Sr. Agilist (Agile Coach)

at  US Bank National Association

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Agilists at U.S. Bank are customer obsessed with a focus on serving product teams, ensuring all product vision, planning and development activities are rooted in Agile and Product Values & Principles. Agilists enable the organization to consistently experiment and evolve business strategy based on prior outcomes and feedback. They drive culture change through day to day to work with a focus on Agile & Product mindset, values and continuous improvement and keep the team focused on achieving product goals using agile methods. Owns the agile practices of the team/product group/journey including cross-portfolio impacts, planning, dependency maps, OKRs and key metrics for success in partnership with Product Management, business partners, digital and technology modelling agile methods, values, and principles. Provides regular communication to stakeholders and partners for transparency and awareness of outcomes and impediments; creates visual displays and communications with key information and agile updates for leadership.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Typically five or more years of relevant experience
• Advanced agile practice professional
• Effective presentation, verbal and written communication skills

PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Coach the organization, teams and individuals on Agile best practices.
• Strong knowledge of Agile values, principles, practices and experience in multiple Agile frameworks
• Able to explain what Agile mindset means, what makes a great team and how both of those connect to the Agile Principles
• Functional Manager for Scrum Masters, work directly with individuals (Scrum Masters, Product Owners and team members) to identify strengths and weaknesses of existing approaches, tools and dynamics
• Experience acting as a facilitator, trainer, coach, and mentor for teams and organizations
• Working technical knowledge of the software development process - design, development, test, and deployment
• Prior Functional Management and People Leadership Experience
• Experience with outcomes-based planning and delivery (i.e., OKR) a plus
• Demonstrated growth and curiosity mindset
• Experience in cross-team planning leveraging product design, discovery and delivery
• Demonstrated experience in leading aspects of Agile transformation in a Product model
• Effective communication, collaboration, facilitation and training skills

THE ROLE OFFERS A HYBRID/FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE, WHICH MEANS THERE’S AN IN-OFFICE EXPECTATION OF 3 OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO WORK OUTSIDE THE OFFICE LOCATION FOR THE OTHER DAYS.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That’s why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by la