Delivery Manager

Req ID

390371

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 Delivery Manager to join our team in Bangalore, Karnātaka (IN-KA), India (IN).

The Delivery Manager cum Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring successful end-to-end delivery of technology projects while facilitating Agile/Scrum practices across development teams. The role combines delivery ownership, stakeholder management, Agile leadership, team coordination, risk management, and continuous improvement.

The individual will work closely with Product Owners, Business Stakeholders, Architects, Engineering Teams, QA, DevOps, and Program/Portfolio Management to ensure that projects are delivered with the expected scope, quality, timelines, and business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery Management

Own end-to-end delivery of assigned applications, projects, products, or programs.

Develop and maintain delivery plans, milestones, timelines, and dependencies.

Track project progress against agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.

Ensure timely delivery of features and releases.

Identify delivery risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies and drive appropriate mitigation.

Coordinate across development, testing, architecture, DevOps, infrastructure, and business teams.

Ensure effective resource allocation and capacity planning.

Monitor delivery metrics and provide regular status updates to management and stakeholders.

Drive release planning and production deployment readiness.

Ensure appropriate governance and delivery processes are followed.

Scrum Master Responsibilities

Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including

Daily Stand-ups

Sprint Planning

Backlog Refinement

Sprint Review/Demo

Sprint Retrospective

Ensure the Scrum framework and Agile principles are effectively followed.

Remove impediments and blockers affecting team productivity.

Work with Product Owners to ensure the backlog is adequately prioritized and refined.

Facilitate estimation and capacity planning.

Monitor sprint progress and proactively identify potential delivery slippage.

Promote self-organizing and cross-functional teams.

Encourage continuous improvement through retrospectives and improvement actions.

Coach teams on Agile/Scrum practices and ways of working.

Protect the team from unnecessary external interruptions and scope changes.

Metrics Reporting

Track and communicate relevant Agile and delivery metrics, including

Sprint velocity

Sprint predictability

Burndown/Burnup

Release progress

Defect trends

Escaped defects

Cycle time

Lead time

Blocked time

Team capacity

Planned vs. completed work

Delivery forecast

Risks and dependencies

Prepare weekly/monthly delivery reports for leadership and customers.

Agile Project Management Skills

Must Have

Scrum

Agile methodology

Sprint planning

Release planning

Backlog management

Estimation

Capacity planning

Dependency management

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Conflict resolution

Delivery governance

Preferred Certifications

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

Professional Scrum Master (PSM)

SAFe certification

PMP / PRINCE2

PMI-ACP

Certification is useful, but practical delivery experience should carry more weight than certification alone.

Tools

Experience with

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

MS Teams

SharePoint

MS Project

Power BI / reporting tools

Git/GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket

CI/CD tools

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 RD.

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