Lead Agilist

Job Title : Lead Agilist

Location : Cincinnati, OH (Onsite)

Duration : 12+ months

Job Summary

Fifth Third Bank is seeking a Lead Agilist I to support Agile teams within Commercial IT. The Lead Agilist will act as a servant leader, Scrum coach, facilitator, and mentor, helping Agile squads improve collaboration, delivery, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Scrum Master/Lead Agilist for one or more Agile squads.
• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
• Coach teams on Agile and Scrum principles and practices.
• Remove team impediments and coordinate resolution of cross-team or organizational blockers.
• Coach Product Owners and development teams on effective backlog management.
• Build high-performing, self-organizing, and collaborative teams.
• Promote continuous improvement using team feedback, metrics, and data.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
• Support risk identification, dependency management, and conflict resolution.
• Mentor team members and promote learning and professional growth.
• Apply Agile practices such as CI/CD, TDD, automated testing, and DevOps.
• Work with other Agile frameworks such as Kanban, Scrumban, and XP.
• Create a trusting and safe environment where team members can openly raise concerns.
• Help teams stay focused on delivering business value.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-time business experience
• 3+ years of Scrum experience
• Strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum frameworks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong experience in facilitation, coaching, mentoring, and presentation
• Experience identifying and removing team and organizational impediments
• Strong conflict-resolution and mediation skills
• Ability to communicate complex concepts and teach new practices
• Experience building and coaching high-performing Agile teams
• Strong servant-leadership mindset
• Ability to promote collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Agile/Scrum certification such as CSM, PSM, SAFe, or equivalent
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, TDD, and automated testing
• Knowledge of Kanban, Scrumban, XP, or other Agile methodologies
• Experience working in enterprise or financial services environments

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an experienced Scrum Master/Agilist with strong coaching and facilitation skills who can remove blockers, improve team performance, and effectively work with Product Owners, developers, and business stakeholders.