Agile Delivery Lead- Senior

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Agile Delivery Lead. We are seeking a seasoned Release Train Engineer (RTE) to lead a multi‑team Agile Release Train (ART) in a highly regulated environment. This role involves facilitating ART ceremonies, optimizing workflows, and ensuring alignment with federal timelines and milestones. The successful candidate will drive agile maturity, manage dependencies and risks, and collaborate with stakeholders to align backlogs with agency priorities.

• Lead and coordinate delivery across a multi‑team Agile Release Train (ART).
• Facilitate tailored ART ceremonies aligned to federal timelines and milestones.
• Optimize systems, workflows, and cross‑team processes into efficient value streams.
• Identify and manage dependencies, risks, and technical constraints across teams.
• Partner with Product and client stakeholders to align backlogs with agency priorities.
• Track delivery performance and report progress to executive leadership.
• Provide hands‑on coaching to improve agile maturity without disrupting operations.

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Active Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification.
• Proven experience as an RTE or Delivery Lead in a government or highly regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of scaled agile frameworks and practical tailoring.
• Experience managing technical risks, dependencies, and multi‑team delivery.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience modernizing legacy workflows and transforming delivery into value streams.
• Knowledge of government funding structures, compliance guardrails, and reporting cycles.
• Familiarity with Dev Sec Ops , continuous delivery, or platform engineering concepts.
• Experience coaching cross‑functional teams toward higher agile maturity.

• US Citizen
• Active TS/SCI with CI Poly

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, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland
. 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 Final date to receive applications.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$106,300—$221,100 USD

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