Data Scrum Master

Location: Ireland or UK

Work mode: Hybrid or Home based

Position Summary:

Bentley Systems is seeking an experienced Scrum Master to support agile delivery within our growing Data organization. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a data environment and enjoys helping cross functional teams deliver high-quality data products that drive business value. You will guide teams that include data engineers, analysts, and data scientists as they adopt and mature agile practices, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and outcome focused delivery.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate agile ceremonies for one or more data teams, ensuring sprint goals and outcomes are clearly defined and achieved.
• Coach teams to apply agile principles within a data context, supporting iterative delivery of data pipelines, models, and insights.
• Partner with Product Owners and Data Leads to maintain a prioritized backlog that balances business needs, data quality improvements, and technical work.
• Identify and remove obstacles that impact delivery, including data dependencies, infrastructure issues, or unclear requirements.
• Use agile metrics such as cycle time, throughput, and team capacity to help teams improve flow and predictability.
• Promote collaboration across data engineering, analytics, and data governance to ensure delivery of reliable and trusted data products.
• Encourage learning and experimentation through retrospectives and feedback loops.
• Collaborate with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to share best practices and align ways of working across the data organization.
• Support adoption and effective use of tools such as Azure DevOps, dbt, and other elements of the modern data stack.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience as a Scrum Master, with at least two years supporting data or analytics teams such as data engineering, business intelligence, or data science.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, data management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM or PSM I or higher) required.
• Understanding of agile delivery in a data lifecycle context including ingestion, transformation, modeling, and consumption.
• Familiarity with modern data practices and tools such as Azure Data Platform, Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, or Power BI.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with distributed teams across time zones.
• Genuine interest in helping data teams work more effectively and deliver meaningful business outcomes.

What We Offer: 

• A great Team and culture – please see our colleague video. 
• An exciting career as an integral part of a world-leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction - watch this short documentary about how we got our start. 
• An attractive salary and benefits package. 
• A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups. 
• A company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Discover our latest user success stories for an insight into our global impact. 

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