Lead Agilist

Cincinnati, OH


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Type: Contract

Category: Product Management

Industry: Financial Services

Reference ID: JN -082026-108325

Date Posted: 08/18/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/GmaCn6


Description:

On-site in Cincinnati, OH

 

Our client seeks a Lead Agilist to coach and facilitate Agile Squads within Commercial IT. The role shall foster adoption of Agile and Scrum values, enable high-performing teams, and drive delivery of business value. The Lead Agilist shall guide Scrum events, promote continuous improvement, mentor Product Owners and Developers on backlog management, and cultivate a trusting environment that supports collaboration, problem solving, and risk awareness. The position shall model servant leadership and leverage data, metrics, and feedback loops to inspect and adapt practices.

 

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

 

Rate: $65.00 to $70.00/hr. w2


Responsibilities:
  • Coach Agile Squads on Scrum values, principles, and framework while modeling servant leadership.
  • Facilitate Scrum events and ensure value from Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Retrospective, and Backlog Refinement.
  • Mentor Product Owners and Development Teams on effective backlog management, clarity of outcomes, and definition of success.
  • Enable self-organization, continuous improvement, cross-functionality, dependency and risk management, and conflict resolution.
  • Promote collaborative, safe, and trusting environments where issues are raised and resolved openly.
  • Use observations and powerful questions to surface problems and guide creative solutions.
  • Shield teams from external interference and remove impediments or escalate when required.
  • Leverage empirical data, metrics, and feedback loops to drive inspect-and-adapt practices.
  • Apply concepts from DevOps, CI/CD, testing frameworks, and other Agile methods such as Kanban, Scrumban, XP, and Mob programming.
  • Coach stakeholders outside the squad on Agile practices and organizational impacts.
  • Adhere to risk policies and promote a positive customer experience through consistent risk identification and reporting.

Experience Requirements:
  • 5+ years of full-time business experience.
  • 3+ years of Scrum experience.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Experience presenting, teaching, mentoring, and facilitating across organizational levels.
  • Proven ability to remove impediments and communicate outside the team.
  • Coaching skills to convey complex messages and teach new concepts.
  • Ability to resolve interpersonal and organizational conflicts.
  • Commitment to continuous learning in Agile, Scrum, coaching, facilitation, emotional intelligence, and team dynamics.
  • Understanding of software development lifecycle disciplines, including project management, requirements, analysis and design, quality assurance and testing, implementation, deployment, and change management.
  • Working knowledge of practices that support agility such as Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Test-Driven Development, and automated testing.
  • Working knowledge of Agile frameworks including Kanban, Scrumban, XP, and Mob programming.
  • Ability to set and align priorities and goals in an agile environment.
  • Demonstrated servant leadership and team-first mindset.

Education Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience.

Recruitment Transparency Notice
 
Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.
 

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:

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· Eliassen Group will never ask you for personal information (home address, bank account, or check routing number) until you have worked with someone clearly associated with Eliassen Group.

If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact fraud@eliassen.com.

 
About Eliassen Group:
 
Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.
 
Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.
 
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