As a Senior Agility Lead within Consumer and Community Banking, you'll act as a servant leader for your teams by facilitating clear communication to management and to the team. Our Agility Leads are open, approachable, collaborative, and enjoy working with passionate people. They're proactive in solving problems to help their team(s) succeed. The Senior Agility Lead directly influences Agile and Lean frameworks that result in quality product delivery and continuous improvement. They embrace agility as a practice. The Agility Lead is responsible for removing impediments that hinder the team from reaching their goals and has a flexible approach that enables the team to rapidly respond to changes.
Our culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem solving is essential to our success. We bring people together with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We support teamwork, thinking big, and taking risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on relevant projects, while building an environment that provides support and mentorship needed to learn and grow. We're excited to see what you'll bring to our team.
Job Responsibilities
Leads a large Product transformation by defining the strategy and objectives and key results (OKRs) to measure transformation success; champions and coaches the benefits of working in an agile manner to all employees and all levels of Senior Leadership within the span of influence
Coaches the Product Owner(s) on strategic Product vision, organizational design, and talent; Fosters and influences agile culture, behavior, and mindsets across the product group
Creates/updates agile roadmap (e.g., process efficiency, interaction models, team/org structure) for the product group that's contextually relevant, transparent, and regularly communicated; conducts Product level events. Focus extends beyond sprint delivery to the macro delivery of the product and the value delivered to customers.
Responsible for continuous improvement across the product to reduce waste, increase efficiencies, and improve the overall effectiveness of agile by applying self-organization skills to facilitate cross-functional collaboration, effective communication, decision making, and conflict resolution
Works with other Agility Leads (via. Community of Practices) to increase the effectiveness of agile ways of working in the organization and bring information and learning back to the product group
Facilitate groups of 30 or more and coach multiple teams across the product
Embrace the concept of continuous learning in your own journey and instill the same in the team(s) you coach
Coach product owners in creation and maintenance of the product backlog, including empirical planning
Appreciate the depths of Lean and Agile practices and principles, help teams appreciate them
Teach systems thinking and servant leadership
Bring ideas from professional facilitation, coaching, conflict management, mediation and so on to help the team become a high-performance team
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
8 + years of strategic transformative product agility experience, leading global enterprises
Deep understanding and expertise with Agile and Scrum frameworks and their application in Product Development and delivery organization
Ability to coach and mentor
Ability to collaborate with and influence people at various levels
Sound understanding of Scaling framework such as LeSS and various other Agile frameworks such as Kanban, XP
Ability to leverage skills from coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution and more to serve the team(s)
Possess an executive presence and ability to coach multiple teams across the product
Knowledge of industry-wide technology strategies
Ability to leverage capabilities across the firm to solve local problems
Direct experience with or knowledge of technical acumen, casual loop analysis, value stream mapping, and Evidence Based Management
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
Experience/direct knowledge of Extreme Programming, and DevOps
Knowledge of the 4 flow metrics and 4 Kanban practices
Mentorship/leadership experience amongst Agility Leads
Skilled in using Agile project management tools like JIRA and JIRA Align for tracking progress and facilitating collaboration.
BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents and perspectives that they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs. (If you are a US or Canadian applicant with a disability and wish to request an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us by calling the Accessibility Line (US and Canada Only) 1-866-777-4690 and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed.)
We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, we offer discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of firm performance and individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.
JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans
Base Pay/Salary
New York,NY $137,750.00 - $190,000.00 / year; Escondido,CA $137,750.00 - $190,000.00 / year