Senior Agilist (NO C2C)

OpTech; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

OpTech in Cincinnati is seeking a Senior Agilist to guide the Agile Center and support an Agile Squad in delivering sustained business value. You will coach Scrum practices, mentor teammates, and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities include facilitating Scrum ceremonies, coaching stakeholders, and removing impediments to enable high-performing teams while modeling servant leadership and customer-focused collaboration across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of full-time business experience.
• 1+ year of Scrum experience.
• Experience mentoring peers and/or teams.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum events and ensure the team delivers value.
• Coach Product Owner and Development Team in backlog management and development practices.
• Promote self-organization, continuous improvement and cross-functionality.
• Remove impediments and shield the squad from external distractions to maintain productivity.

Skills

3+ years business experience

1+ year Scrum

Mentoring peers/teams

Communication skills

Coaching

Conflict resolution

Servant leadership

Problem solving

Trust building

Continuous learning

Innovation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/CS/Engineering or related field

Job description

Senior Agilists are members of the Agile Center. Senior Agilists come with at least 3 years of full-time business experience and 1-2 years’ scrum experience. After receiving the proper mentoring and training in Agile, Scrum and Scrum Mastering, Senior Agilists are given an Agile Squad or Squads to support. They will work to ensure their Agile Squad understands and applies all Agile and Scrum values and principles. They will co-create working environments that enable their Agile Squad to form into a high-performing team, delivering sustained business value in an Agile manner. Senior Agilists embody agility using a servant leadership approach and leading by example while guiding their Squad on the application of the Scrum Framework. Senior Agilists build trusting environments where problems can be discussed and solved collaboratively. They facilitate Scrum events and activities as necessary and ensure the team is realizing value from them (including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Retrospective and Backlog Refinement). Senior Agilists coach the Product Owner and Development Team in effective Product Backlog management so that they have a common understanding of what is to be delivered, why it needs to be delivered, and what success looks like. They coach the Agile Squad in self-organization, continuous improvement, cross-functionality, risk identification, dependency management, conflict resolution, and software craftsmanship. They also coach others in the organization regarding Agile practices and impacts that actions have on the team and its self-organization. A Senior Agilist possesses a learning mindset and help the Agile Squad continuously improve their interactions, practices, and process through valuable inspect and adapt practices using data from feedback loops, metrics and other information radiators. They identify opportunities for improvement and help those outside the team identify and understand which interactions are helpful and which are not. They model collaborative, courageous and open behavior for the Agile Squad as well as the organization. Senior Agilists and the Agile Squad are responsible and accountable for the identification of risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, and elevating concerns. They personally follow policies and procedures as defined and are accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues. Senior Agilists and the Agile Squad ensure that their actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience. While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, Agilists achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.

Responsibilities

• ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Understanding of the Scrum Framework and principles of agility
• Understand how to use empirical data collection to benefit team and organization
• Critical and creative problem solving skills
• Collaborates with other team members; values team success over individual successContinuous learning regarding Agile, Scrum, coaching, facilitating, emotional intelligence, team dynamics, listening for selfand team
• Understanding of all software lifecycle development disciplines - Project Management, Requirements Management, Analysis& Design, Quality Assurance & Testing, Implementation, Deployment, Configuration & Change Management
• Understanding of a variety of practices that support agility (Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Test DrivenDevelopment, Automated Test-Driven Development, etc.)
• Understanding of priorities and goal setting for teams and organizations in an agile business environmentLeadership skills, specifically leading by example (servant leader) and display behaviors that demonstrate the key mindsetshifts associated with becoming agile
• Where possible facilitate the removal of Agile Squad impediments (e.g. cultural barriers, logistic challenges, coordinationw/other Agile Squads and teams)
• When needed, escalade Agile Squad impediments to appropriate organizational entities
• Facilitate communication, cooperation, and collaboration inside and outside the Agile Squad, including the Agile Center
• Works to improve the effectiveness of all roles of the Agile Squad
• Shields Agile Squad from external requests and interference to ensure the Agile Squad is fully functional and productive
• Fosters self-organization, learning, and growth within the Agile Squad
• Builds a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear
• Other duties as assigned
• SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a directly related field or equivalent in work experience

Required Skills

• MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES
• 3+ years of full-time business experience
• 1+ year scrum experience
• Experience teaching and/or mentoring peers and/or teams
• Experience communicating and removing impediments outside of team
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Coaching skills with the ability to communicate complex messages and teach new concepts
• Ability to resolve conflicts - strong mediator
• Active coach and mentor whose goal is to grow and maximize potential
• Brings high-energy and passion to the job with a focus on building strong teams
• Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that creates a sustainable & effective workplace
• Ability to promote innovative thinking and self-improvement