Agile Tooling Lead and Solution Architect Associate Director

4 weeks ago

Boston, United States Hispanic Technology Executive Council Full time

We Are:

Accenture Business Agility (ABA) within our Cloud Advisory Practice is unlocking the creative potential of people and organizations all over the world. We are dedicated to bringing humanity to the workplace and creating a destination where Agilists can thrive while improving the way people work and live.

At Accenture Business Agility we embrace the power of AND. The combination of our people, passion and experience in Agile transformation paired with Accenture's respected global platform and in-depth technology expertise uniquely positions us as the leading business agility transformation consultancy. We optimize an organization's human architecture across people, ways of working, and tooling to enable accelerated and scalable value delivery true enterprise agility rather than simply agile in the enterprise. With the most experienced Agile consultants and tooling experts in the industry, Accenture Business Agility is a place where we're uncovering the next wave of what it means to be an Agile organization by creating a connected enterprise where people, process and technology work in harmony.

We are the destination for Agile consultants and tooling experts looking to change the world. Join the Movement

You Are:

The lead of our Tooling Practice with deep technical expertise and experience in selling and implementing Atlassian's suite including, Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, Azure DevOps, AHA, Planview, Rally/Broadcom Apptio, ServiceNow or other market leading Agile productivity tools. You are an architect in Jira and/or Jira Align and/or other tools, with a deep understanding of configuring tools, setting up workflows, understanding cloud architecture, and managing data archiving strategies. You have a strong technical background and are passionate about leveraging agile tools to drive business transformation. You have experience leading sales pursuits, managing engagements, and consulting with and guiding executives, managers, and people in agile delivery roles to achieve their goals through tooling. Your superpower is using the latest Agile productivity tool suites to help companies apply lean principles and practices so they can boost performance, accelerate business change, and drive disruption. You do this by challenging the status quo to promote an environment and culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and innovation. And you lead by example with your top-notch listening, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills.

The Work:

During Business Development Phase

  • Contribute or lead ABA Tooling Services sales pursuits
  • Join client and account discussions to share the benefits of tool offerings, conduct product demos, and share industry-wide solution patterns for tooling implementations
  • Partner with other parts of Accenture and tooling partners on sales pursuits
  • Own one to three opportunities from the business development pipeline and work on proposals and demos
  • Share Enterprise Agility Offerings, including tool capabilities, with the client
  • Understand the nature of the opportunity, account team, and client expectation.
  • Determine a high-level Accenture account strategy that can impact the proposal.
  • Qualify the opportunity and estimate the rough size of the opportunity and business development budget

During Solution Design Phase

  • Design the tooling solution by working with the opportunity account team
  • Design the delivery phase team and work with the account team to price the solution
  • Understand process/activities criticality and priorities (including technology and business agility, regulations, Client Data Protection, etc.)
  • Provide input into creating the statement of work for proposal

During Delivery Phase

  • Set the foundation for being a trusted advisor by being fully responsible for the solution implementation across all levels of the organization.
  • Lead tooling implementation activities across one-to-many functional areas; understanding cloud architecture to configure the tools, set up workflows, throttle migrations, integrate plugins, create hierarchy rules, and manage data archiving strategies.
  • Lead and facilitate workshops/training sessions to educate leaders and teams on products
  • Support client stakeholders, client teams and Accenture teams on their journey to implement the products and successfully employ Agile practices.
  • Mentor and pair with change agents and stakeholders in client organizations to help them become lean-Agile champions and build lasting Agile skills
  • Coach and mentor more junior Accenture team members on how to influence organizational change and remove barriers to transformation
  • Work with senior leaders to define strategies and roadmaps for transitioning to the new toolsets
  • Influence change across programs and functional areas by working across all levels of the organization to define and execute strategies for successful product implementations; get hands-on in enabling the incremental delivery of value.
  • Fully responsible for the solution implementation across all levels of the organization and solution team-leading activities
  • Works with senior leaders to define strategies and roadmaps
  • Responsible for general engagement activities e.g., forecast, client data protection and invoice approvals
  • Responsible for client, account, and delivery team communication about your project
  • Work to resolve key integration challenges about tooling applications, account, and client teams
  • Configure tooling product features
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to create alignment on how to meet high levels of solution delivery quality.
  • Create training content and facilitate training workshops

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here's What You Need:

  • Minimum 5 years of Atlassian, Azure DevOps, Planview, Rally/Broadcom, ServiceNow or other Agile productivity tool experience, of which 3 are with Jira Align or similar portfolio-level tooling solutions.
  • Minimum of 7 years Agile transformation experience
  • Minimum of 10 years practical Agile experience
  • Minimum of 1 year experience in a Sales capacity with $2M+ Revenue Quota
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Bonus Points If:

  • Certified Atlassian Jira Project Admin
  • Has Microsoft, Google or Amazon Cloud certifications
  • SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) 6.0 certification
  • You have verifiable experience teaching courses related to tooling solutions.
  • You excel in pragmatic problem-solving, resolving interpersonal conflicts, and helping people communicate effectively
  • You have a proactive and empowering nature that makes others want to follow your lead
  • You know when to step in and lead and when to step back and let the team determine the best course of action
  • You have experience with other popular Agile practices and frameworks (e.g., Lean, Kanban, Extreme Programming)
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