Consultant, Software Engineering Leader (Enterprise Lean & Agile Coach)

If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwide’s 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 we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Join Our Team as an Enterprise Lean & Agile Coach!

Are you ready to be the driving force behind relentless improvement? As an Enterprise Lean & Agile Coach (EAC) within our Practices & Tooling Strategy team, you'll be the face of Lean & Agile capabilities for a CTO organization. You'll be a key thought leader for our Acceleration Solution Delivery framework (ASDf) and collaborate with fellow EACs to push the boundaries of industry research, knowledge cultivation, and crowdsourcing. Your mission? To pave the path to a future lean & agile way of working, and inspire the adoption of best practices, mindsets, and behaviors,

What You'll Do:

• Lead and Innovate: Be the primary advocate for Lean & Agile methodologies, influencing a CTO organization.
• Collaborate and Curate: Work with other EACs to perform cutting-edge industry research and develop training materials.
• Champion Change: Formulate compelling action plans and communication strategies with your BSA cohorts to drive improvements.

What We're Looking For:

• Expertise in Organizational Development: Deep understanding of change management, transformation, and leadership development.
• Teaching and Mentoring Skills: Ability to teach, mentor, coach, and facilitate across multiple teams.
• Lean & Agile Leadership: Experience with frameworks such as Lean and Kanban.
• Passion for Innovation: An insatiable appetite for learning and experimenting with new ways to work.
• Servant Leadership: A heart dedicated to serving and leading by example.

If you're passionate about driving change and fostering a culture of continuous learning, we want to hear from you! Join us and be a part of a team that's shaping the future of Lean & Agile practices.

Apply now and make an impact!

Experience the best of both worlds with our Columbus-based hybrid position, collaborating in the office 2 days per week and enjoying the flexibility of remote work 3 days per week.

Compensation Grade: G5

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Job Description Summary

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 a Software Engineering Leader, you’re accountable for the effective and efficient delivery of software to enable business outcomes by using software engineering industry best practices. You'll guide agile technology teams in a matrix environment on how work is accomplished across the software lifecycle. You'll also drive software engineering maturity by providing coaching and guidance on Lean, agile and DevSecOps principles, tools, and techniques.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:   

• 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.

• Ensures software engineering and development capability uplift. 

• Partners with others to evolve software engineering methodologies and champions innovation. 

• Responsible for communicating and interpreting key metrics such as time to market (speed), quality and efficiency, and drives automation/continuous improvement. 

• Consults on technology team formation, including consolidating, optimizing and de-constructing agile teams.