, and team coaching.
• Support enterprise governance and executive reporting by preparing delivery status, risks, dependencies, milestones, and performance metrics.

Required Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in IT delivery, Project Management, Scrum Master, or Agile delivery roles, preferably within large enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience facilitating Scrum/Agile delivery for Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, or operational data teams.
• Experience working with cross-functional product teams involving business stakeholders, data engineers, architects, developers, and enterprise technology teams.
• Proficiency with Agile delivery and project management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms.
• Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management, communication, risk/dependency management, and conflict-resolution skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• CSM, PSM, SAFe Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, or similar Agile certification.
• Experience supporting Electric Utility, Energy, Utilities, or other critical infrastructure environments.
• Experience with operational data engineering, enterprise data platforms, analytics, GIS/geospatial, or business operations initiatives.
• Experience with Primavera P6 or other enterprise project scheduling tools.
• Knowledge of Agile governance, SAFe, or Hybrid delivery models.