Accenture

Scrum Master

Accenture$84K — $138K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active Secret Security Clearance required
  • Onsite availability 3 times a week in Colorado Springs, CO
  • 2+ years of experience as a Scrum Master using SAFe methodologies
  • 2+ years of facilitating communication between clients and development teams
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • SAFe Certified Scrum Master Certification

Responsibilities

  • Teach and coach teams to self-organize and adopt Agile practices
  • Embrace SAFe Core Values as a servant leader to the Scrum Team
  • Support the Scrum Team in improving quality, predictability, flow, and velocity
  • Guide the team in focusing on daily/Sprint Goals and PI Objectives
  • Facilitate team meetings like daily stand-ups and retrospectives
  • Represent the team in Scrum of Scrums meetings
  • Collaborate with other affected teams and stakeholders for alignment

Benefits

  • Wide variety of benefits available
  • Applications accepted on an ongoing basis without a fixed deadline
Full Job Description
Job Responsibilities:
  • Helps teams self-organize, self-manage, and deliver by teaching and coaching effective Agile practices
  • Act as a servant leader to the Scrum Team by embracing SAFe Core Values, applying SAFe Principles, implementing SAFe practices, and utilizing ScrumXP rules
  • Help scrum team achieve in areas including quality, predictability, flow, and velocity
  • Helps team focus on daily and Sprint Goals in the context of current PI Objectives
  • Guides team in establishing normalized story points for estimating user stories
  • Facilitates all team meetings, including the daily stand-up, Sprint Planning, Team Demos, and Retrospectives
  • Attend and represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums meetings
  • Collaborate with other impacted teams (e.g. Other Scrum or Product teams, Product Owners, Stakeholders) to ensure alignment between priorities, scope, and all deployment-related activities
  • Communicates with outside stakeholders

What You Need:
  • Active Secret Security Clearance
  • Ability to report onsite 3x a week in Colorado Springs, CO
  • 2+ years' experience performing as a scrum master utilizing SAFe methodologies or similar Agile servant leadership role
  • 2+ years' experience with facilitating communication/collaboration with client and development team staff through in-person and virtual settings
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • SAFe Certified Scrum Master Certification

Would Be Nice:
  • Prior experience in software development, preferably in a Java/open-source technical environment
  • Experience in a large-scale Federal IT Program


As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$84,900-$138,300 USD

About Accenture

Accenture plc is a multinational professional services company that provides services in strategy, consulting, digital, technology, and operations. The company has more than 537,000 employees serving clients in more than 120 countries. Accenture operates across five business segments: Communications, Media & Technology; Financial Services; Health & Public Service; Products; and Resources. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and has offices worldwide.
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Size
624,000 employees
Market Cap
$173.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$5.2 billion
Founded
1989
5 Year Trend
+11.2%
Revenue
$44.7 billion
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