Impactful Agile Scrum Master: Lead Cross-Team Delivery

Agile Scrum Master – NTT DATA

Seeking an Agile Scrum Master to join our team in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Find /join the Agile Scrum Master role at NTT DATA (Req ).

As a Scrum Master you blend deep scrum expertise with a passion for mentoring, coaching, and continuous improvement. You will advise on performance against agile values, practices, metrics, and processes, maintain a backlog, remove impediments, and ensure effective agile events. You will support the team by engaging with all team members and product area leadership to embed an agile approach into the day‑to‑day work and coordinate the efforts and releases of multiple systems teams with interdependencies to deliver a seamlessly integrated solution to our customers.

• bachelor’s degree / undergraduate degree / equivalent preferred
• introductory scrum master certification required; advanced certification preferred
• substantial experience working with or in agile teams, understanding 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 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 for improvement in agile maturity, metrics, coaching, training, and resources
• ensuring agile events are planned 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 for clear feedback and transparency to partners
• organizing and presenting ideas and information logically and concisely to a variety of audiences
• handling multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
• coaching and mentoring 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.
• minimum experience 3–5 years on key skills

• good communication skills
• ready to work shift 10:30 AM to 8:30 PM
• flexible to work at Client Location Ramanujam IT Park, Taramani, Chennai
• must work from office in a hybrid environment; full remote not an option
• full return to office expected in 2025

NTT DATA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.