Scrum Master Electric Operations & Data Analytics

Scrum Master – Electric Operations & Data Analytics

Houston, TX 77074 (100% Onsite Role)

6-12+ Months Contract (Potential Long Term)

Pay Range: $40-45/hr on W2 + Medical Benefits

Interview: 2 or 3 interviews

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:

• 7-8+ 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.

If you possess these qualifications and are excited about the prospect of contributing to dynamic team, we encourage you to apply.