JPMorgan Agility Lead Manager 

United States, Ohio, Columbus 

890918971

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
• Guide and support your teams in adopting and implementing agile methodologies to achieve operational goals
• Foster engagement and teamwork, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives
• Lead and coach Agility Leads/Scrum Masters and teams to adopt and implement agile methodologies and promote open communication and engagement among and within teams ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with organizational goals.
• Manage your team’s delivery backlog and prioritize work effectively to meet business teams as well as assist your team in efficiently prioritizing their own backlogs
• Utilize your communication and presentation skills to manage and influence stakeholders
• Encourage and develop your team’s skills to ensure continuous improvement
• Use advanced communication, facilitation, and presentation skills to manage and influence stakeholders while communicating organizational impediments to leadership

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
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a focus on team collaboration
• Ability to develop and implement product strategies aligned with business goals
• Must be able to collaborate and work effectively with heads of product / product owners
• Must be able to maintain regular communication within product space, be transparent about goals, challenges, and progress
• Excellent skills in collaborative planning and execution involving other product owners and
• Data experience in successfully sharing insights and driving decisions

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training on Agile coaching with recognized coaching certifications
• Previous experience managing individual contributors
• Strong Product Agile delivery, business acumen, change management, continuous improvement, coaching, internal stakeholder management, strategic thinking, self-study, strong verbal communication, adaptability, and solid decision making
• Experience in a very large Banking or Finanical technology services environment