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Accenture Product Specialist in Atlanta, Georgia
Are you a passionate Product Manager that’s delivered in a fast-paced agile environment?
Here at Accenture, we are changing the world through the most advanced cloud-native solutions on the planet! Want to be a part of it? If you are about solving exciting problems and shaping the future of technology, we would love to talk with you.
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As a Product Manager your responsibilities include:
Identifies and solves the top problems and ensures the final product meets the business need, delivers maximum value and delights users
Facilitates trade-off decisions, when needed, by balancing business needs, customer experience and technical feasibility
Takes responsibility and accountability for the product from conception to execution to delivery and maintenance
Navigates organizational landscape and effectively manages stakeholder relationship to achieve a desired outcome
Works with stakeholders to create, maintain and prioritize product and iteration backlogs for maximum efficiency
Focuses on outcomes and not on role titles and recognizes that every organization will have different role definitions and expectations.
Enables constant feedback loop to maximize the benefit of the customer and stakeholder feedback by synthesizing it and integrating it in the product roadmap
Facilitates meetings for team cadence, cross platform coordination, discovery and framing, stakeholder governance etc.
Pairs with client product owners and other partners to coach them on lean product development
Guides the team to self-organize and empowers them to voice opinions and make decisions
Supports the team by working towards removing obstacles and distractions
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum of 2 years of product management and development experience in a client-facing consulting environment
Minimum of 2 years proven ability to drive and deliver a successful Product Roadmap in an Agile environment
Bachelor's degree or equivalent minimum of 12 years work experience. If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in Scrum/Agile, Lean, Kanban, JIRA
Practical Agile experience with XP practices like test-driven development (TDD), pair programming, automated test frameworks, and automated tests
Certification in Agile (CSM, CSPO, SA, SPC, etc)
Professional Requirements:
Strong organizational skills to plan, organize and schedule resources
Experience with technical concepts and working with technical staff as needed
Product domain expertise spanning customer discovery, planning and product development process. Deep understanding of customer-centric product
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York or Washington as set forth below.We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
Information on benefits is here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/total-rewards)
Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $73,000 to $192,600
Colorado $73,000 to $166,400
District of Columbia $77,700 to $177,200
New York $67,600 to $192,600
Maryland $67,600 to $154,100
Washington $77,700 to $177,200
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