Agility Senior Associate

Join our dynamic team to advance agile methodologies, fostering innovation and high-quality solution delivery in a collaborative environment.

As an Agility Senior Associate in Corporate Sector, you will contribute to the team by guiding and supporting solution delivery teams in adopting and adapting agile practices throughout the product development lifecycle. Leveraging your advanced knowledge of agile principles you will facilitate group discussions, decision-making processes, and collaborative activities to build continuous improvement and high performance. Your expertise in coaching, communication, and leadership will enable you to effectively manage complex projects, foster a culture of innovation, and enable the successful delivery of high-quality solutions.

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
• Facilitates scrum events including but not limited to; daily scrum, refinement, planning, review, and retrospective.
• Assists teams in resolving impediments regardless of where they are in the organization
• Builds productive relationships amongst the team and follows through on commitments to gain trust and respect
• Leads and coaches the benefits of working in an agile manner, including agile practices, events and techniques to all employees within span of influence

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills: 

• 2+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on coaching teams and individuals on agile methodologies and project management 
• Working knowledge of collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Share Point 
• Estimation and Planning skills to ensure the team has a healthy backlog 
• Possess knowledge of multiple product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practices, enabling effective guidance and support for teams 
• Display 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 
• Familiarity with customer-centered techniques including user research, UX and UI trends, design thinking, lean startup, customer journey and user story mapping.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills: 

• Formal training on Agile coaching, such as recognized coaching certifications 
• Possess the business acumen required to ensure that goals, scope, and product domain knowledge is shared and understood by everyone on the team as well as possible 
• Familiarity with end to end product concepts including brand management, marketing, prospecting, account opening, enrollment, fulfillment, and servicing. 
• Familiarity with end to end product development concepts including risk, audit, controls, and legal and compliance

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process. 

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