Agilist 3 — Minneapolis, MN

At z.k. vs8x, 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 z.k. vs8x 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.

Job Description

Agilists at z.k. vs8x are customer obsessed with a focus on serving product teams, 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 the team focused on achieving product goals using agile methods.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion an Agile and Product mindset, enabling teams to deliver customer-focused outcomes through Agile values, principles, and practices.

• Partner with Product Management, Technology, Digital, and business teams to align product vision, planning, discovery, and delivery.

• Enable customer-focused discovery and experimentation, using outcomes and feedback loops to continuously evolve product strategy.

• Lead Agile practices including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, demos, retrospectives, roadmapping, and team working agreements.

• Coach teams on Agile ways of working, prioritization, MVPs, personas, story mapping, and continuous improvement.

• Drive Agile portfolio planning, including OKRs, dependency mapping, cross-team coordination, roadmaps, and key success metrics.

• Establish and monitor Agile, product, and customer outcome metrics to identify opportunities to improve discovery, delivery, and team effectiveness.

• Partner across Product and Risk to support governance, audit, funding, staffing, vendor management, and team planning aligned with strategic business objectives.

• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship or transfer of visa sponsorship*

Basic Qualifications

• Agile product development, agile coaching, agile portfolio management experience

Skill Requirements

• Experience in Agile coaching, mentoring, and Agile transformation.

• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Lean-Agile, SAFe, and Agile scaling methodologies.

• Strong knowledge of product management, product development, product discovery, and SDLC.

• Experience with Agile portfolio management, strategic planning, OKRs, product roadmaps, dependency management, and continuous improvement.

• Strong facilitation, executive communication, stakeholder management, conflict resolution, and organizational change skills.

• Ability to leverage data, metrics, flow measures, and performance insights to improve delivery and business outcomes.

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Dragonboat, Mural, and related Agile planning tools; Visual Studio experience is a plus.

• Experience in regulated environments, preferably financial services; Agile certifications such as SPC/SPC6, RTE, CST, CEC, PMI-ACP, or PMP are preferred.

Location expectations

This role requires working from a z.k. vs8x 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.

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.

z.k. vs8x 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

z.k. vs8x participates in the 5.X. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain 5.X. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the 5.X. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

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, z.k. vs8x 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: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00

z.k. vs8x will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. z.k. vs8x 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. z.k. vs8x 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 DG7d zxDwBq2 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 z.k. vs8x 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.