About the role

Role Overview

High-energy Scrum Master for a Cloud Data Platform team. You’ll act as a servant leader for cross-functional squads, improving agile maturity and helping deliver high-value IT&D solutions.

Responsibilities

Facilitate Scrum ceremonies: daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming.
Partner with Product Owners to prioritize and manage the product backlog around milestones and high-value delivery.
Proactively identify and remove technical and organizational impediments to protect team velocity.
Serve as an Agile Coach, mentoring teams on Scrum best practices and lean principles for continuous improvement.
Track progress in Jira (and Trello) and provide data-driven insights and stakeholder reporting.
Support smooth execution by coaching teams to adapt delivery processes as needed.

Requirements

Proven experience as a Scrum Master in a complex IT/Cloud environment, ideally with Data Platform teams.
Expert proficiency with Agile tools: Jira and either Confluence or Trello.
Strong agile methodology background: Scrum, Kanban, and Lean (ability to adapt frameworks).
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Nice to Have

Familiarity with Cloud technologies: AWS, Azure, or GCP.

About Haystack

Haystack is a recruitment and workforce solutions consultancy that connects candidates with technology and IT delivery opportunities. The posting describes a role supporting a cloud data platform engineering team, focusing on agile delivery and workforce solutions in an IT environment.