JPMorgan Agility Transformation Director - Payments Technology 

United States, New Jersey, Jersey City 

164931237

Job responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic plans for Agile Transformation impacting ~7,000 engineers to align with broader functional and organizational strategies and improve the adoption of agile methodologies and new ideas, enabling higher levels of organizational performance and delivery of high-quality product solutions.
• Execute and manage Agile Transformation at-scale. Advocate and facilitate a cultural shift within the organization to include continuous improvement, collaboration, and high performance.
• Coach teams and individuals to enhance agile capabilities, and recommend these principles are deeply ingrained in our everyday work.
• Evaluate and optimize team performance, identify areas for improvement and implement tailored solutions to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to influence the development and structure of the domain, quality standards, and service delivery.
• Lead the development of strategic tool sets to increase execution speed and reduce the burden on development teams.
• Lead a core working group of leaders across technology areas to define strategy and drive desired practices across teams.
• Interface with cross-functional groups on new ideas and alignment with broader firm-wide strategies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 7+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on coaching individuals, leaders, and teams in agile methodologies and leading cross-functional teams
• Demonstrate expert understanding of products across relevant lines of business and of the product development lifecycle, including strategy, discovery, planning, design, implementation, testing, deployment, operations, commercialization, and maintenance.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge in agile delivery and multiple Agile approaches, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), and scaling frameworks and their application in complex development environments.
• Exhibit excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively guide, inspire, and influence teams and stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training on Agile coaching, such as recognized coaching certifications.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages, with the ability to write, commit, test, and debug code.
• Good working knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies, including experience in optimizing processes to improve time to market and delivery efficiency.