LOCATION: Gauteng, Northern Suburbs
Job Type: Permanent – Hybrid working model
Applications: itplacements@alos.co.za
This is your opportunity to join an innovative team and grow your career at the forefront of technological advancement, as we accelerate towards a brighter, more connected future for Africa.
Role Summary
Guides and coaches the team on the agile framework, methodology and ceremonies. Helps to manage and optimise a continuous flow of work across the team
Responsibilities
- Develop and coach an agile team on agile values & practices
- Facilitate team ceremonies
- Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions; help the team continuously improve
- Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
- Empower teams to self-organize
- Where required, set up and mobilise new teams and work with the client and other Accenture leads to set up lean-agile governance processes
- Where required, coach a struggling agile team; tailoring methods in a complex context as necessary
- Collaborate with other Agile Practitioners to improve the agile maturity of all agile teams
- Foster a growth mindset within the practise, contributing to learning materials, personal and team development
Qualification & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field preferred
- At least 8-10 years of experience working in software development teams
- Relevant Agile and Scrum Master Certifications
Preferred Skills
- Coaching/mentoring
- Talent for driving change
- Organizational development
- Negotiation
- Conflict Resolution
- Process/continuous improvement
- Facilitation
- Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
- Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
- Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills