Scrum Lead / Agile Delivery Lead

Job Title

Certified Scrum Lead / Agile Delivery Lead

Location

Spring, TX

Work Mode

Hybrid, 3 days

Duration

12+ Months with possible extension

Employment

W2

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Scrum Lead / Agile Delivery Lead to drive Agile delivery across cross-functional technology teams. This role requires someone who can go beyond facilitating Agile ceremonies and actively drive execution, challenge assumptions, identify risks and impediments early, improve accountability, and maintain focus on measurable delivery and business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Own sprint execution and drive predictable delivery outcomes.
• Challenge estimates, scope, dependencies, assumptions, and delivery timelines.
• Identify delivery risks and impediments early and drive them to closure.
• Maintain strong Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD) practices.
• Improve sprint predictability and minimize spillovers.
• Partner with Product Owners to maintain a healthy and prioritized backlog.
• Work across multidisciplinary teams involving product, engineering, QA, data, and business SMEs.
• Manage cross-team dependencies and competing priorities.
• Use Agile metrics including velocity, throughput, sprint predictability, spillover, and defects to identify improvement opportunities.
• Coach teams on Agile and Lean principles while maintaining a strong focus on practical delivery outcomes.

Must-Have Skills

• 10-15+ years of technology/software delivery experience.
• 5+ years as a Scrum Master, Scrum Lead, or Agile Delivery Lead.
• Strong expertise in Agile, Scrum, and Lean delivery practices.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional technology teams.
• Strong facilitation, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Experience managing risks, dependencies, and impediments.
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams and senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps or comparable Agile lifecycle tools.
• Ability to interpret delivery metrics and translate them into actionable improvements.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Oil & Gas / Energy domain experience.
• Experience working with business SMEs, engineers, or other domain specialists.
• Exposure to Data Science, Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, or AI-enabled products.
• Understanding data pipelines, data quality, analytics workflows, and data-driven application development.
• Experience supporting Agile teams consisting of Data Engineers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, or Analytics professionals.
• Experience translating Data Science or analytical experimentation into prioritized product backlogs.

Skills

Mandatory Skills

Agile (Value-Driven Delivery), Project Governance, Project Planning, Scope & Change Management, Stakeholder Management

Good to Have Skills

Risk/Crisis Management, Schedule Management