Scrum Master

Company Overview:
Req ID: 395483
NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

Job Description:
As a Scrum Master, you will work with Client Delivery Teams, Product Owners, and the NTT DATA’s DATA Practice team to assist with ongoing deployment of Agile practices across clients. You may also interact with all levels of the organization to inform and influence understanding of the value in the change.

Why the Role Is Important:
You will work diligently as a change agent within the team, teaching and guiding an environment of continuous learning and improvement, experimenting, and keeping the team to solid agile form in their practices. You will be an extension of the coaching voice for the organization, further fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement. In fulfilling this role of Sr. Scrum Master, you will work directly with teams and coaches to listen and observe, empathically co-create value mindsets and lean data product delivery practice adherence, helping the team be able to focus, and have eyes on the outcomes over outputs. This role teaches the fundamentals of agility in context of the team solution delivery. This is taught and maintained by coaching stances in training, teaching, mentoring, modeling, facilitating, etc., Providing helpful written documentation in context on Agile events, metrics and measures that matter, dashboards, insights, tools, and techniques is expected. This role is important to support our goal of returning the highest possible value to our businesses and our customers.

Required Qualifications:
10+ years guiding teams in agile software development as Project manager or Delivery manager.
5+ years working as a Scrum Master or Agile Team Facilitator for Data Platform projects.
5+ years' experience configuring and managing one or more of the following agile application lifecycle management tools (Jira, Miro Planview, VersionOne, AgileCraft, Rally, ADO(TFS), etc.)
5 + years’ experience working in agile fundamentals such as lean-agile values, principles, and practices. As well, their optimal application and outcomes desired.

Preferred Skills/Certifications
SASM- SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (scaled; SAFe 6+)
ICP-ATF, PSM, CSM – Recognized Scrum Master Certifications
Ability to facilitate and lead meetings to desired outcomes for the purpose.
Ability to lead, train, and provide feedback to other colleagues in various roles, as well as leaders.
Organizational, good time management, balanced attention to help optimize a valued outcome across varying priorities.

Ideal Mindset:
Communication is very Important. Looking for an empathic, self-aware, introspective person who listens for, questions, and checks assumptions – both others as well as their own.
You seek to understand and be prepared to help team members and others to find their solutions.
Resourceful. As problems arise, you creatively identify the best path forward. Self-led.
Team Player. You are someone who wants to see everyone on the team succeed and is willing to go the extra mile to help a teammate in need.
You enter conflict seeking to understand and prepared to help team members work through challenges.

About NTT DATA:

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com

Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting hourly range for this remote role is ($80.00-$100.00/Hour). This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on several factors, including the candidate's actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.

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