About the Role
Konverge.ai is looking for an experienced Senior Scrum Master with 8+ years of overall experience to drive Agile delivery across technology and AI-focused product development teams.
The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Scrum, Agile delivery, stakeholder management, team leadership, and delivery governance, along with hands‑on exposure to AI/ML, Generative AI, LLM, or AI-driven products/projects.
This role requires someone who can work closely with Product Managers, Engineering Leaders, AI/ML teams, Architects, and business stakeholders to ensure predictable, high-quality delivery while continuously improving team effectiveness and Agile maturity.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- Own and drive the end-to-end Agile delivery process for multiple technology/AI initiatives.
- Partner with Product Managers and Product Owners to ensure well-defined, prioritized, and sprint-ready backlogs.
- Track sprint progress, dependencies, risks, issues, and delivery milestones.
- Identify and proactively remove impediments and blockers impacting engineering and AI teams.
- Work closely with cross‑functional teams including Software Engineers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, AI Engineers, QA, DevOps, Product, and Architecture teams.
- Facilitate effective collaboration between technical teams and business stakeholders.
- Monitor Agile metrics such as velocity, sprint burndown/burnup, cycle time, throughput, predictability, and release progress.
- Identify delivery risks and communicate them proactively to senior leadership.
- Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, root‑cause analysis, and Agile best practices.
- Support teams in adopting Agile principles, Scrum practices, and engineering best practices.
- Coordinate dependencies across multiple Scrum teams and support program‑level delivery where required.
- Assist Product Owners and engineering leadership with release planning, roadmap execution, capacity planning, and prioritization.
- Ensure transparency of delivery status, risks, dependencies, and timelines across stakeholders.
- Help teams operate effectively in a fast‑paced environment with changing requirements and evolving AI technologies.
- Drive Agile transformation and improve team maturity, collaboration, ownership, and delivery predictability.
Mandatory Skills & Experience
- 8+ years of overall professional experience, with significant experience as a Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Lead.
- Strong hands‑on experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Mandatory exposure to AI/ML projects or AI-driven products.
- Experience working with Generative AI, LLMs, Machine Learning, NLP, Computer Vision, AI platforms, or AI‑enabled applications will be highly preferred.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, software engineering, product development, and Agile delivery.
- Proven experience managing multiple teams/projects or complex technology initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience working with cross‑functional technical teams.
- Strong knowledge of Scrum ceremonies, Agile principles, backlog management, sprint planning, release planning, and Agile metrics.
- Demonstrated experience in risk, dependency, issue, and impediment management.
- Strong problem‑solving and conflict‑resolution abilities.
- Experience with Agile project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.
AI Exposure Mandatory
Candidates must have practical exposure to AI/ML initiatives, rather than only mentioning AI as a keyword.
Relevant experience may include working with teams delivering:
- Generative AI / GenAI applications
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- AI/ML platforms
- Machine Learning products
- NLP / Conversational AI
- AI‑powered applications
- Recommendation or prediction systems
- Computer Vision
- AI Agents / Agentic AI
- MLOps / ML platforms
The Scrum Master is not required to be hands‑on technically in AI, but should understand the AI product development lifecycle, terminology, dependencies, experimentation/iteration cycles, and challenges involved in delivering AI/ML projects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Scrum Master such as CSM / PSM / SAFe Scrum Master.
- Experience working in AI, SaaS, product engineering, technology consulting, or digital product organizations.
- Experience managing distributed or globally located teams.
- Experience with SAFe, Kanban, or other Agile frameworks.
- Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD, cloud platforms, microservices, or modern software engineering practices.
- Experience supporting Agile transformation or process improvement initiatives.
Key Competencies
- Agile & Scrum Leadership
- AI/ML Project Exposure
- Delivery Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk & Dependency Management
- Team Facilitation
- Conflict Resolution
- Release & Sprint Planning
- Agile Metrics & Reporting
- Continuous Improvement
- Cross‑functional Collaboration
- Leadership & Communication