Scrum Master

Req ID: 385049

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 Scrum Master to join our team in Atlanta, Georgia (US-GA), United States (US).

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 of Experienced in leading scrum for data migrations, data engineering transformation type of projects in Snowflake, Databricks and Azure

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 business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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