Scrum Master

David Yurman•New York, NY

1d•$150,000 - $165,000•Hybrid

About The Position

David Yurman is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive execution, alignment, and delivery across the Data Management & Analytics organization. This role operates at the intersection of business and technology, owning the operational rigor of agile processes while ensuring business needs are translated into clear, actionable data solutions. The Senior TPM will act as a Scrum Master for data teams and a connector across business stakeholders and data sub teams including Data Engineering, Data Science, and Operational Reporting. This individual will bring structure to how work is defined, prioritized, and delivered, ensuring speed, clarity, and accountability across a complex and evolving data environment. This role requires someone who can engage meaningfully with engineers, challenge assumptions, and understand tradeoffs, while not being responsible for hands-on development. The ideal candidate knows when to push, when to escalate, and how to unblock teams by navigating the right technical and organizational paths.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Scrum Master, or Project Management roles within data or technology organizations
Strong understanding of data ecosystems including data engineering, analytics, BI/reporting, and data science workflows
Proven experience running agile delivery at scale, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and estimation practices
Strong ability to translate business requirements into technical deliverables
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders
Strong communication skills required for stakeholder as well as technical communication
Experience in retail, eCommerce, or luxury goods is a plus

Nice To Haves

Working understanding of cloud environment (AWS, GCP) and cloud databases (Snowflake, Databricks, PostgreSQL) is a nice to have

Responsibilities

Act as the primary interface between business stakeholders and data teams
Gather and translate business needs into clear, structured user stories with acceptance criteria
Ensure alignment on business outcomes, success metrics, and priorities
Partner with technical leads to ensure work is appropriately scoped, prioritized, and sequenced
Serve as Scrum Master across data workstreams, leading sprint ceremonies including planning, grooming, standups, and retrospectives
Establish and enforce best practices for backlog management, story writing, estimation, and sprint planning
Track progress against sprint goals and proactively manage risks, blockers, and dependencies
Facilitate working sessions and UAT support to ensure delivered solutions meet expectations
Oversee end-to-end delivery of data initiatives from intake through deployment and validation
Manage cross-functional dependencies across systems such as Snowflake, Sigma, Oracle EBS, PLM, Middleware, etc.
Maintain clear program-level visibility through status reporting, dashboards, and stakeholder updates
Drive alignment across multiple concurrent initiatives, balancing strategic priorities and ad hoc requests
Optimize use of tools such as Jira for backlog management, sprint tracking, and reporting
Maintain structure around intake, prioritization, and governance of requests
Continuously improve team efficiency, communication, and delivery predictability
Establish and lead incident management processes, including defining SLAs, severity levels, and response protocols to ensure timely triage and resolution of data issues
Drive clear stakeholder communication during incidents and lead postmortems to identify root cause, implement corrective actions, and improve overall data reliability and monitoring