Agile Scrum Master

Company Overview:
Req ID: 320554
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.
We are currently seeking a Software Development to join our team in Dalls, Texas (US-TX), United States (US).

Job Description:
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As a Scrum Master you blend deep scrum expertise with a passion for mentoring and coaching, and constant improvement.
As part of a highly collaborative squad you will advise, mentor, coach, and train on performance against agile values, practices, and processes to accelerate squad value delivery. In partnership with the squad leader, you will maintain a backlog, help to remove impediments, and facilitate agile ceremonies such as the daily stand up, sprint planning, backlog refinement and retrospectives.
You will have responsibility for release management coordination and participate in scaling ceremonies and activities as you manage interdependencies across squads and product areas. You will examine and drive team performance through metrics and find opportunities for the squad to fully realize the benefits of working in an agile structure. You will support the squad by engaging with all team members and product area leadership to reinforce and embed an agile approach and principles into the day-to-day work.
This role often requires coordinating the efforts of multiple systems teams to deliver a seamlessly integrated solution to our customers.
Key Responsibilities-
-- Working collaboratively with Workplace Investing product partners and chapter leaders to enable delivery of the squad's mission through well-executed sprints.
-- Accelerating overall squad performance, efficiency and value delivered by engaging within and across squads to find opportunities to improve agile maturity and metrics, and providing coaching, training, and resources.
-- Maintaining and updating squad performance metrics (e.g., burn-down charts) and artifacts to ensure accurate and clear feedback to the squad members and transparency to other partners.
-- Managing, coordinating coordination for, and participating in agile events (e.g., backlog prioritization, sprint planning, daily meetings, retrospectives and as appropriate, scrum of scrum masters)
-- Supporting adoption, and consistent use of enabling tools (e.g., Jira, Mural, MS Teams)
-- Organizing and presenting ideas and information logically and concisely to a variety of audiences, including both technical and non-technical individuals
-- Collaborating closely with the squad leader to plan and execute on the highest priority work as per the product roadmap.
-- Managing multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
-- Coaching and mentoring complex squads, regardless of size.
-- Participating in a community of practice and providing scrum knowledge to members of your product area and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement within the product area.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring
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-- You are a proven change agent capable of coaching agile practices to teams and individuals from across distinct functions, experiences, and geographies as they work through new and unfamiliar situations.
-- You are an effective facilitator and can brainstorm with the team to generate solutions that address challenges and roadblocks to accelerating value delivery.
-- You are intellectually curious and enthusiastic about learning new skills, and model a culture of continuous learning, mentoring, and coaching."

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

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