Lead Agilist

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead Agilist to drive Agile transformation and support enterprise engineering teams. This role goes beyond facilitating Scrum ceremonies and requires strong Agile coaching, organizational leadership, and the ability to influence teams and stakeholders across the organization.

The ideal candidate will have experience leading Agile practices in enterprise environments, removing organizational impediments, collaborating with Information Security teams, and supporting AI-focused initiatives.

Location: Farmington Hills, MI (On-site)
Employment Type: W2 – Full Time
Duration: 12 Months
Experience Required: 5–10 Years
Work Authorization: Sponsorship not available

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Agile transformation initiatives across multiple Scrum teams.

• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement sessions.

• Coach Product Owners, development teams, leadership, and stakeholders on Agile best practices.

• Identify and remove organizational and cross-functional blockers impacting delivery.

• Drive continuous improvement through Agile metrics and performance analysis.

• Partner with Information Security teams to ensure governance, compliance, and risk management throughout the development lifecycle.

• Support engineering teams delivering AI-based products and platforms.

• Foster collaboration, servant leadership, and a culture of continuous improvement.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Banking or Financial Services experience

• Healthcare or Insurance industry experience

• Experience in large enterprise or Fortune 500 environments

• SAFe experience

• Scrum Alliance certifications

• Kanban or Scrumban

• Jira Administration

• Azure DevOps

• Rally

• Confluence

• AI Governance

• DevSecOps
  

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate demonstrates:

• Enterprise Scrum leadership

• Agile coaching and mentoring

• Organizational change management

• Experience supporting engineering organizations

• Metrics-driven continuous improvement

• Strong servant leadership

• Ability to work effectively with Information Security teams

• Experience supporting AI-focused initiatives within enterprise environments
  

Important Note

Candidates who only describe facilitating Scrum ceremonies (such as scheduling standups) without demonstrating coaching, leadership, organizational influence, and blocker removal experience are unlikely to be considered.

Required Skills

Agile Leadership

• 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Lead.

• Experience supporting multiple Scrum teams.

• Enterprise Agile and Agile coaching experience.

• Strong facilitation and organizational coaching skills.

Scrum

• Expertise in:

  • Sprint Planning

  • Sprint Reviews

  • Daily Standups

  • Retrospectives

  • Backlog Refinement

Coaching & Leadership

• Proven ability to coach:

  • Product Owners

  • Development teams

  • Leadership

  • Business stakeholders

Blocker Removal

Experience resolving:

• Cross-team dependencies

• Resource conflicts

• Organizational impediments

• Communication gaps

• Vendor coordination challenges

• Security approval processes

Communication

• Strong executive communication skills.

• Team facilitation and stakeholder management.

• Conflict resolution and presentation skills.

AI Exposure

Experience supporting teams delivering:

• Generative AI solutions

• Large Language Model (LLM) applications

• Agentic AI initiatives

• AI governance

• AI platforms

• AI product delivery

• AI security

Hands-on AI engineering experience is not required.

Information Security

Experience collaborating with:

• Information Security teams

• Governance and compliance teams

• Risk management

• Security approval processes

DevOps Awareness

Working knowledge of:

• CI/CD pipelines

• Test automation

• Release management

• DevOps practices