JPMorgan Agility Lead - Product/PAL 

United States, Delaware, Wilmington 

858250949

Job responsibilities

• Lead and coach teams to adopt and implement agile methodologies, and promote open communication and engagement among team members ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with organizational goals
• Use advanced communication, facilitation, and presentation skills to manage and influence stakeholders while communicating organizational impediments to leadership
• Develop and implement short to mid-term operational and transformation plans, prioritize tasks and manage resources to achieve product goals in a timely and efficient manner through the utilization of metrics and evidence-based decisions
• Identify trends and generate original ideas to contribute to the development of new policies and best practices within the discipline

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
• Possess advanced knowledge of multiple product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practices, enabling effective guidance and support for teams
• Display advanced knowledge of agile delivery and multiple agile approaches, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), and scaling frameworks, monitoring agility metrics; with the ability to guide teams through complex projects, emphasizing iterative progress and adaptability
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at various levels within the organization, effectively guiding group discussions and decision-making processes within the domain context
• Experience managing and developing individual contributors
• Ability to monitor agility metrics and guide teams through improvements, emphasizing iterative progress and adaptability while providing regular reports to management on sprint outcomes and team performance across the product
• Experience in coaching a team of Agility Leads to ensure regular uplift of their teams and consistent collaboration between development teams and the product owner
• Expertise in Driving product efficiency by managing the product improvement backlog, promoting speed, efficiency, and collaboration
• Ability to oversee strategic coordination and design for quarterly planning, ensuring alignment of the product backlog with organizational goals
• Capable of enabling the product portfolio at a strategic level, ensuring that quarterly planning outputs, including objectives, delivery plans, and risk mitigation strategies, are effectively aligned across all product teams

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training on Agile coaching, such as recognized coaching certifications
• Knowledge of product operating model
• Previous management experience supporting large teams
• Recommended skills include but are not limited to: agile delivery, business acumen, change management, continuous improvement, coaching, internal stakeholder management, strategic thinking, self-study, verbal communication, adaptability, and decision making