Agilist/Scrum Master

Job Description This Lead Agilist role serves as a Scrum Master within a large banking organization, responsible for coaching and supporting one or more Agile squads while ensuring adherence to Agile and Scrum principles. The position requires extensive experience in Agile delivery, servant leadership, and team coaching to help squads become self-organizing, collaborative, and focused on delivering business value. Lead Agilists facilitate Scrum ceremonies, guide Product Owners and development teams in backlog management, and drive continuous improvement through metrics, feedback loops, and inspect-and-adapt practices. They also mentor teams on Agile best practices, risk management, conflict resolution, dependency management to improve overall team effectiveness. Additionally, the role promotes a strong culture of accountability, customer focus, compliance, and proactive risk identification while fostering continuous learning and organizational agility. Skills and Requirements Onsite 4x/week 5+ years in Agile/Scrum Experience leading 1-3 Scrum Teams - no teams are larger than 11 people - mix of onshore and offshore resources Proven ability at using metrics to tell a story and make business decisions Experience communicating and removing impediments Excellent oral and written communication skills and can speak at all levels of an organization Coaching skills with the ability to communicate complex messages and teach new concepts PI Planning