• Job Description

  Req#: 331305

  Req ID: 331305

  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 Advisor to join our team in Chennai, Tamil Nādu (IN-TN), India (IN).

  Agile Scrum Master

  
  FMRJP00035248 Agile Coach/Scrum Manager 3 (6-9 Years)

  Core Competencies
  • Solid understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and ceremonies
  • Strong facilitation skills — retros, sprint planning, and team alignment
  • Effective collaboration with Product Owners to drive planning and backlog management
  • Data-driven decision-making — ability to visualize team metrics and act on insights
  • Strong stakeholder management — builds trust, navigates ambiguity
  • Transparent, timely, and outcome-focused communication
  • Proactive in tracking deliverables, identifying risks/dependencies
  • Exposure to release planning and coordination
  • Technical grounding — experience in a tech-led environment is a plus

  Preferred Past Roles (Any of the following) 3-5 years
  • Developer, Business Analyst (BA), QA, Tech Lead, or System Analyst
  (Candidates with prior delivery-side roles tend to bring better context and balance to the Scrum Master role.)

  Attitude & Working Style
  • Strong people orientation — brings teams together, promotes collaboration
  • Operates with urgency — keeps momentum without waiting to be asked
  • Outcome ownership — behaves like a program owner with accountability for delivery
  • Brings structure, actively removes blockers, and keeps sprints focused and productive

  The Role
  
  Come join the Workplace Investing Scrum Master Chapter!
  
  As a Scrum Master you blend deep scrum expertise with a passion for mentoring, coaching, and continuous improvement. As part of highly[BS1] collaborative agile team(s) you will advise on performance against agile values, practices, metrics, and processes to accelerate team(s) value delivery. In partnership with the Product Owner, you will maintain a backlog, help to remove impediments, and ensure effective agile events [BS2] . You will support the team 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 and releases of multiple systems teams with interdependencies to deliver a seamlessly integrated solution to our customers.
  
  The Expertise and Skills You Bring
  
  Here are the key skills and areas of expertise that are critical for success in this role:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree/undergraduate degree/equivalent preferred
  Certified Scrum Master (CSM)/equivalent preferred
  Experience working with or in agile teams with good understanding of agile practices and tools (Jira, Kanban, Lean) and value delivery for customers
  Working closely with the product owner to plan and complete the highest priority work as per the product roadmap through well-executed sprints
  Accelerating overall team performance, efficiency and value delivered by engaging within and across teams to find opportunities to improve agile maturity and metrics, and providing coaching, training, and resources
  Ensuring agile events are planned for and effective (e.g. sprint planning, daily meetings, retrospectives and as appropriate, scrum of scrums)
  Maintaining and updating squad performance metrics (e.g., burn-down charts) and artifacts to ensure accurate and clear feedback to the team members and transparency to other partners
  Organizing and presenting ideas and information logically and concisely to a variety of audiences
  Handling multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
  Coaching and mentoring complex teams
  Participating in a community of practice, providing scrum knowledge to members of your product area and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement within the product area.
  
  The Team
  The Workplace Investing Scrum Master Chapter is committed to coaching, developing, and empowering Scrum Masters to lead development teams that embrace the agile mindset. We have established a learning culture that amplifies best practices, delivers consistent, predictable, and impactful results, celebrates diversity and inclusion, creates a safe and respectful environment, and provides career guidance and mobility opportunities for Scrum Masters. We build trusted, collaborative relationships with our product and technology partners across Fidelity and embrace customer-focused methodologies that enable innovation and drive valuable product delivery.

  Minimum Experience on Key Skills
  - 6 to 9 Years

  
  General Expectation
  1) Must have Good Communication
  2) Must be ready to work in 10:30 AM to 8:30 PM Shift
  3) Flexible to work in Client Location Ramanujam IT park, Taramani, Chennai
  4) Must be ready to work from office in a Hybrid work environment. Full Remote work is not an option
  5) Expect Full Return to office from Feb/Mar'25

  
  Pre-Requisites before submitting profiles
  1) Must have Genuine and Digitally signed Form16 for ALL employments
  2) All employment history/details must be present in UAN/PPF statements
  3) Candidate must be screened using Video and ensure he/she is genuine and have proper work setup
  4) Candidates must have real work experience on mandatory skills mentioned in JD
  5) Profiles must have the companies which they are having payroll with and not the client names as their employers
  6) As these are competitive positions and client will not wait for 60 days and carry the risks of drop-out, candidates must of 0 to 3 weeks of Notice Period
  7) Candidates must be screened for any gaps after education and during employment for genuineness of the reasons

  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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• About the company

  Japan Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, a predecessor of NTT, started Data Communications business in 1967.

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