Scrum Master--Houston, TX

Position: Scrum Master – Geospatial Intelligence, Electric Business Analytics & Operations Data Engineering

Location: Houston, TX

Duration: 6+ months

Work Model : Hybrid – 4 days onsite and 1 day remote per week

Start date: ASAP

Job Description:

Position: Scrum Master – Geospatial Intelligence, Electric Business Analytics & Operations Data Engineering

Key Responsibilities

1. Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning across Geospatial Intelligence, Electric Business Analytics, and Operations Data Engineering product teams.
2. Coordinate Agile delivery across multiple product teams, ensuring alignment of priorities, sprint goals, cross-team dependencies, and delivery milestones.
3. Partner with Product Owners, GIS Engineers, Data Engineers, Business Analysts, Architects, and business stakeholders to maintain healthy backlogs and drive value-based prioritization.
4. Support delivery of Enterprise GIS, geospatial analytics, operational data engineering, business intelligence, cloud data platforms, APIs, and real-time data integration initiatives.
5. Drive Agile best practices, continuous improvement, and Scrum governance while coaching teams on Agile maturity and delivery excellence.
6. Monitor sprint progress, team velocity, capacity, risks, blockers, and dependencies, proactively driving issue resolution and executive visibility.
7. Coordinate cross-functional teams including GIS, Data Engineering, Cloud, Infrastructure, Integration, Security, and vendor partners to ensure successful project execution.
8. Support release planning, production deployments, implementation readiness, and post-release stabilization across multiple product teams.
9. Maintain Agile dashboards, sprint metrics, burndown charts, RAID logs, KPIs, and executive reporting using Azure DevOps, Primavera P6, or similar project management and Agile Delivery tools.
10. Facilitate stakeholder communication and executive reporting, ensuring transparency around project health, risks, dependencies, and delivery timelines.
11. Collaborate with PMO/Platform Scrum Master (RTE) and leadership teams to support project planning, resource forecasting, portfolio reporting, and governance activities across the Data & Analytics organization.
12. Ensure alignment between product roadmaps, enterprise data strategy, geospatial initiatives, and business objectives supporting utility operations and critical infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in IT project delivery, Agile programs, or Scrum leadership roles.
• 3–5 years of experience as a Scrum Master supporting enterprise Data & Analytics, GIS, Geospatial Intelligence, Data Engineering, or Business Intelligence initiatives.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies, backlog management, sprint planning, release management, cross-team dependency management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar Agile and enterprise project management tools.
• Experience supporting Enterprise GIS (Esri or similar), cloud data platforms, operational data engineering, analytics, or utility industry initiatives is highly preferred, along with excellent communication and facilitation skills.