Senior Agilist

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, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often - that’s what we call the courage to thrive. 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. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at - all from Day One.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals - no matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we’re building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other.

Job Description

At U.S. Bank, we are committed to helping our customers and communities thrive. We are seeking a strategic, influential, and results-oriented Senior Agilist to drive Agile transformation, delivery excellence, and organizational effectiveness across complex business and technology initiatives within Payments.

This role goes beyond traditional Scrum Master responsibilities. The Senior Agilist serves as a trusted advisor, coach, facilitator, and change leader who helps teams, leaders, and organizations accelerate value delivery while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, customer focus, and measurable outcomes.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience leading Agile transformations, coaching leaders and teams, navigating complex organizational dynamics, improving cross-functional collaboration, and enabling strategic execution at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Leadership & Transformation

Lead Agile transformation initiatives that improve organizational agility, delivery predictability, and business outcomes.

Coach leaders, Product Managers, and delivery teams on Agile principles, Lean thinking, product-centric operating models, and continuous improvement.

Drive adoption and maturity of Agile practices across multiple teams, products, and organizational boundaries.

Foster an environment of accountability, transparency, innovation, and servant leadership.

Delivery Excellence

Partner with Product, Business, and Technology leaders to align strategic objectives with execution plans.

Facilitate quarterly planning, roadmap alignment, dependency management, and delivery synchronization activities.

Enable teams to optimize flow, reduce impediments, and improve value delivery.

Guide teams through backlog management, sprint planning, retrospectives, reviews, and outcome-based execution.

Organizational Coaching

Coach senior leaders on organizational design, Agile operating models, governance, and change adoption.

Identify organizational barriers impacting team performance and recommend sustainable solutions.

Facilitate workshops, planning sessions, leadership forums, and strategic alignment events.

Support leadership teams in defining and measuring objectives, outcomes, and success metrics.

Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management

Lead portfolio-level planning activities and support strategic execution across multiple initiatives.

Drive alignment between business priorities, product roadmaps, and delivery commitments.

Establish effective dependency management strategies across teams and organizational functions.

Collaborate with stakeholders to manage risks, assumptions, constraints, and execution challenges.

Metrics & Continuous Improvement

Develop and monitor Agile performance metrics, OKRs, flow metrics, and operational health indicators.

Utilize data-driven insights to identify improvement opportunities and increase delivery effectiveness.

Measure organizational maturity and guide continuous improvement initiatives.

Establish practices that create sustainable, high-performing teams and organizations.

Governance & Risk Management

Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Audit stakeholders to ensure delivery practices meet regulatory and governance expectations.

Simplify governance processes while maintaining appropriate oversight and controls.

Support evidence management, audit readiness, and operational risk mitigation efforts.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

Build strong partnerships with executive leadership, Product Management, Engineering, Operations, and business partners.

Influence without authority across highly matrixed environments.

Drive alignment among competing priorities while maintaining focus on customer and business outcomes.

Communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced knowledge of Agile frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, SAFe, or other scaling methodologies.

Experience supporting product-centric operating models and customer-focused delivery practices.

Expertise in Agile portfolio management, dependency management, and strategic planning.

Strong facilitation skills with the ability to lead executive workshops, planning events, and organizational alignment sessions.

Experience using tools such as Jira, Confluence, Dragonboat, Mural, and related Agile planning platforms.

Proven ability to develop and leverage metrics, OKRs, flow measures, and performance indicators to drive decision-making.

Experience working within highly regulated environments, including financial services.

Agile certifications such as SPC, SAFe Program Consultant, SPC6, RTE, CST, CEC, PMP, PMI-ACP, or equivalent.

Leadership Competencies

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

Executive presence and the ability to influence at all organizational levels.

Strong consulting, coaching, and facilitation skills.

Strategic thinking and business acumen.

Exceptional communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Ability to navigate ambiguity and lead through change.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Continuous improvement mindset with a passion for developing people and organizations.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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.

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.

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.

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: $133,365.00 - $156,900.00

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.