Cincinnati, Ohio
Project Lead
Contract: VMS
Job Summary The Lead Agilist I serves as a servant leader, coach, and facilitator who enables Agile teams to deliver meaningful business value through the effective application of Agile principles and Scrum practices. This role partners closely with Product Owners, development teams, and organizational stakeholders to foster high-performing, self-organizing teams focused on continuous improvement, collaboration, and customer outcomes.
The Lead Agilist I promotes Agile mindset adoption, facilitates Scrum events, removes impediments, and coaches teams on Agile best practices, team dynamics, and value delivery. Through observation, coaching, and data-driven insights, this role helps teams maximize effectiveness, improve performance, and create a culture of learning and innovation.
Key Responsibilities - Coach and guide Agile teams in the adoption and application of Agile values, principles, and Scrum practices.
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement sessions.
- Foster self-organization, accountability, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement within Agile teams.
- Partner with Product Owners and team members to support effective product backlog management and alignment on goals, priorities, and success measures.
- Identify, remove, or escalate impediments that impact team performance and delivery.
- Create a safe, trusting environment where team members can openly discuss challenges, share ideas, and resolve conflicts constructively.
- Use coaching techniques, facilitation, and powerful questioning to help teams solve problems and improve decision-making.
- Leverage team metrics, feedback loops, and inspection and adaptation practices to drive continuous improvement.
- Promote Agile best practices and educate stakeholders on Agile principles, team dynamics, and organizational impacts.
- Support dependency management, risk identification, and collaboration across teams and functional areas.
- Encourage technical excellence through awareness of Agile engineering and DevOps practices, including Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Test-Driven Development, and automation.
- Champion a customer-focused culture while supporting sound risk management practices and organizational standards.
Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years of professional business experience.
- 3+ years of Scrum or Agile team experience.
- Strong understanding of Scrum frameworks, Agile methodologies, and servant leadership principles.
- Experience coaching, mentoring, facilitating, and presenting to teams and stakeholders at various organizational levels.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to identify, communicate, and remove team impediments.
- Strong conflict resolution, facilitation, and interpersonal relationship-building skills.
- Ability to analyze problems, interpret data, and facilitate effective solutions.
- Passion for continuous learning, team development, and Agile transformation.
Preferred Qualifications - Experience supporting software development teams throughout the full software development lifecycle.
- Working knowledge of Agile engineering practices such as Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Test-Driven Development, and automated testing.
- Familiarity with additional Agile frameworks and practices, including Kanban, Scrumban, Extreme Programming (XP), and Mob Programming.
- Agile or Scrum certifications preferred.
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