Lead Agilist

BCforward is seeking highly motivated and experienced Lead Agilist I

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Must be local to Ohio and willing to work on W2, this is an Onsite job. Duration: 12-month contract Pay Rate: $$75/Hr. On W2 Must Have

• 3+ years of Scrum experience.
• Strong oral and written communication.
• Experience presenting, teaching, mentoring, and facilitating at multiple levels of the organization, particularly inside of a team environment.
• 5+ years of full-time business experience
• Experience communicating and removing impediments outside of the team.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Lead Agilists come at least 5 years of full-time business experience and at least 3 years of Scrum experience. After training in Fifth Third Agile, Scrum and Scrum Mastering, they are given an Agile Squad or Squads to support.
• They work to ensure their Agile Squad(s) understands and applies all Agile and Scrum values and principles.
• They use observations skills to determine Squad(s) needs and intervene with Squad(s) based on those specific needs.
• Lead Agilists promote the growth of every team member.
• They are able to craft messages and leverage powerful questions to prompt creative problem identification and solving.
• They are able to effectively facilitate neutral discussions to allow teams to decide the best course and keep teams focused on delivering business value.
• Lead Agilists embody agility using a servant leadership approach and leading by example while guiding their Squad(s) on the application of the Scrum Framework.
• They 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).
• Lead 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(s) in self-organization, continuous improvement, cross-functionality, risk identification, dependency management, conflict resolution, and software craftsmanship.
• They will encourage Squad(s) to solve their own problems with Agile mindsets, performance, and team dynamics.
• They also coach others in the organization regarding Agile practices and impacts that actions have on the team and its self-organization.
• Lead Agilists are able to provide objective guidance, without personal or political consideration.
• A Lead Agilist possesses a learning mindset and help the Agile Squad(s) continuously improve their interactions, practices, and process through valuable inspect and adapt practices using data from feedback loops, metrics and other information radiators.
• They are able to identify opportunities for improvement outside of the traditional inspect and adapt practice by leveraging a basic understanding of technologies and techniques in the Dev Ops, pipeline automation, testing frameworks, etc. spaces.
• They are able to leverage concepts from other Agile frameworks and working practices outside of Scrum to help Squads grow and succeed.
• They model collaborative, courageous and open behavior, and a willingness to learn and grow continuously for the Agile Squad(s) as well as the organization.
• Lead Agilists and the Agile Squad(s) are responsible and accountable for the identification of risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns.
• They personally follow policies and procedures as defined and are accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues.
• Lead Agilists and the Agile Squad(s) ensure that their actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience.
• While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, Lead Agilists achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.

• Solid understanding of the Scrum Framework and principles of agility
• Understand of how to build high performing teams that utilize inspect and adapt loops to continuously learn and approve
• Understand how to use empirical data collection to benefit team and organization
• Critical and creative problem solving skills
• Able to present, teach, mentor, and facilitate at multiple levels of the organization, particularly inside of a team environment
• Collaborates with other team members; values team success over…