Technical Project Manager/Scrum Master

Req ID: 76742

At NTT DATA Services, we know that with the right people on board, anything is possible. The quality, integrity, and commitment of our employees are key factors in our company’s growth, market presence and our ability to help our clients stay a step ahead of the competition. By hiring the best people and helping them grow both professionally and personally, we ensure a bright future for NTT DATA Services and for the people who work here.

NTT DATA Services currently seeks a Technical Project Manager/Scrum Master to join our team in San Diego, California (US-CA), United States (US).

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Work closely with cross functional teams, product owners, SMEs, enterprise architects, software engineers, manage and prioritize the product backlog, participate in Release Planning, Sprint Planning,
• Backlog Refinement, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review/Demo, Sprint Retrospective.
• Proactively identify impediments and dependencies and work with cross functional teams to resolve
• Ensure all documentation, tracking and reporting metrics including user stories, project progress,
• resource utilization, change requests, issues resolution, risk mitigation plans, test scripts, test results, and status update are completed per the delivery timelines.
• Lead and facilitate Integration, Solution, and UAT testing.
• Create, monitor, and share team performance metrics, including preparing related progress reports.
• Manage project plan and tracks project progress including dependencies, constraints, assumptions and risks
• Escalate risks, resource gaps and delays as needed to ensure project stays on track
• Lead daily Scrum and weekly Scrum of Scrum meetings to compile project status updates, updating project plan and removing obstacles and roadblocks for project team members
• Encourage velocity, quality, and efficiency while adhering to coding, quality assurance, and project execution best practices.

Required skills and experience:

• 5+ years of hands-on Technical Project Management experience from initiation through planning, executing, controlling and closing of Enterprise projects
• 5+ years of experience with requirements gathering, technical workshops facilitation, WBS creation, project planning, work prioritization, gap analysis, risk mitigation, project execution, and on time delivery.
• 5+ years of hands-on Agile/Scrum implementation experience.
• 5+ years of business analysis and documentation of business requirements – functional and non-functional.
• 5+ years of Quality Assurance experience, including leading UAT, Solution and Integration testing
• 5+ years of experience with hyper support, troubleshooting, issue resolution, and production support experience
• 5+ years of customer facing experience

Nice to have skills and experience:

• Agile Scrum Certified (CSPM)
• 3+ years of software engineering and application integration experience

Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, or related STEM-discipline

This position is only available to those interested in direct staff employment opportunities with NTT DATA, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Please note, 1099 or corp-2-corp contractors or the equivalent will NOT be considered. We offer a full comprehensive benefits package that starts from your first day of employment.

About NTT DATA Services

NTT DATA Services partners with clients to navigate and simplify the modern complexities of business and technology, delivering the insights, solutions and outcomes that matter most. We deliver tangible business results by combining deep industry expertise with applied innovations in digital, cloud and automation across a comprehensive portfolio of consulting, applications, infrastructure and business process services.

NTT DATA Services, headquartered in Plano, Texas, is a division of NTT DATA Corporation, a top 10 global business and IT services provider with 118,000+ professionals in more than 50 countries, and NTT Group, a partner to 88 percent of the Fortune 100. Visit nttdataservices.com to learn more.

NTT DATA, Inc. (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. The Company will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or marital status, or any other class protected by law. To comply with applicable laws ensuring equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability, the Company will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or an employee unless undue hardship to the Company would result.