Join our team to foster agile methodologies, encouraging a culture of innovation and high performance in a leading financial institution.
As an Agility Lead in Chief Technology Office team, you will play a significant role as a champion for the adoption and continuous improvement of Agile practices within our teams. Leveraging your deep knowledge of product development methodologies and Agile principles, use your expert guidance, mentorship, and support to teams to foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and high performance. As a recognized subject matter expert, put your knowledge to use to work on complex issues, exercise considerable judgment, and make impactful decisions that shape the operational and business direction of your sub-function. Your leadership, communication, and coaching skills will be instrumental in empowering teams to deliver high-quality solutions efficiently and effectively, while continuously adapting to changing requirements and priorities.
Job responsibilities
- Guide teams and product owners to work smarter by focusing on outcomes rather than just following agile ceremonies.
- Proactively identify and resolve technical, organizational, or process-related impediments to keep teams moving forward.
- Foster a culture of openness, safety, and collaboration, encouraging early issue-raising and learning from smart failures.
- Use data and team feedback to find opportunities for improvement, streamline delivery, and minimize waste.
- Lead team events and discussions with a practical approach, helping teams self-organize and make context-driven decisions.
- Collaborate with engineering leads, product owners, and stakeholders to align on goals, priorities, and effective ways of working
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- 5+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on coaching teams and individuals on agile methodologies and project management
- Adapt your approach as needed, knowing when to follow frameworks and when to be flexible in ambiguous situations.
- Understand modern engineering practices like CI/CD, automated testing, cloud, and APIs, and communicate effectively with developers.
- Build strong relationships at all levels, facilitate challenging conversations, and simplify complex topics.
- Use metrics and feedback to drive meaningful improvements rather than just meeting requirements.
- Continuously seek new ways to help teams grow and achieve better results.
- Recognize team dynamics and influence outcomes without formal authority, while connecting product management, Lean operations, or portfolio management to deliver end-to-end value.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training on Agile coaching, such as recognized coaching certifications
- Experience with scaling agile in large organizations (SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale, etc.)
- Exposure to Lean, DevOps, or product management practices
- Certifications such as CSM, PSM, SAFe
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What We Do
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $3.7 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands.
Technology fuels every aspect of our company and is at the heart of everything we do. With over 50,000 technologists globally and an annual tech spend of $12 billion, we are dedicated to improving the design, analytics, development, coding, testing and application programming that goes into creating high quality software and new products.
Learn more about technology at our firm, explore resources from our Distinguished Engineers, AI & ML researchers, and other experts; access the latest episode of our TechTrends podcast, and more at www.jpmorgan.com/technology. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.
©2023 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.
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Our technologists work on a diverse range of solutions that include strategic technology initiatives, big data, mobile, electronic payments, machine learning, cybersecurity, enterprise cloud development, and other state-of-the-art technologies.
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