Scrum Master - Data & AI

Capgemini; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 220,000 - 331,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm seeks an experienced Scrum Master to lead agile transformation and coaching for their teams. The ideal candidate will facilitate Scrum ceremonies, ensure project alignment, and promote best practices across the organization. This role requires strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and relevant certifications. Join a diverse team dedicated to driving innovation and sustainability in technology.

Benefits

Creative work environment

Flexible work locations

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in agile facilitation and coaching.
• Ability to foster strong team dynamics and collaboration.
• Proficient in backlog management and prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies to drive improvement.
• Coach the development team towards self-organization.
• Remove obstacles to enhance team productivity.
• Ensure effective stakeholder communication.

Skills

Servant Leadership

Agile Mindset

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Coaching

Adaptability

Influence

Education

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)

ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)

Project Management certifications (PMP, PMI-ACP)

Job description

Overview

Scrum Master - Data & AI

Capgemini Global Insights & Data business line is a market leader in the data, platform, and analytics across all regions and across many sectors (including financial services, consumer products, manufacturing & life sciences). Our offerings include end-2-end data integration to cloud platform, a complete suite of AI engineering capabilities and a category of sector-based advanced analytics / AI solutions.

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your Role

1. Agile Facilitation & Coaching

• Facilitate all essential Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives, ensuring that each event delivers value and drives improvement.
• Coach the Development Team to achieve greater self-organization, cross-functionality, and accountability, enabling them to deliver high-quality increments each sprint.
• Promote agile values, principles, and practices within the squad and across the program, acting as an ambassador for the agile mindset.

2. Product Backlog & Planning Support

• Partner with the Product Owner to ensure the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and optimized to maximize value delivery.
• Guide the Scrum Team in understanding the importance of clear, concise, and actionable Product Backlog items, refining and prioritizing them effectively.
• Utilize proven techniques and tools for backlog management, estimation, and prioritization, ensuring that sprint goals are achievable and well-defined.

3. Team Enablement & Delivery Support

• Ensure that the Scrum Team has a shared and deep understanding of sprint goals, product scope, and the business domain, fostering a sense of ownership and purpose.
• Proactively identify and remove obstacles or blockers that may hinder the Development Team's progress, acting as an advocate for the team within the broader program.
• Initiate, lead, and support changes that enhance the team's productivity, adaptability, and delivery quality, utilizing feedback and metrics to inform improvements.

4. Governance & Best Practices

• Champion agile delivery standards and best practices across squads, contributing to the evolution of Capgemini's agile framework and ways of working.
• Promote and facilitate regular feedback loops, retrospectives, and lessons-learned sessions to drive continuous improvement at the team and program level.
• Ensure alignment with program and organizational governance frameworks, including compliance with delivery processes, standards, and KPIs.

5. Stakeholder & Relationship Management

• Act as a bridge between the Scrum Team, Product Owner, and external stakeholders, facilitating clear and timely communication at all levels.
• Manage stakeholder expectations throughout the product development lifecycle, providing transparency into progress, challenges, and changes.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Release Managers, and other functional leads to ensure seamless delivery of business value and alignment of strategic priorities.

Your Skills and Experience

• Servant Leadership: Demonstrates humility and a commitment to empowering teams, removing impediments, and putting the team's needs first.
• Agile Mindset: Embodies agile values and principles, continuously seeking ways to improve and adapt practices to changing contexts.
• Collaboration: Builds strong, trust-based relationships across teams and functions, facilitating open dialogue and effective teamwork.
• Problem Solving: Applies analytical and creative thinking to resolve challenges, identify root causes, and drive sustainable solutions.
• Coaching: Invests in the growth and development of team members, fostering an environment of learning, feedback, and experimentation.
• Adaptability: Thrives in dynamic, fast-paced settings, embracing uncertainty and responding constructively to change.
• Influence: Demonstrates the ability to effect positive change, challenge the status quo, and advocate for agile values at all levels of the organization.

Certifications

• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM I / II)
• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or equivalent scaled agile certification
• ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
• Project Management certifications (PMP, PMI-ACP) are a strong plus

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a thriving company and be part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It's why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses, and it's how you'll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you'll build the skills you want. You'll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of € billion.

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