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Make an impact with NTT DATA. Join a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion – it’s a place where you can grow, belong and thrive. We're looking for a Senior Scrum Master who has advanced scrum master experience in an ICT environment, managing software projects and working with software development teams. The primary responsibility of this role is to boost the effectiveness of teams by managing key and complex projects, championing delivery success and operationalizing underlying processes to make development teams run effectively. The Senior Scrum Masters resolves impediments, monitors and has control over the scrum processes and meetings.
Job Responsibility:
Boost the effectiveness of teams by managing key and complex projects, championing delivery success and operationalizing underlying processes to make development teams run effectively
Resolves impediments, monitors and has control over the scrum processes and meetings
Provides strong leadership and mentorship to specific teams, product owners, and stakeholders
Fosters a self-organizing and empowered environment that enables teams to deliver high-quality products on time and within budget
Facilitates and leads Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
Ensures that teams adhere to the Scrum framework, follows agile best practices, and utilizes appropriate tools and metrics to track progress, identifies bottlenecks, and drives continuous improvement
Fosters effective communication and collaboration between cross-functional teams, product owners, and stakeholders
Acts as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring a shared understanding of the project goals, priorities, and timelines
Proactively addresses any conflicts or challenges that may hinder team performance and delivery
Collaboratively identifies and synchronizes project interdependencies across multiple teams
Facilitates effective resource allocation across the programs
Drives the continuous improvement of agile processes, methodologies, and tools across the organization
Identifies and implements process enhancements to optimize efficiency, productivity, and quality of deliverables
Encourages innovation to foster a culture of continuous leading and growth
Ensures the program benefits remain viable throughout the program, communicating status and date changes and actively manage dependencies
Builds strong relationships with key stakeholders and manages these expectations regarding project scope, timelines, and deliverables
Collaborates closely with product owners to prioritize backlog items and ensures alignment with business goals
Provides regular project status updates and communicates any risks or impediments that may impact project success
Requirements:
Advanced scrum master experience in an ICT environment, managing software projects and working with software development teams
Advanced experience in Scrum Management
Advanced experience of Agile concepts and principles
Advanced experience as a coach and mentor in agile practices (Scrum, Kanban etc.)
Advanced experience with contemporary software development methodologies
Advanced experience with widely successful Agile techniques such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
Willingness to learn and use AI to automate elements of the job (advantageous)
Nice to have:
Willingness to learn and use AI to automate elements of the job (advantageous)