Scrum Master

Tata Consultancy Services Limited; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited in Irvine, CA seeks an experienced Scrum Master to lead Agile teams, coach practices, and ensure smooth delivery across projects. You will partner with Product Owners to refine backlogs, remove blockers, and improve velocity, quality, and predictability.

The role emphasizes Agile mindset adoption, collaboration across business and technology teams, and proactive risk management to meet sprint goals within a dynamic Workday program.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years in an Agile delivery environment.
• Minimum 4 years as Scrum Lead/Scrum Master or similar role.
• Experience with Agile frameworks; certification is a plus (CSM, PSM-I, SAFe Scrum Master).

Responsibilities

• Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Coach teams in Scrum and Agile principles.
• Maintain backlog with Product Owner to ensure priority and clarity.
• Identify blockers and impediments to delivery.
• Track sprint metrics using Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Protect the team from interruptions and focus on sprint goals.
• Coordinate dependencies across business, technology, product, QA, and other teams.
• Drive continuous improvement and convert retrospective insights into actions.
• Report sprint progress, risks, and delivery health transparently.
• Collaborate on release and capacity planning.

Skills

Agile leadership

Scrum Master

Facilitation

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Description

Scrum Master

As a Scrum Lead, you will act as an Agile practitioner and advocate, responsible for leading teams across the organization to adopt an Agile mindset and implement Agile ways of working. Under supervision from senior Agile Practice team members, this role will provide Agile leadership to teams of associates to enable them in development of the Agile mindset and maturing their ways of working. In partnership with other Agile experts, this Agilist continues to develop and improve our teams' Agility and shares best practices as part of the Workday program.

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• You have at least 8 years of experience working in an Agile delivery environment, including a minimum of 4 year as a full-time or part-time Scrum Lead (Scrum Master), or a comparable role.
• You have experience in Agile methodologies, frameworks, and practices. Optionally, you are certified in Agile (CSM, PSM-I, SAFe Scrum Master).
• You have at least 4 years of experience using Atlassian Jira.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Guide the team in applying Scrum and Agile principles consistently and practically.
• Work with the Product Owner to maintain a healthy, prioritized, and well-understood product backlog.
• Identify and help remove blockers, dependencies, and delivery impediments affecting the team.
• Track sprint execution using Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar Agile tools, including velocity, burndown, and completion trends.
• Protect the team from unnecessary interruptions and help maintain focus on the Sprint Goal.
• Coordinate dependencies and communication across business, technology, product, QA, and other Scrum teams.
• Encourage self-organization and accountability rather than directly assigning or managing individual team members.
• Facilitate discussions around risks, issues, priorities, and delivery commitments, escalating when necessary.
• Support continuous improvement by converting retrospective feedback into specific improvement actions.
• Promote transparency through accurate reporting of sprint progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery health.
• Coach team members and stakeholders on effective Agile/Scrum ways of working.
• Help ensure stories meet agreed Definition of Ready and Definition of Done criteria.
• Partner with Product Owners and delivery leadership on release and capacity planning.
• Foster a collaborative environment focused on predictable delivery, quality, and continuous improvement.

Salary Range- $110,000-$150,000 a year

Location: Irvine, CA

Function: TECHNOLOGY

Role: Scrum Master

ID: 438816

Skills: scrum master

Salary Range: $110,000 - $150,000