Agile Team Lead Assoc. Manager




Location: Washington, D.C, San Antonio, TX, St. Louis, MO




We are:




Accenture Federal Services, bringing together commercial innovation with the latest technology to unleash the potential for our federal clients. Every day we bring bold thinking and diverse disciplines to solve problems in new ways. We thrive in a world of constant change. Ready to learn as much as you can? Well give you numerous opportunities for formal & informal training sessions to courses to keep your tech smarts sharp.





You are:


A passionate agile practitioner, with an unquenchable thirst for learning and improving how work gets done. You have a strong grasp of Lean and Agile principles, practices, and frameworks, but are ultimately pragmatic and measured in your application. You have extensive experience as a Scrum Master applying agility in more traditional, project-oriented environments. You thrive in a collaborative, creative and productive team environment where ideas are freely exchanged, and innovative concepts evolve into practical solutions.




The work:





+ Help Agile Teams deliver successfully and meet contract obligations through the application of lean and agile values, principles and practices.


+ The ability to creatively apply agile ways of working to project-oriented contracts


+ Plan and facilitate agile events in a manner that provides value, and fosters engagement.


+ Facilitate the creation and refinement of artifacts like Definitions of Ready and Definitions of Done.


+ Make work visible, using charts, reports and other information radiators to communicate real-time status.


+ Help teams identify, resolve, and escalate risks, and impediments.


+ Coach agile teams on effective story definition, prioritization, and estimation practices.


+ Charter new teams, fostering clarity around ways of working and agreements.


+ Ensure Agile Teams have access to the tools, resources, and personnel they need to deliver.


+ Foster a continuous improvement culture by facilitating assessments and providing data to aid in the identification of improvement goals.


+ Design and facilitate agile training across a range of disciplines and frameworks.


+ Work with project leadership to implement and continuously monitor delivery and contract related metrics.


+ Coach personnel on effective Product Management practices.


+ Work closely with engineering teams to identify opportunities to automate and improve the way the technical solution is tested, built, integrated and deployed.





Heres the experience you need:





+ 5+ years working in software development environment


+ 3+ years in an Agile Coaching role supporting technology delivery at scale using a variety of practices.


+ Deep expertise of agile frameworks, specifically: Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe


+ Experience collaborating with Product Owners and Product Managers to develop and refine backlogs, and User Stories.


+ Outstanding communication skills including verbal and written mediums.


+ Strong facilitation skills and client-facing presence, both in-person and remote.


+ Experience using remote facilitation tools to coordinate planning and workshops


+ Experience facilitating cross-domain planning across a range of customers and stakeholders


+ You should hold at least one of the following agile fundamentals certifications:


+ ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP)


+ Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM)


+ PMI Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)




+ 1 active SAFe certification (e.g. SAFe for Teams, SAFe Scrum Master, Leading SAFe)







Bonus points if:





+ Experience setting up and configuring ALM tools (e.g. Atlassian Jira, Azure DevOps, etc)


+ Active and current SAFe Program Consutant (SPC)certification


+ IAgile Agile Coaching Certification (ICP-ACC)


+ ICAgile Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)


+ Kanban University certification


+ Experience supporting agile transformations or other organizational change initiatives







Eligibility Requirements: US Citizenship required.




Important information:


Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, New York City or Washington as set forth below and information on benefits offered is here (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/total-rewards)




Role Location: Range of Starting Pay for role


California: From $128k-$176k


Colorado: From $122k-$165k


New York City: From $131k-$191k


Washington: From $120k-$176k





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