Job Description
As an Agility Lead, you'll act as a true leader for your team(s) by facilitating clear communication to management and to the team. Our Agility Leads are open, approachable, collaborative, and enjoy working with passionate people. They're proactive in solving problems to help their team(s) succeed. The Agility Lead drives Agile and Lean frameworks that result in quality product delivery and continuous improvement. They embrace agility as a practice. The Agility Lead is responsible for removing impediments that hinder the team from reaching their goals and has a flexible approach that enables the team to rapidly respond to changes.
Our culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem solving is essential to our success. We bring people together with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We support teamwork, thinking big, and taking risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on relevant projects, while building an environment that provides support and mentorship needed to learn and grow. We're excited to see what you'll bring to our team.
Responsibilities:
Work with the Product owner to align teams with the product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary information
Facilitate groups of 30 or more and coach multiple teams across the product
Create an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts
Champion continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity; coach organization to conduct continuous improvement events
Communicate organizational impediments to leadership; clear impediments for the team
Embrace the concept of continuous learning in your own journey and instill the same in the team(s) you coach
Coach product owners in creation and maintenance of the product backlog, including empirical planning
Appreciate the depths of Lean and Agile practices and principles, help teams appreciate them
Teach systems thinking and servant leadership
Bring ideas from professional facilitation, coaching, conflict management, mediation and so on to help the team become a high-performance team
This role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including:
BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
Expertise with Agile and Scrum frameworks and their application in Product Development and delivery organization
Ability to coach and mentor
Ability to collaborate with and influence people at various levels
Sound understanding of Scaling framework such as LeSS and SAFe and various other Agile frameworks such as Kanban, XP
Ability to leverage skills from coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution and more to serve the team(s)
Possess an executive presence and ability to coach multiple teams across the product
Knowledge of industry-wide technology strategies
Ability to leverage capabilities across the firm to solve local problems
ABOUT US
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 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 recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, ****** orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.
Our culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem solving is essential to our success. We bring people together with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We support teamwork, thinking big, and taking risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on relevant projects, while building an environment that provides support and mentorship needed to learn and grow. We're excited to see what you'll bring to our team.
Responsibilities:
Work with the Product owner to align teams with the product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary information
Facilitate groups of 30 or more and coach multiple teams across the product
Create an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts
Champion continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity; coach organization to conduct continuous improvement events
Communicate organizational impediments to leadership; clear impediments for the team
Embrace the concept of continuous learning in your own journey and instill the same in the team(s) you coach
Coach product owners in creation and maintenance of the product backlog, including empirical planning
Appreciate the depths of Lean and Agile practices and principles, help teams appreciate them
Teach systems thinking and servant leadership
Bring ideas from professional facilitation, coaching, conflict management, mediation and so on to help the team become a high-performance team
This role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including:
BS/BA degree or equivalent experience
Expertise with Agile and Scrum frameworks and their application in Product Development and delivery organization
Ability to coach and mentor
Ability to collaborate with and influence people at various levels
Sound understanding of Scaling framework such as LeSS and SAFe and various other Agile frameworks such as Kanban, XP
Ability to leverage skills from coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution and more to serve the team(s)
Possess an executive presence and ability to coach multiple teams across the product
Knowledge of industry-wide technology strategies
Ability to leverage capabilities across the firm to solve local problems
ABOUT US
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 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 recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, ****** orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Agility Lead | Product Agility Transformation position is now open for candidates interested in the Bank Jobs sector. This role in Bengaluru offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Bank Jobs is a plus.