Consultant, Agile Leader

If youre passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results then Nationwides Information 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 were looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Scottsdale Arizona office 2 days per week on Mondays & Tuesdays.

Looking for an excited and highly motivated individual eager to join the PCT Software Engineering Solutions team as a Consultant Agile Leader. The position will require thought leadership and technical knowledge to lead an Agile line to optimize value delivered. The ideal candidates should be grounded in multiple Agile methodologies Lean and DevOps principles and bring a track record of applying appropriately across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Strong verbal and written communication skills along with strong leadership organization facilitation and presentation skills are expected.

This Agile Leader will serve the Athena line from the ESS organization within PCT having a focus on Guidewire Insurance Now API technologies. Strong relationship building and leadership rooted in identifying implementing and executing key agile processes and practices is essential in this role.

What youll get from the roles:

• Opportunity to lead high visibility teams using industry-leading products to deliver greater incremental value to our customers.
• Opportunity to provide key input that will influence product roadmap decisions on where to invest what to improve and what to prioritize.
• Opportunity to grow in a highly technical environment.

What we would like from you:

• Ability to establish a data-driven culture and a repeatable structured and disciplined agile approach while eliminating delays improving quality reducing cost and improving / maintaining team happiness.
• Ability to coach teams to surface bottlenecks identify contributing factors and employ various continuous improvement techniques to drive improvement.
• Conduct a positive attitude passion and the ability to lead learn and grow above all.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills including excellent communication and listening skills that allow for a strong generative team culture and psychological safety.
• Provide visibility for clear priorities updated regularly dependency management WIP limits to maximize velocity clear timeboxed goals and continuous improvement for the health of the product.
• Collaborate with multiple roles to allow for the smooth flow of work from intake through operations.

Preferred candidates will have:

• Certifications in any of the following is a plus; CSM PMI Agile Scrum SAFe Scrum Master
• Results demonstrating Lean leadership and progressing DevOps journeys.

Job Description Summary

If youre enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwides 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.

Job Description

Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science management information systems mathematics or related field is preferred. Agile certification (Certified ScrumMaster CSM SAFe ScrumMaster Certification - SSM Professional ScrumMaster Certification - PSM) and proven experience across multiple teams is a plus.

Experience: Typically Six years of experience in Agile including three years as an Agile Leader or similar role. Strong technical expertise in one or more Agile practices and frameworks including Scrum Kanban and Lean. Plus a technical background in Software Engineering. Three or more years working with ALM tools and Microsoft Office Suite.

Knowledge Abilities and Skills: Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor team members and peers. Ability to manage multiple teams and lead cross team initiatives. Strong candidates will put the team first have excellent communication skills robust problem-solving ability conflict resolution skills and be active in the industry. Insurance and/or financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Other criteria including leadership skills competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring managers leader and Human Resource Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Hybrid to normal office environment. Associates may have on-call responsibility after normal working hours and/or on weekends.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs including: medical/dental/vision life insurance short and long term disability coveragepaid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date nine paid holidays 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off 401(k) with company match company-paid pension plan business casual attire and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged appreciated respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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