Specialist, Agile Lead (Remote)

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!

Looking for an excited and highly motivated individual eager to join the SDI - Technology Innovation & Organization Strategy department as a Specialist, Agile Lead. The position is expected to lead an Agile line to optimize value delivered. The ideal candidates should be knowledgeable in multiple Agile methodologies, Lean and DevOps principles. Verbal and written communication skills along with servant leadership, organization, and facilitation with a willingness to learn and grow with the team is expected.

This Agile Lead will serve the Aria Automata line from the Data Analytics & Customer (DAC) organization within SDI having a focus on various customer-centric platforms and applications - Advocacy Case, Clarabridge, Google Analytics, OpinionLab and eProduct Data Loader. This line is a cross-functional team of Technology Analysts and Software Developers and includes on-shore and off-shore team members. Strong relationship building and skills rooted in identifying, implementing, and executing key agile processes and practices is essential in this role.

What you'll get from the roles:

• Opportunity to lead high visibility teams using industry-leading products to deliver greater incremental value to our customers
• Opportunity to provide key input that will influence product roadmap decisions on where to invest, what to improve and what to prioritize
• Opportunity to grow in a highly technical environment

What we would like from you:

• Ability to establish a data-driven culture and a repeatable, structured, and disciplined agile approach while eliminating delays, improving quality, reducing cost and improving / maintaining team happiness
• Ability to coach teams to surface bottlenecks, identify contributing factors, and employ various continuous improvement techniques to drive improvement
• Conduct a positive attitude, passion and the ability to lead, learn, and grow above all
• Possess strong interpersonal skills, including excellent communication and listening skills that allow for a strong generative team culture and psychological safety
• Provide visibility for clear priorities updated regularly, dependency management, WIP limits to maximize velocity, clear timeboxed goals, and continuous improvement for the health of the product
• Collaborate with multiple roles to allow for the smooth flow of work from intake through operations

Preferred candidates will have:

• Certifications in any of the following is a plus; CSM, PMI Agile Scrum, SAFe Scrum Master
• Results demonstrating Lean leadership and progressing DevOps journeys

**This role has the flexibility to be 100% remote, however, candidates must be willing to be aligned with EST hours.

Compensation Grade: F5

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Job Description Summary
If you're all about delivering technology solutions to support a company providing outstanding care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology may be the place for you! Our industry-leading technology workforce adopts an agile work environment and a collaborative and inclusive 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.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops cost-effective information technology solutions by creating new and modifying existing software applications that are more complex.
• Analyzes and validates complex system requirements and existing business processes and information systems. Designs, develops and implements new programs and/or modifications of existing applications. Responsible for the more complex designs, prototypes and other methodologies for new and/or existing systems including the development and implementation of test plans and program specifications with various interfaces.
• Designs, codes, tests, debugs, documents and implements complex software applications according to standards.
• Defines and develops specifications and programs sophisticated technical modules, applications, prototypes and computer programs.
• Assists in leading all aspects of applications programming and development including file design, update, storage and retrieval.
• Evaluates and provides technical solutions to complex application development problems.
• Coordinates activities of a project team and assist in monitoring project schedules and costs when requested.
• Act as a technical programming consultant for small-scale projects that include multiple product lines and various interfaces when required.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Manager/Director.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, mathematics or related field is preferred.

Experience: Four years of experience in programming and systems analysis. Project management experience is preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Ability to champion agile delivery over fixed practices, flexibility over rigidity, coaching, empowerment and influence over dictation and automation over manual processes. Confirmed software engineering expertise using Lean, agile and DevSecOps principles. Detailed understanding of agile technology frameworks and software engineering practices. Proven record of optimally leading, empowering and building engaged teams. Experience developing and maintaining strong business partnerships. Effective communication skills. Demonstrated problem-solving skills and decision making skills. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager's leader and Human Resources Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Associates may have on-call responsibility after normal working hours and/or on weekends.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental, paid time off plus nine paid holidays, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

For NY residents please review the following state law information: Notice of Employee Rights, Protections, and Obligations LS740 (ny.gov) https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/02/ls740_1.pdf

Nationwide utilizes a geographic-specific salary structure. The range for this role in Colorado is$77,500.00 - $119,000.00

Nationwide pays based on a geographic-specific salary structure. The range for this role in Ithaca, New York is$77,500.00 - $160,500.00