Specialist, Agile Lead

Nationwide • Columbus, OH

16h • $95,500 - $177,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

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. This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio office 2 days per week. Nationwide’s cutting-edge Software Engineering Solutions team is staffing a Specialist, Agile Lead 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 the Sales Data Mart within P&C Technology. We are seeking enthusiastic candidates with a passion for nurturing high performing teams. 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 an Agile Lead you will facilitate a robust, self-organized line responsible for building and/or enhancing software with high quality. You’ll collaborate to deliver objectives through structured planning, and use appropriate software delivery practices (e.g., scrum, iterative, Lean) to continuously improve software delivery efficiency and quality. You will be key in guiding delivery from story card creation to implementation and participate in user communities to learn and implement optimal practices.

Requirements

• Experience working in an Agile environment and exposure across multiple disciplines including development, requirements, testing, and analysis is desired.
• 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 and Databricks
• Typically, three or more years of experience with ALM tools, Microsoft Office Suite and working on an Agile team.
• Strong candidates will have an understanding of Agile practices and frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban and Lean
• Ability to coach team members and have team first mindset.
• Effective communication, solid problem solving skills and a proven ability to improve a team’s performance.

Nice To Haves

• Agile certification (Certified ScrumMaster – CSM, SAFe ScrumMaster Certification - SSM, Professional ScrumMaster Certification - PSM) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Coaches and mentor team members on Agile practices and principles.
• Removes impediments to the team’s progress; escalate obstacles requiring outside resolution.
• Identifies risks and issues that might have an impact on delivery and facilitates a mitigation strategy.
• Applies secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
• Assists in the prioritization of 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 best capability practices are used.
• Guides and enables DevOps, DataOps, AI/MLOps through the adoption and refinement of Agile practices.
• Monitors and reports on team progress and performance through enterprise and industry metrics while maintaining data quality supporting metric accuracy.
• Collaborates with team and leadership on demand and financials.
• Actively participates in variable staffing functions for the line.
• Facilitates team cadences (e.g., retrospective, daily standups, and show-and-tell meetings) to encourage collaboration, communication, and feedback within the team; promote a learning culture and challenge the team to be innovative.
• May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

• medical/dental/vision
• life insurance
• short and long term disability coverage
• paid 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree