Scrum Master

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Location : Colorado Springs, CO *1- 2 days onsite*

The Work :

The Scrum Master is a leader who helps teams self-organize, self-manage, and deliver by teaching and coaching effective Agile practices. The Scrum Master will :

• 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 the 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.

Here is what you need :

• 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.
• U.S. Citizenship required; dual citizens not eligible.

Bonus Points if you have :

• SAFe Certified Scrum Master
• Prior experience in software development, preferably in a Java / open-source technical environment

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, or Washington State as set forth below and information on benefits offered is here.

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, New York, Washington, and the District of Columbia .

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, New York, Washington, and the District of Columbia is :

$105,200-$215,900 USD

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