Accenture Federal Services is looking to solve the problem of helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people by leveraging technology and ingenuity. The role specifically aims to improve how work gets done within agile teams to deliver successfully and meet contract obligations.
Requirements
- Experience working in software development environment
- Experience in an Agile Coaching role supporting technology delivery at scale using a variety of practices.
- Grasp of agile frameworks, specifically: Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe
- Experience collaborating with Product Owners and Product Managers to develop and refine backlogs, and User Stories.
- Experience using remote facilitation tools to coordinate planning and workshops
- ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP)
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- PMI Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)
Responsibilities
- Help Agile Teams deliver successfully and meet contract obligations through the application of lean and agile values, principles and practices.
- 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.
- Work closely with engineering teams to identify opportunities to automate and improve the way the technical solution is tested, built, integrated and deployed.
Other
- A passionate agile practitioner, with an unquenchable thirst for learning and improving how work gets done.
- Strong facilitation skills and client-facing presence, both in-person and remote.
- Experience supporting cross-domain planning in a customer-facing environment
- US Citizenship required
- Active TS or TS/SCI clearance
