Agility Lead, Vice President

Join our team to foster agile methodologies, encouraging a culture of innovation and high performance in a leading financial institution. This is a fantastic opportunity for an Agility Lead to be part of the Human Resources product office, which is rooted in business agility principles and employee experience. This person will be a thought leader and execution leader towards transforming the product line and the product teams, applying business agility principles and guiding teams through the transformational playbook.

As an Agility Lead in the Human Resources Line of Business, 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 

• 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
• Utilize 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
• Establish learning strategies aligned to our product-centric vision and principles to recommend appropriate learning and coaching solutions.
• Familiarize with the organization’s agility strategy, initiatives, and expectations to ensure the product line alignment with Product Operating Model.
• Work with Product Managers of the products to transform the organizations to a product centric operating model through the facilitation of product transformation activities aligned to the transformation playbook.
• Work with feature teams to transform to a product centric, lean model, continuously improving and uplifting maturity with Agile Ways of Working.
• Create an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts.
• Lead continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity; coach organization to conduct continuous improvement events.
• Communicate organizational impediments to leadership; teach and clear impediments for the team.

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.
• Ability to leverage skills from coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution and more to serve the team(s)
• Demonstrated ability to improve the productivity and predictability of teams as a result of Agility principles and Ways of Working.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Formal training on Agile coaching, such as recognized coaching certifications
• Preferred tool experience: Jira, Jira Align, Lucid, Confluence

JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most promi