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Job Description
We are seeking a highly motivated Agilist to support product, business, and technology teams in delivering customer-centric solutions that create measurable business value. This role is ideal for an experienced Agile practitioner who thrives in complex environments, drives continuous improvement, enables high-performing teams, and helps translate strategic objectives into successful product outcomes.
As an Agilist, you will serve as a trusted partner to Product Managers, Marketers and Business Stakeholders, ensuring Agile principles, product thinking, and continuous delivery practices are embedded into everyday work. You will help teams accelerate value delivery, remove impediments, improve predictability, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation.
About the Team
This role supports Consumer Growth Studios within U.S. Bank's Consumer and Business Banking organization and specifically supports the Paid Deposits and Lending marketing studios.
Key Responsibilities
Agile Leadership & Delivery Excellence
Facilitate and continuously improve Agile delivery practices across multiple product teams.
Partner with Product, Marketing, Analytics and Studio teams to align work with strategic objectives and customer outcomes.
Drive execution of product roadmaps while ensuring teams remain focused on delivering measurable business value.
Lead Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and program planning activities.
Identify and proactively resolve dependencies, risks, impediments, and delivery challenges across teams.
Product & Program Enablement
Support product discovery efforts focused on customer needs, business outcomes, and experimentation.
Help teams establish and track Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), key performance indicators, and delivery metrics.
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment between product strategy, technology execution, and operational readiness.
Enable the successful execution of large-scale initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and marketing teams.
Support portfolio planning, prioritization activities, and strategic roadmap execution.
Coaching & Continuous Improvement
Champion Agile values, principles, and best practices across the organization.
Coach teams on Scrum, Kanban methodologies to improve team effectiveness and delivery predictability.
Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, accountability, and customer obsession.
Drive process improvement initiatives that simplify workflows, reduce waste, and improve business outcomes.
Assist in onboarding and developing Agile maturity across new and existing teams.
Governance, Risk & Operational Excellence
Support operational processes including team planning, resource coordination, funding support, vendor engagement, and growth studio reporting.
Maintain transparency through dashboards, reporting, and actionable metrics.
Ensure evidence, documentation, and regulatory requirements are managed effectively throughout the product lifecycle.
Agile Tooling & Analytics
Utilize Agile management and collaboration tools including:
Jira
Confluence
Dragonboat
Mural
Microsoft Office Suite
Develop and monitor delivery metrics, velocity trends, dependency tracking, and continuous improvement indicators.
Provide actionable insights that improve team performance and customer outcomes.
Basic Qualifications
Agile product development, agile coaching, agile portfolio management experience
Preferred Skills/Experience
3+ years of experience working in Agile delivery, program management, product operations, Scrum Master, or Agile coaching roles.
Experience supporting technical programs within Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, or Lean.
Strong understanding of product management principles, customer-centric delivery, and strategic execution.
Experience partnering with software engineering, architecture, and technology teams.
Knowledge of banking, financial services, payments, lending, digital banking, or related financial products.
Familiarity with funding models, portfolio management, and capitalizable technology initiatives.
Advanced experience with Jira, Confluence, and Agile reporting tools.
Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and facilitation skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including executive-level stakeholder engagement.
Proven ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across large organizations.
Location Expectations:
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week
If there's anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants (https://careers.usbank.com/global/en/disability-accommodations-for-applicants) .
Benefits:
Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members' whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:
Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
Basic term and optional term life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability
Pregnancy disability and parental leave
401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
Adoption assistance
Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
Review our full benefits available by employment status here (https://careers.usbank.com/global/en/benefits/us) .
U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.
E-Verify
U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program (https://careers.usbank.com/verification-of-eligibility-for-employment) .
The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $105,400.00 - $124,000.00
U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.
Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.
Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.
