Senior Agilist

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GENERAL FUNCTION:

Fifth Third 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 Fifth Third 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.

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 success
• Continuous learning regarding Agile, Scrum, coaching, facilitating, emotional intelligence, team dynamics, listening for self and 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 Driven Development, Automated Test-Driven Development, etc.)
• Understanding of priorities and goal setting for teams and organizations in an agile business environment
• Leadership skills, specifically leading by example (servant leader) and display behaviors that demonstrate the key mindset shifts associated with becoming agile
• Where possible facilitate the removal of Agile Squad impediments (e.g. cultural barriers, logistic challenges, coordination w/other Agile Squads and teams)
• When needed, escalate 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-organizat