Senior Scrum Lead

Tata Consultancy Services; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401K plan

Certification reimbursement

Time off & holidays

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Limited is seeking a Senior Scrum Lead to drive delivery excellence for the GIS AI portfolio in Irvine, CA. You will own the GIS_AI Jira ecosystem, implement scalable governance and reporting, and coordinate priorities across multiple workstreams while raising the bar for transparency and accountability in program execution.

The contractor will lead AI demand coordination across enterprise sources, guide Scrum Masters, and serve as the central Agile delivery contact for

Qualifications

• Experience leading Scrum teams and agile delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of programs to develop AI security harnesses, prototypes, and POCs.
• Establish program roadmaps, priorities, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and success criteria for cybersecurity initiatives.
• Coordinate research and experimentation across AI Security, Agentic AI, Application Security, quantum/PQC, blockchain, and emerging technologies.
• Work with teams developing AI agents, LLMs, APIs, security tools, automation and cloud environments.
• Translate research hypotheses into structured workstreams, experiments, and evaluation plans.
• Manage lifecycle of initiatives from prototype to operationalization.

Skills

SCRUM

Job description

Senior Scrum Lead

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Establish and drive delivery excellence across the GIS AI portfolio. This role will own the GIS_AI Jira ecosystem, implement scalable governance and reporting, coordinate priorities and dependencies across multiple workstreams, and drive greater rigor, transparency, and accountability in program execution. This contractor will coordinate and drive AI demand across various sources including enterprise / AIxP, GT / ATP, and GIS-driven requirements. The RTE will also provide leadership and coaching to Scrum Masters and serve as the primary point of coordination for Agile delivery across the GIS program.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of programs to develop agentic AI security harnesses, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts for new cybersecurity capabilities.
• Establish program roadmaps, priorities, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and success criteria for cybersecurity research and engineering initiatives.
• Coordinate research and experimentation across AI Security, Agentic AI, Application Security, quantum/PQC, blockchain, and other emerging technologies.
• Work closely with technical teams developing and integrating AI agents, LLMs, APIs, security tools, automation frameworks, cloud environments, containers, and security test environments.
• Translate cybersecurity research hypotheses and emerging technology opportunities into structured technical workstreams, experiments, POCs, and evaluation plans.
• Manage the lifecycle of initiatives from: research prototype testing benchmarking recommendation operationalization.
• Salary Range- $90,000-$100,000 a year

TCS Employee Benefits Summary:

• Discretionary Annual Incentive.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
• Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
• Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Salary Range

$90,000 - $100,000

Location

Irvine, CA

Function

TECHNOLOGY

Role

Technical Lead

ID

436392

Skills

SCRUM