Scrum Master - 6376089

Accenture Flex offers you the flexibility of local fixed-duration project-based work powered by Accenture, a leading global professional services company. Accenture is consistently recognized on FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work For and Diversity Inc’s Top 50 Companies For Diversity lists.

As an Accenture Flex employee, you will apply your skills and experience to help drive business transformation for leading organizations and communities. In addition to delivering innovative solutions for Accenture’s clients, you will work with a highly skilled, diverse network of people across Accenture businesses who are using the latest emerging technologies to address today’s biggest business challenges.

You will receive competitive rewards and access to benefits programs and world‑class learning resources. Accenture Flex employees work in their local metro area onsite at the project, significantly reducing and/or eliminating the demands to travel.

Key Responsibilities

• As a Scrum Master, you will be responsible for enabling the effective functioning of a software development team using Agile methodologies.
• Your day‑to‑day activities will include coaching and mentoring the Scrum Team or Teams, removing obstacles that hinder progress, and facilitating Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• You will also identify and report progress through appropriate metrics.
• You are expected to be a subject matter expert, collaborate and manage the team to perform effectively, take responsibility for team decisions, engage with multiple teams, contribute to key decisions, and provide solutions to problems within your immediate team and across multiple teams.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying and implementing best practices within the team and across projects.
• Support team members in understanding and adopting Agile principles to enhance collaboration and delivery.
• Analyze team performance metrics to provide actionable insights and foster transparency.
• Facilitate effective communication between stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals and priorities.
• Champion a culture of accountability and ownership to elevate the quality and consistency of deliverables.

Note : role requires 60% onsite client work (3 days per week) in Charlotte and client mandated time away 5 days per quarter.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of work experience
• Advanced proficiency in Scrum
• Associate’s degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in Agile Process Coaching
• Advanced proficiency in Agile Project Management and Agile Methods ADM for Distributed Agile Development

Benefits

Accenture Flex offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and long‑term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off.

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