Consultant, Agile Leader

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If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Nationwide’s cutting-edge Software Engineering Solutions team is staffing a Consultant, Agile Leader position. Experience working in an Agile environment and exposure across multiple disciplines including development, requirements, testing, and analysis is desired. In this position you will uplift and drive Software Delivery Excellence for Commissions systems within P&C Technology. We are seeking enthusiastic candidates with a passion for nurturing high performing teams.

• Monitors agile software development line progress using historical data, observations, and experiences to achieve iteration goals and commitments; leads the agile line to deliver high-quality solutions
• Remove impediments to the development team’s progress; communicates obstacles requiring outside resolution to the stakeholders
• Expertise in one or more Agile practices and frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean
• Ability to coach and mentor team members and peers
• Ability to manage multiple demand streams, dependencies and stakeholders
• Ability to operate under heavy delivery pressure and tight timelines
• Experience working with Informatica, SAP and Oracle/Hana an a plus

This is a hybrid position located in Columbus Ohio, and you will be required to come into the office two days per week.

This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.

If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!

As an Agile Lead, you will coach a robust, self-organized Agile Team(s) responsible for building software solutions with the best technology, processes, and tools. You will collaborate to deliver business outcomes, using appropriate software delivery practices (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Lean) to continuously improve software delivery efficiency, and quality. You will play a key role in guiding delivery from idea inception to implementation and participate in user communities to learn and implement optimal practices.

• Influences, coaches and mentors team members on Agile practices and principles.
• Removes impediments to the team’s progress; escalation of obstacles requiring outside resolution. Identifies risks and issues that might have an impact on delivery and provides thoughtful leadership, facilitation, and communication on a mitigation strategy.
• Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
• Collaborates at the highest level to prioritize work to maximize value towards business outcomes.
• Collaborates with the Agile Team(s) to provide guidance in the areas of analysis, design, development, testing, automation, and deployment while ensuring the usage of the best capability practices.
• Guides and enables Dev Ops, Data Ops, AI/MLOps through the adoption and refinement of Agile practices on our most complex and strategic efforts.
• Monitors and reports on team progress and performance through enterprise and industry metrics while maintaining data quality supporting metric accuracy.
• Collaborates with senior leadership on demand and financials. Actively participates in variable staffing functions for the line.
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