Agile Delivery Specialist

Stifel; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Stifel, a global wealth management and investment banking firm, seeks an Agile Delivery Specialist to support Agile Release Trains and teams. You will facilitate PI Planning, manage backlogs, and coach Product Owners to align features with business outcomes, driving continuous improvement across multiple teams.

The role emphasizes hands‑on coaching, delivery quality, and effective cross‑team coordination with the RTE.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Project Management or related field or equivalent relevant experience.
• 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Agile Delivery practitioner in a scaled Agile or SAFe environment — with enough reps to facilitate and support teams confidently.

Responsibilities

• Support Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and teams in applying Agile, Scrum, and SAFe practices to improve delivery effectiveness and consistency.
• Facilitate ART and team‑level meetings as needed, including PI Planning, Iteration Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Scrum of Scrums.
• Partner with the RTE to coordinate ART agendas, schedules, meeting logistics, and cross‑team follow‑up.
• Facilitate leadership meetings and working sessions, managing discussion, conflict, decisions, and follow‑through.
• Coach Product Owners and team members on Agile values, Scrum practices, SAFe principles, and effective collaboration.
• Coach teams on writing high‑quality user stories with clear acceptance criteria and Definition of Ready expectations.
• Lead story‑splitting and decomposition sessions to turn large stories and features into deliverable increments of value.
• Partner with Product Owners to define and refine features aligned to business outcomes and ART priorities.
• Promote consistent backlog hygiene, estimation practices, and readiness standards across teams.
• Identify, track, and help remove impediments, dependencies, and delivery risks, escalating when appropriate.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing retrospective actions, tracking commitments, and helping teams implement improvements.
• Serve as a Jira subject matter expert by configuring boards, creating dashboards and reports, maintaining visibility, and guiding effective tool usage.
• Consolidate and review delivery metrics across ARTs, using AI‑assisted analysis to surface trends, risks, and improvement opportunities for the RTE and leadership.

Skills

User story writing

Story splitting

Feature definition

Definition of Ready

Backlog hygiene

Backlog management

Facilitation

Coaching Product Owners

Agile maturity

PI Planning

SAFe principles

Cross-team coordination

Program Increment execution

Agile delivery

Influence without authority

Mentoring teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Project Management or related field

3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Agile Delivery practitioner in a scaled Agile or SAFe environment

Tools

Jira

Kendis

Miro

Whiteboard

Job description

What You'll Be Doing

The Agile Delivery Specialist supports and serves the Agile Release Trains (ARTs). This individual is an embedded Agile practitioner who works hands‑on with teams to deliver with quality and consistency, facilitating ceremonies, coaching good practices, and ensuring teams have the clarity, tools, and support they need to succeed. Working in close partnership with the RTE, this person supports the day‑to‑day coordination of the ARTs such as agendas, scheduling, meeting logistics, and cross‑team follow‑up.

What We're Looking For

• Support Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and teams in applying Agile, Scrum, and SAFe practices to improve delivery effectiveness and consistency.
• Facilitate ART and team‑level meetings as needed, including PI Planning, Iteration Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Scrum of Scrums.
• Partner with the RTE to coordinate ART agendas, schedules, meeting logistics, and cross‑team follow‑up.
• Facilitate leadership meetings and working sessions, managing discussion, conflict, decisions, and follow‑through.
• Coach Product Owners and team members on Agile values, Scrum practices, SAFe principles, and effective collaboration.
• Coach teams on writing high‑quality user stories with clear acceptance criteria and Definition of Ready expectations.
• Lead story‑splitting and decomposition sessions to turn large stories and features into deliverable increments of value.
• Partner with Product Owners to define and refine features aligned to business outcomes and ART priorities.
• Promote consistent backlog hygiene, estimation practices, and readiness standards across teams.
• Identify, track, and help remove impediments, dependencies, and delivery risks, escalating when appropriate.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing retrospective actions, tracking commitments, and helping teams implement improvements.
• Serve as a Jira subject matter expert by configuring boards, creating dashboards and reports, maintaining visibility, and guiding effective tool usage.
• Consolidate and review delivery metrics across ARTs, using AI‑assisted analysis to surface trends, risks, and improvement opportunities for the RTE and leadership.

What You'll Bring

• Proven expertise in user story writing, story splitting, and feature definition — including hands‑on experience helping teams meet a Definition of Ready and maintain a healthy, well‑ordered backlog.
• Deep knowledge of the Scrum framework, including all ceremonies, artifacts, accountabilities, and how they connect to team health and delivery outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and grow Product Owners and teams — helping them level up their craft, not just follow a process.
• Experience driving Agile maturity across multiple teams simultaneously, influencing without authority and sustaining improvement over time.
• Familiarity with SAFe principles and ART‑level practices including PI Planning, ART cadences, and program increment execution.

Education & Experience

• Minimum Required: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Project Management or related field or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum Required: 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Agile Delivery practitioner in a scaled Agile or SAFe environment — with enough reps to facilitate and support teams confidently.

Licenses & Credentials

• Minimum Required: SAFe certification (SSM or SP, or equivalent).
• SPC or RTE a plus, but not expected at this level.

Systems & Technology

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Strong Jira proficiency — board configuration, reporting, backlog management, dashboard creation, and metrics tracking.
• Experience with additional Agile tooling is a plus (Kendis, miro, whiteboard, etc).

About Stifel

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start‑up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients' money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.