Agilist 2

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Agilists at U.S. Bank are customer obsessed with a focus on serving product areas, ensuring all product vision, planning and development activities are rooted in Agile and Product Values & Principles. Agilist enables the organization to consistently experiment and evolve business strategy based on prior outcomes and feedback. They drive culture change through day to day to work with a focus on Agile & Product mindset, values and continuous improvement and keep their area focused on achieving strategic goals. As an Agilist, you will: Drive delivery by coaching and enabling product to consistently conduct discovery focused on the customer, experiment and evolve product strategy based on prior outcomes and feedback loops. Operate across a broad area of responsibility, thoughtfully prioritizing time and effort to provide impactful support to product, technology and design leaders. Own the adoption and continuous improvement of agile and product practice within your area of responsibility, including outcome-based goal setting, strategic planning, organizational effectiveness, change initiatives, customer-centric decision making, and the adoption of emerging technologies. Drive AI adoption to accelerate innovation, improve efficiency and delivery of customer value. Champion agile ways of working and product mindset by coaching product and technology leaders, scaling best practices, and building organizational capability through coaching, training, and enablement. Establish and leverage metrics to improve customer outcomes, delivery effectiveness and continuous improvement. Identify and close communication gaps that impact alignment, delivery, or adoption. Translate complex initiatives into clear, digestible messaging for stakeholders and leaders. Leverage data to analyze trends, performance indicators, and organizational patterns to guide strategic coaching and enablement efforts.

Agile product development, agile coaching, agile portfolio management experience Preferred Skills/Experience Ability to identify organizational opportunities, align stakeholders, and influence strategic solutions that improve customer experience, business outcomes, and organizational effectiveness. Demonstrates the ability to understand product vision, target customers, and business priorities within their area of responsibility (e.g., creation of personas, customer journey maps, product chartering/mapping experience) and apply those insights to guide coaching, influence decisions, and improve customer and business outcomes. Experience identifying and addressing communication breakdowns or misalignment Strong facilitation skills with an emphasis on clarity and engagement Familiarity with change management approaches, especially communication planning and reinforcement Experience contributing to communication strategies within transformation efforts Working technical knowledge of the software development process - design, development, test, and deployment Experience working with leaders with strong communication, collaboration, time management, conflict resolution, and leadership skills Demonstrates a strong understanding of Agile mindset, values, and principles and the ability to coach leaders on the characteristics of maturity, including ownership of outcomes, empowered decision making, effective collaboration, adaptability, and continuous improvement. Demonstrate the ability to