Position Title: AI Scrum Master
Work Location: BGC, Taguig City. (2 x onsite per week hybrid set up)
Job Description:
You will guide a team of talented engineers to transform theoretical explorations into practical, production-grade solutions, fostering a high-performance culture that uses AI-powered development tools and automated testing to redefine market leadership.Has value-driven delivery mindset, embodies the DevOps mindset, and an advocate for the process transformation through various automation and AI technologies.
Key Responsibilities
Agile Facilitation & Team Enablement
- Facilitate all Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement sessions, and Release Planning activities.
- Coach the squad on Agile, Scrum, Lean, and New Ways of Working (NWoW) principles, ensuring consistent adoption of best practices and continuous improvement.
- Foster a high-performing, self-organizing, and cross-functional team culture that promotes accountability, collaboration, and transparency.
- Remove impediments and blockers that may impact sprint commitments, development velocity, or team productivity.
- Track and communicate sprint progress, team capacity, velocity, burn-down metrics, and delivery risks to stakeholders and leadership.
Delivery & Stakeholder Management
- Partner closely with Product Owners, Business Owners, Architects, and Engineering Teams to ensure backlog readiness, prioritization, and alignment with business objectives.
- Ensure user stories are well-defined, properly estimated, and supported by clear acceptance criteria before entering sprint execution.
- Facilitate risk identification, dependency management, and issue resolution across multiple teams and workstreams.
- Support release planning and coordination activities to ensure successful deployment and business readiness.
- Promote predictable, value-driven delivery by balancing scope, timeline, resource capacity, and technical constraints.
Skills Required
- Facilitate all Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement, Release Planning)
- Coach team on Agile, Scrum, Lean, and New Ways of Working (NWoW)
- Promote and embody DevOps mindset and advocate process transformation using automation and AI technologies
- Remove impediments and blockers impacting sprint commitments and team productivity
- Track and communicate sprint progress, capacity, velocity, burn-down metrics, and delivery risks
- Partner with Product Owners, Business Owners, Architects, and Engineering teams for backlog readiness and prioritization
- Ensure user stories are well-defined, estimated, and supported by clear acceptance criteria
- Facilitate risk identification, dependency management, and issue resolution across teams and workstreams
- Support release planning and coordination to ensure successful deployment and business readiness
- Foster a high-performing, self-organizing, cross-functional team culture promoting accountability and collaboration
Encora Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Encora and has not been reviewed or approved by Encora.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as employer-provided in multiple locations, with private plans and family coverage highlighted in Spain and Mexico. Medical insurance quality is presented as a recurring bright spot alongside standard coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes paid holidays and PTO, with regional materials indicating additional leave provisions in certain countries. Leave is generally portrayed as conventional to generous depending on location.
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Flexible Benefits — Work-from-home flexibility is frequently highlighted as a plus, though it varies by role and client needs. Remote and hybrid options are positioned as part of the overall package.
Encora Insights
What We Do
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and backed by renowned private equity firms Advent International and Warburg Pincus, Encora is the preferred technology modernization and innovation partner to some of the world’s leading enterprise companies. It provides award-winning digital engineering services including Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering. Encora's deep cluster vertical capabilities extend across diverse industries, including HiTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail & CPG, Energy & Utilities, Banking Financial Services & Insurance, Travel, Hospitality & Logistics, Telecom & Media, Automotive, and other specialized industries. With over 9,000 associates in 47+ offices and delivery centers across the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, India, and Southeast Asia, Encora delivers nearshore agility to clients anywhere in the world, coupled with expertise at scale in India. Encora’s Cloud-first, Data-first, AI-first approach enables clients to create differentiated enterprise value through technology
