Scrum Master

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Summary of role:

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated Scrum Master with a passion for agile scrum practices and a keen delivery mindset to join our team and be part of a major transformation project. The role involves performing the scrum master role for scrum squads. This will require a combination of scrum facilitation as well as leadership skills.

We’re looking for someone who will:

• Facilitate the planning of work for scrum teams including effective planning and utilization of scrum team capacity.
• Keep the Agile Delivery Squad(s) focused on sprint plan and support regular reviews
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, & radiating information.
• Collaborate with Delivery lead, product owners and Design/technical leads to enable an effective delivery process.
• Improve the team's delivery capacity by maximizing the effectiveness of release and iteration planning, retrospectives.
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.
• Add value by removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
• Provide necessary support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.
• You are a collaborative peer who thrives with autonomy and can work across Onshore and distributed teams/Squads.
• You share your knowledge and enjoy mentoring other members of the team.
• You train and coach the agile team on scrum process as needed, keeping it on track and productive

You will need to show us that:

• You can advise and lead the team on agile values, practices and processes to ensure that the team is fully functional, productive, and focused on the sprint goals
• You can run all the scrum events such as sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review and sprint retrospective
• You can work with the team and product area to resolve challenges and remove impediments
• You can participate in scaled agile events and will sometimes be required to facilitate at these events or lead and co-ordinate the logistics for these events
• You can participate in your Scrum Master chapter, contributing to and driving best practices
• You can build positive relationships within and across teams

Experience and Skills required -

• 15+ years of overall experience with a minimum of 5+ years as Scrum Master/Agile Coach
• Agile/Scrum Certification (CSM/PSM/SSM)
• Track record of delivering complex projects through agile process
• Exceptional Communicational Skills (both verbal and written)
• Background in Financial Services/Banking domain in Ireland/UK markets will be an added advantage

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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