AI Agile Scrum Master

Guidehouse

AI Agile Scrum Master leading Agile execution for AI-enabled software products in a SAFe environment. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful AI solutions.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $98,000 - $163,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as SAFe Agile Scrum Master
Serve as the Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams delivering AI-enabled information systems in a SAFe Agile environment.
Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other team synchronization activities.
Support Program Increment (PI) Planning, iteration execution, dependency coordination, and alignment with broader program objectives.
Partner closely with Product Owners, Release Train Engineers, technical leads, and stakeholders to promote transparency, execution discipline, and delivery predictability.
Help ensure Agile practices are applied consistently and effectively across the team in alignment with SAFe principles and organizational delivery standards.
Enable Delivery of AI-Enabled Information Systems
Support Agile teams delivering AI-enabled capabilities such as document understanding, semantic search, summarization, recommendation, intelligent automation, conversational experiences, and decision-support tools.
Help teams manage the unique delivery considerations of AI-enabled systems, including experimentation, iterative model improvement, data dependencies, integration readiness, and validation of AI outputs.
Coordinate across business, engineering, data science, testing, and operations teams to help ensure AI features are delivered in a practical, usable, and supportable manner.
Promote iterative delivery approaches that balance speed, quality, trust, governance, and technical feasibility.
Remove Impediments and Improve Team Performance
Proactively identify, track, escalate, and help resolve impediments that impact team delivery, quality, or velocity.
Coach teams on Agile best practices, collaboration, self-organization, estimation, work management, and continuous improvement.
Foster an environment of accountability, focus, transparency, and continuous learning.
Use Agile metrics and team insights to identify improvement opportunities and support more effective sprint and PI execution.
Help teams improve delivery flow, reduce bottlenecks, manage risk, and strengthen cross-functional coordination.
Drive Cross-Team Coordination and Program Execution
Support coordination of dependencies, risks, constraints, and integration points across multiple teams and stakeholders.
Work with Product Owners and technical teams to maintain sprint readiness, clarify priorities, and support achievable delivery commitments.
Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment on scope, progress, risks, and decisions.
Help maintain visibility into team progress, delivery health, impediments, and upcoming milestones.
Contribute to release readiness and support smooth transition of completed capabilities into testing, deployment, and operations.
Support Quality, Governance, and Responsible Delivery
Encourage Agile delivery practices that support quality, traceability, and compliance in environments with sensitive data and strong operational controls.
Help teams incorporate governance, security, testing, and documentation requirements into delivery planning and execution.
Support delivery practices that address the operational realities of systems handling PII, PHI, CUI, or other sensitive information.
Promote responsible and well-governed delivery of AI-enabled capabilities, including support for human-in-the-loop review, transparency, and auditability where required.
Champion Agile Maturity and Continuous Improvement
Coach team members and stakeholders on SAFe Agile values, Scrum practices, and effective delivery behaviors.
Facilitate retrospectives that lead to actionable improvements and measurable team progress.
Help strengthen Agile maturity across the organization by sharing best practices, lessons learned, and delivery insights.
Encourage collaboration, trust, and adaptability in support of evolving business and mission needs.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.
Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Data Science, or related field OR additional FOUR (4) years experience in lieu of Degree.
Minimum THREE (3) years of experience as a Scrum Master supporting enterprise software delivery teams.
Demonstrated experience serving as a Scrum Master in a SAFe Agile environment , including sprint execution, PI Planning, dependency management, risk/issue management, and support for cross-team coordination.
Experience supporting delivery of AI-enabled information systems , advanced analytics platforms, machine learning solutions, intelligent automation, or other data-driven applications.
Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe delivery principles and practices.
Proven ability to facilitate Agile ceremonies, coach teams, remove impediments, and drive continuous improvement.
Experience working with cross-functional teams that may include Product Owners, engineers, architects, data scientists, testers, security teams, and operations teams.
Strong understanding of software delivery lifecycle practices, including planning, design, development, testing, release, and operational readiness.
Ability to manage competing priorities, delivery risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations in complex enterprise environments.
Experience supporting delivery in environments with governance, compliance, security, and quality requirements.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
401(k) Retirement Plan
Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Care.com annual membership
Employee Assistance Program
Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)

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Hard Skills & Tools

SAFe AgileScrumKanbanAgile metricsAI-enabled information systemsmachine learningadvanced analyticsintelligent automationsoftware delivery lifecycledependency management

Soft Skills

coachingfacilitationcontinuous improvementcollaborationtransparencyadaptabilityaccountabilitycommunicationproblem-solvingstakeholder management

Certifications

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)Certified Agile Leadership (CAL)Scrum Alliance certificationsProject Management Professional (PMP)Lean Six Sigma certificationITIL certificationAWS Certified Solutions Architect