Scrum Master

techcarrot is looking for a Scrum Master to steer agile delivery across several Digital Engineering projects and PODs inside a large enterprise technology environment. The role centers on guiding team ceremonies, sprint execution, dependency tracking, and delivery reporting, coordinating with product, engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps, business stakeholders, and external partners. This is a full-time, onsite opportunity based in Dubai, AE, ideal for someone who enjoys clearing blockers and keeping work aligned with business needs.

The person in this role will own the rhythm of the teams, facilitating ceremonies, maintaining sprint health, and ensuring there is a clear owner for each committed outcome. They’ll aim to strengthen delivery discipline and safeguard alignment between what the business prioritizes and what engineers deliver, while keeping stakeholders up to date on progress and risks. Collaboration across multiple streams and external partners will be a daily thing, with a focus on practical coaching and steady delivery.

The ideal candidate brings experience from consulting or enterprise digital transformation, strong stakeholder management, vendor coordination, and hands-on agile coaching across cross-functional engineering teams.

Day-to-day rhythms in a multi-POD setup

In practice, you’ll run the core agile ceremonies, daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives, keeping the teams focused on the goals they’ve committed to.

You’ll lead cross-POD synchronization sessions to surface and resolve dependencies, ensuring the backlog is ready and the sprint cadence remains steady across digital engineering groups.

You’ll track progress, risks, actions, and impediments, driving timely resolution and escalation when necessary, so leadership has a clear view of where things stand.

You’ll enforce DoR and DoD standards and coordinate with product, engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps, and delivery partners to ensure releases are ready and aligned with delivery plans. You’ll also coach PODs on agile values, practical delivery discipline, accountability, and self-organization, while promoting continuous feedback and quality practices across the teams.

The credentials that fit this Scrum Master role

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
• Eight or more years in IT or product development, with at least four years serving as a Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager in digital engineering environments
• Two or more years coaching individuals or engineering teams in agile practices
• Proven experience facilitating meetings at multiple organizational levels using advanced facilitation techniques
• Four or more years of hands-on work with Jira, Azure DevOps, Project Online, and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Confluence
• Three or more years of expertise with Microsoft Project
• Three or more years of experience with CI/CD, DevSecOps, automated testing, and modern software engineering practices
• Strong command of Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM, PSM I/II) is required

• SAFe certification is a plus
• Consulting experience in digital transformation, digital engineering, product development, or enterprise technology programs is highly desirable
• Experience coordinating with external vendors and delivery partners
• Solid stakeholder management capabilities and the ability to partner with cross-functional teams across product, engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps, and business units
• Proven ability to coach across cross-functional engineering teams

Where you’ll work and how you’ll fit in

This is an onsite, full-time position based in Dubai, AE. You’ll join a team that collaborates across product, engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders, plus external partners, to deliver digital engineering outcomes. The role calls for hands-on leadership in a complex enterprise technology setting, where you’ll help ensure delivery is visible, predictable, and aligned with strategic priorities.

They’re looking for someone who communicates clearly, builds trust with diverse teams, and can adapt as priorities shift. A successful candidate will balance leadership with hands-on coaching, helping teams adopt practical agile practices while keeping a focus on measurable business value.

Advice for candidates

Lead with your track record: your resume should foreground at least eight years in IT or product development, and specifically four years in Scrum Master or agile leadership roles within digital engineering. Highlight concrete outcomes you achieved in those roles and the environments you worked in.

Demonstrate your must-have capabilities: provide examples of leading ceremonies and managing dependencies across multiple PODs, plus hands-on use of Jira, Azure DevOps, and Project Online. Show how you enforced DoR and DoD, tracked risks, and delivered on sprint goals while coordinating with product, architecture, QA, and DevOps.

Prepare for the interview with specifics: be ready to describe how you coached teams on agile values, delivery discipline, and self-organization, and how you promoted CI/CD, DevSecOps, and automated testing to lift quality. Have a story ready about a time you aligned business priorities with engineering outcomes across a complex program.

Ask a smart question that draws on the role’s scope: inquire how the organization coordinates across multiple PODs to maintain release readiness, and what governance or reporting cadence they rely on to stay aligned with business priorities.