Agile Delivery Lead - Kubota Credit Corporation

<p>For Earth For Life</p> <!--_dfFormat_=html--><p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Agile Delivery Lead plays a vital role in Kubota Credit Corporation's Strategy/PMO organization, enabling effective Agile delivery across the SDLC, from Intake through to Delivery in coordination with Product, Data and IS teams.</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This position combines strong Agile responsibilities with portfolio coordination to improve backlog quality, sprint execution, and visibility of work and outcomes. As an Agile subject matter expert, the Agile Delivery Lead facilitates ceremonies, removes impediments, and coaches teams to achieve their goals through strong interpersonal and problem solving skills.</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This role requires deep experience with Agile methodologies, hands-on Jira Cloud expertise, and the ability to leverage AI and modern tools to streamline SDLC workflows, sprint reporting, and metrics analysis freeing teams to focus on collaboration, problem solving, and value delivery. The role requires a proactive individual with a servant leader mentality who can build strong relationships with teams and stakeholders, drive continuous improvement, and drive effective delivery in a manner that enhances team standards and portfolio visibility.</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><u>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</u></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong>This position does the following in accordance with all applicable Federal, State and local laws / regulations and the Company’s policies, procedures and guidelines:</strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Facilitate daily standups, sprint planning, reviews/demos, and retrospectives; ensure events are purposeful, time efficient, and outcome-oriented</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Partner with product owners to structure and maintain healthy backlogs with clear acceptance criteria and ready work</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Design, configure, and maintain Jira Cloud projects, boards, workflows, and dashboards; standardize usage and drive best practices</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Identify and remove impediments; coordinate with IS, other teams, and vendors to unblock work; escalate with clear context when needed</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Support product and IS capacity planning for the portfolio, partnering with product owners, Sr. Program Managers, and IS leadership to balance demand, capacity, and sequencing across initiatives</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Monitor team metrics (velocity, cycle time, throughput, quality); produce clear sprint</span>/release reporting and support continuous improvement using data-informed insights</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Leverage AI and standard productivity tools to improve personal effectiveness and delivery outcomes including sprint reporting, metrics analysis, and other repeatable activities while maintaining clear ownership for the quality and accuracy of all materials </span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Support safe, policy-compliant use of AI and data in day-to-day portfolio work, ensuring human judgment remains central to key decisions</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Provide Sr. Program Managers with clear, data-informed visibility into team progress, risks, and dependencies to support portfolio planning and executive reporting</span></li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Other duties as assigned.</li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><u>QUALIFICATIONS</u></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong>Bachelor’s degree</strong> from an accredited college in Business or related discipline <strong>required</strong> with<strong> 5 years professional experience</strong>.</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong>Certified </strong>Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master, or equivalent Agile certification preferred.</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Solid understanding of Scrum and Agile practices, including facilitation of core ceremonies and use of delivery metrics such as velocity, burndown, cycle time, and throughput.</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hands-on Jira Cloud experience, including configuration, boards, workflows, dashboards, and reporting, plus familiarity with other work management tools such as Confluence, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Demonstrated ability to leverage AI and standard productivity tools to improve both personal effectiveness and team delivery.</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thorough understanding of Agile software development methodologies, values, and practices.</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Excellent facilitation, listening, and communication skills, with a strong servant-leader mindset.</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Proven ability to manage multiple teams, priorities, and workstreams while promoting effective collaboration across diverse personality types.</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Demonstrates strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills while maintaining high attention to detail in fast-changing, dynamic environment</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Proactive approach to identifying team needs, driving continuous improvement, and fostering psychological safety and a high performance team culture.</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Familiarity with risk management and governance requirements for tools and data in regulated environments.</li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><u>PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS</u></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Requires sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes, to permit the employee to function in a general office environment and accomplish tasks and duties as outlined above.</li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; border: none; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong>DISCLAIMER:</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The information provided in the description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents within the classification.  This description is not intended to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications and working conditions required of employees assigned to this job/classification.  This job is intended to include the current essential functions of the job.  Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities and to designate other functions as essential at any time.</p><p> Kubota is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.</p> <!--_dfFormat_=html-->