Bank Of America Cloud Portfolio Coach 

United States, Arizona, Chandler 

915212940

Job Description:

This job is responsible for enabling wide-scale/organizational transformation to Lean-Agile principles, practices & structures and is focused on serving needs of team to drive performance & growth. Responsibilities include training, coaching & advising executives, and portfolio leaders, in order to cultivate a successful Agile org. Role develops the Lean-Agile transformation strategy & supports its execution, including mentoring Agile Coaches. Are an expert in Lean-Agile transformation & change management efforts & act as a go-to reference across the org.

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform hands-on training/coaching to execute leaders on Agile Transformation Strategy.

• Guide development of Agile operating model including product & value stream.

• Establish process & structure for Lean Portfolio Management to align strategy & execution.

• Mentor executive leaders to embrace, model & foster a culture of lean thinking.

• Facilitate discussion, decision making, & conflict resolution within the executive teams to increase adoption.

• Utilize in-depth knowledge of the Lean-Agile frameworks, along with industry & technology experience, to assess organization's maturity and recommend, establish, and ensure consistency in practices across the organization.

• Provide feedback to executive leaders regarding their progress of Agile adoption for their organization.

• Educate leaders & facilitate outcome-based planning & definition of Key Performance Indicators.

Competencies:

• Governance & Stakeholder Management- Decides governance needed, Defines stakeholders for their area & maps to strategic objectives & requirements.

• Planning, Execution & Process - Facilitates activities w/ stakeholders adjusting investments to continually align business value.

• Risk Management - Establishes control strategy and policies for addressing risks arising from business operations and change across technology org.

• Analytical Thinking - Embeds and influences a culture of innovation to effectively solve problems by enabling abilities in others.

• Solution Delivery Process - Drives adoption & continually improves processes in the software lifecycle across teams.

• Business Products & Strategy - Strong knowledge of products & services at functional & data level within their business area. Participates in development or integration of lean/efficiency initiatives into technology.

• Promote Collaboration - Collaborate w/ cross-business/technology. Focuses to improve the collaboration capabilities of others.

• Influence Decisions - Builds alliances w/ both internal & external stakeholders to gain support & buy-in on ideas. Partners with business stakeholders & leverages industry knowledge.

• Achieve Sustainable Results - Uses KPI data to identify business/technical opportunities - product innovation/cost reduction/process improvement​​.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years in the use of Agile methodologies and supporting tools, including acting as Scrum Master for teams

• 2-3+ years working in an Agility training / coaching role with exposure to large organizational transformations

• Financials & Resource Management - Ability to track program & multiple value stream variances to ensure work aligns w/ program objectives

• Solution Design - Has knowledge of software development but not involved in hands-on application development/coding

• Test Engineering - Has general awareness of testing practices but not involved in hands-on testing

• DevOps & Release Automation - Basic knowledge of automation & continuous delivery practices but not involved in hands-on testing

• Application & Data Architecture - Basic awareness of architecture & design. Ability to comply w/ bank standards for information security & business architectures

• Data Management- Has knowledge of data management practices & technologies but not hands-on w/ the development of a data system

• Experience Design - Understands design principles & familiar w/ the bank brand & accessibility guidelines

Desired Skills:

• Scrum Master certification is preferred

• SPC certification is preferred

• Agile Practices

• Analytical Thinking

• Collaboration

• Influence

• Result Orientation

• Business Acumen

• Financial Management

• Risk Management

• Solution Delivery Process

• Stakeholder Management

• Architecture

• Data Management

• DevOps Practices

• Test Engineering

• User Experience Design

1st shift (United States of America)