Lead Agilist

Requirements:

• At least 5 years of full-time business experience and 3 or more years of Scrum experience, with a solid understanding of the Scrum framework and Agile principles.
• Ability to present, teach, mentor, and facilitate across organizational levels and within teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to remove impediments beyond the team.
• Coaching skills to explain complex messages and teach new concepts effectively.
• Ability to mediate and resolve interpersonal and organizational conflicts.
• 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 CI/CD, TDD, and automated testing.
• Working knowledge of Agile frameworks and practices, including Kanban, Scrumban, XP, and mob programming.
• Servant-leadership approach and a team-first mindset, with a focus on building trust, rapport, and effective workplaces.
• Bachelors degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a directly related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Preferred: Experience with DevOps concepts, pipeline automation, and testing frameworks to identify improvement opportunities.
• Preferred: Familiarity with risk identification, dependency management, and cross-team coordination in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities:

• Coach Agile squads on Scrum values, principles, and practices, encouraging self-organization and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate Scrum events, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Retrospective, and Backlog Refinement, and support realization of value.
• Coach the Product Owner and Development Team on effective Product Backlog management and shared understanding of outcomes and success criteria.
• Identify and remove impediments using appropriate approaches, escalating them to organizational groups when needed.
• Foster a trusting, safe environment for collaborative issue resolution and protect the team from external interference.
• Use data, feedback loops, metrics, and information radiators to guide inspection and adaptation and achieve measurable improvement.
• Encourage creative problem identification and solution development through clear messaging and effective questions.
• Model collaboration, courage, openness, and servant leadership.
• Support risk identification and management through open exchange of ideas, escalation of concerns, and adherence to policies and procedures.
• Work with other teams and the Agile Center to improve the effectiveness of all Agile Squad roles.

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• DevOps
• Support
• Kanban
• Product Owner
• TDD
• XP

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We are BCforward, a global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm serving Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, we have grown into a full-service business solutions provider, with offices and delivery centers across North America and India. We are seeking a Lead Agilist for a one-month contract in Cincinnati, Ohio, with pay of $76–$86 per hour on W-2. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, opportunities to grow while working with global clients, a supportive and inclusive culture, and exposure to emerging technologies and projects. We value diversity and are committed to an inclusive workplace; qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to protected characteristics.

last updated 43 week of 2026