Scrum Master

techcarrot FZ LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

The Scrum Master role at techcarrot FZ LLC will drive agile delivery across multiple Digital Engineering projects within a complex enterprise technology environment. You will own team ceremonies, sprint execution, dependency management, delivery reporting, and cross-functional coordination across product, engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps, business stakeholders, and external partners.

The ideal candidate brings consulting or enterprise digital transformation experience, strong stakeholder

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in IT/product development, including 4 years as a Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager in digital engineering environments.
• 2+ years of experience coaching and training individuals or engineering teams in agile practices.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple organizational levels using advanced facilitation techniques.
• 4+ years of experience using tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, ProjectOnline, etc.) and collaboration platforms (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Confluence).
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Project with at least 3 years of practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience with CI/CD, DevSecOps, automated testing, and modern software engineering practices.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM, PSM I/II) required; SAFe certification preferred.
• Consulting experience in digital transformation, digital engineering, product development, or enterprise technology programs is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Lead cross-POD synchronization sessions to manage dependencies across digital engineering teams.
• Maintain sprint health, backlog readiness, delivery velocity, and clear ownership of committed outcomes.
• Enforce Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD) standards.
• Track progress, risks, actions, dependencies, and impediments; drive timely resolution and escalation.

Skills

Agile coaching

Scrum Master

Stakeholder mgmt

Jira

Azure DevOps

Project Online

CSM/PSM

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Project Online

Confluence

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Job Description

The Scrum Master will drive agile delivery across multiple Digital Engineering projects and PODs within a complex enterprise technology environment.

The role will own team ceremonies, sprint execution, dependency management, delivery reporting, and coordination across product, engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps, business stakeholders, and external partners. The Scrum Master will remove impediments, strengthen delivery discipline, and maintain alignment between business priorities and engineering outcomes.

The ideal candidate brings consulting or enterprise digital transformation experience, strong stakeholder management, vendor coordination, and practical agile coaching across cross-functional engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Delivery & Facilitation

• Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlogrefinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Lead cross-POD synchronization sessions to managedependencies across digital engineering teams.
• Maintain sprint health, backlog readiness, deliveryvelocity, and clear ownership of committed outcomes.
• Enforce Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done(DoD) standards.
• Track progress, risks, actions, dependencies, andimpediments; drive timely resolution and escalation.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Act as the coordination point between product,engineering, business teams, technology vendors, and delivery partners.
• Maintain transparent communication across internal andexternal stakeholders on priorities, progress, and constraints.
• Drive alignment on scope, timelines, technicaldependencies, deliverables, and release readiness.

Coaching & Continuous Improvement

• Coach PODs on agile values, practical deliverydiscipline, accountability, and self-organization.
• Promote CI/CD, DevSecOps, automated testing, qualityengineering, and continuous feedback practices.
• Build a culture of engineering excellence, ownership,collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement.

Planning, Reporting & Governance

• Support release planning, capacity planning, governancereviews, and leadership status reporting.
• Maintain integrated plans, milestones, dependencies,RAID items, and delivery dashboards using Microsoft Project and agiletools.
• Ensure sprint records, decisions, actions, releases, anddelivery evidence remain current and audit-ready.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, orrelated discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in IT/product development,including 4 years as a Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager in digitalengineering environments.
• 2+ years of experience coaching and training individualsor engineering teams in agile practices.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings atmultiple organizational levels using advanced facilitation techniques.
• 4+ years of experience using tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, ProjectOnline, etc.) and collaboration platforms (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint,Confluence).
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Project with at least 3years of practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience with CI/CD, DevSecOps, automatedtesting, and modern software engineering practices.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Officeapplications, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM, PSM I/II) required; SAFecertification preferred.
• Consulting experience in digital transformation, digitalengineering, product development, or enterprise technology programs ishighly desirable.

Key Competencies

• Strong communication, leadership, and facilitation skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple engineering PODs in ascaled agile delivery environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and conflict-resolutionabilities.
• Deep understanding of agile delivery metrics andengineering performance optimization.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functionalproduct, engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps, and business teams.
• High adaptability, resilience, and focus on deliveringmeasurable business value through digital engineering.