Technical Scrum Master
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About the Role
Blackford Technologies seeks a Scrum Master to drive AI and Data initiatives in a government environment, transitioning solutions from POC to production. The role requires Agile delivery, stakeholder management, and technical coordination skills, with onsite presence in Abu Dhabi.
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Responsibilities
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including daily stand ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Drive technical teams through the complete delivery lifecycle from POC to production
- Maintain backlog health, ensuring story readiness, prioritization, dependencies, and acceptance criteria
- Track timelines, milestones, budgets, and RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies)
- Identify and escalate blockers while facilitating timely decisions
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, AI, data, and design functions
- Prepare concise weekly status reports, burn up/down charts, and risk mitigation plans
- Coordinate demonstrations, UAT cycles, sign offs, and action tracking
- Ensure adherence to Definition of Ready (DoR), Definition of Done (DoD), test plans, and release checklists
- Support compliance with security, privacy, and data governance requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, MBA, or related field
- 3–5 years of experience as a Scrum Master, Project Coordinator, PMO Analyst, or Junior Project Manager
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience using Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Notion, or similar collaboration tools
- Ability to create dashboards and KPIs using Power BI or equivalent tools
- Strong understanding of Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies
- Experience translating business requirements into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Ability to drive multiple technical teams with minimal supervision
- Good understanding of technology infrastructure, AI concepts, cloud platforms, APIs, integrations, and data ecosystems
- Immediate availability preferred
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Role Overview
- We are seeking a highly motivated Scrum Master to support the end to end delivery of strategic AI and Data initiatives within a government environment.
- This is a critical role responsible for driving technical teams and ensuring the successful transition of solutions from Proof of Concept (POC) to production.
Agile Delivery & Technical Coordination
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including daily stand ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Drive technical teams through the complete delivery lifecycle from POC to production.
- Maintain backlog health, ensuring story readiness, prioritization, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
- Track timelines, milestones, budgets, and RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies).
- Identify and escalate blockers while facilitating timely decisions.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, AI, data, and design functions.
- Support pre sales AI and data operations activities.
Stakeholder Management
- Prepare concise weekly status reports, burn up/down charts, and risk mitigation plans.
- Coordinate demonstrations, UAT cycles, sign offs, and action tracking.
- Align scope and manage changes across stakeholders.
- Communicate effectively with technical and business teams.
Quality & Governance
- Ensure adherence to Definition of Ready (DoR), Definition of Done (DoD), test plans, and release checklists.
- Support compliance with security, privacy, and data governance requirements.
- Promote AI and data delivery standards, templates, and documentation practices.
Commercial & Resource Management
- Assist with Statements of Work (SOW), estimates, and invoicing support.
- Monitor resource utilization and team capacity.
- Support internal coordination and delivery planning.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, MBA, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of experience as a Scrum Master, Project Coordinator, PMO Analyst, or Junior Project Manager.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience using Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Notion, or similar collaboration tools.
- Ability to create dashboards and KPIs using Power BI or equivalent tools.
- Strong understanding of Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Experience translating business requirements into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Ability to drive multiple technical teams with minimal supervision.
- Good understanding of technology infrastructure, AI concepts, cloud platforms, APIs, integrations, and data ecosystems.
- Technical awareness is required; however, hands on development expertise is not necessary.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience delivering end to end implementations within government entities or the public sector.
- Experience leading large scale digital transformation initiatives.
- Understanding of integrations, APIs, data platforms, and enterprise architecture.
- Experience supporting AI and data driven programs.
- Arabic and English bilingual proficiency is highly desirable.
- Professional certifications such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PMP, PRINCE2, or AgilePM are advantageous.
Work Arrangement
- Immediate availability preferred.
- Initial contract duration of 9 months.
- Daily onsite presence in Abu Dhabi is mandatory.
- Government background checks and security clearance processes will be initiated promptly.
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