Program Manager, Data Science

Scrum Master

In this role, the Scrum Master works closely with Engineering by interfacing with team members and stakeholder partners to build products and solutions that successfully meet customer needs and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Scrum Master for multiple teams with a focus on promoting Agile values and practices as well as a culture of continuous improvement.
• Facilitate team ceremonies including daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
• Work closely with Product Manager/Product Owner and Development Lead counterparts to ensure user stories in the backlog are "development-ready" and that deliverables and timeframes are consistent with business priorities.
• Track iteration status and resolve impediments or blocked user stories as needed.
• Contribute to quarterly planning, project scheduling and release management.
• Facilitate meetings and cross-team coordination to resolve dependencies, manage expectations and achieve alignment with stakeholders.
• Serve as program manager for engineering teams to establish processes and working agreements that will help increase teams efficiency.
• Facilitate team activities such as project planning, alignment with other teams, execution tracking and reporting.
• Ensure successful deliverable completion despite challenges of varying complexity.
• Co-create new ideas with the team to improve performance and productivity.
• Document processes and help define improvements by working with teams to identify opportunities to increase efficiency.
• Facilitate data-driven team analysis of metrics to identify trends and perform experiments for continuous improvement.
• Perform other duties or projects as assigned.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (preferably BSCS, BSEE or similar) or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years’ hands-on experience as Scrum Master for software development teams practicing Agile/Scrum.
• Demonstrated end-to-end software development life cycle (SDLC) implementation experience delivering multiple high quality, customer-facing commercial software offerings on time using Agile methodologies.
• Experience working with diverse stakeholders to build strong relationships across the organization.
• Strong problem-solving skills with an analytical approach.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong facilitation skills with a demonstrated ability to inspire continuous improvement.
• General project management experience.
• Knowledgeable about data science with experience in the domain.
• Data-driven analysis skills for measuring and managing delivery.
• Experience using Agile tools and proficient in Jira.
• Proven organizational, time management, planning and prioritization skills.
• Tech-savvy and open to learning about the engineering team’s domain.
• Curious and open to implementing different techniques and Agile best practices.
• Comfortable operating in rapidly changing environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working as a software developer or engineer.
• Experience working at a technology company.
• Hands-on experience managing projects that interface with external, third-party stakeholders and vendors.
• Experience working with global teams.

We are offering

• Good compensation - Competitive € salary plus benefits package.
• Development opportunities.
• Challenging but also a friendly working environment.
• And much, much more..

About Telesign

Telesign connects and protects online experiences with sophisticated customer identity and engagement solutions. Through APIs that deliver user verification, data insights, and communications we solve today’s unique customer challenges by bridging businesses to the complex world of global telecommunications.

Telesign is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe our differences help us create a better workplace, a better product, and a better community. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

Telesign is an Affirmative Action Employer and as part of the commitment to AAP, it will seek to ensure affirmative action to provide equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment, and that all personnel activities, such as the recruitment selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, transfer, layoff and termination processes remain free of illegal discrimination and harassment based on protected characteristics.