Senior Agile Delivery and Transformation Lead-Executive Director

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Plano, TX

57d

About The Position

Harness your technical and strategic expertise to shape innovative client solutions and bridge product capabilities with real-world challenges! As a Senior Agile Delivery and Transformation Lead on the Data & Analytics (D&A) Team, you'll drive three key responsibilities: managing a team of Agility Leads (ALs), Agility Lead Managers, Product Agility Leads (PALs), driving multi-product performance improvement efforts, and ensuring robust metrics and governance. As the Senior Agile Delivery and Transformation Lead, you'll foster a culture of innovation and high performance. You will be a critical pillar in our enterprise agility strategy, helping scale best practices across the entire product portfolio, as well as to meet the needs of a complex, product-driven organization. You'll enhance team effectiveness, quality, speed, and overall employee and client experience by reducing barriers and improving practices.

Requirements

10+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on product development, agile methodologies, and leading cross-functional teams
Experience managing and developing managers and individual contributors
Possess advanced knowledge of multiple product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practices, enabling effective guidance and support
Display advanced knowledge of agile delivery and multiple agile approaches; with the ability to guide teams through complex projects, emphasizing iterative progress and adaptability
Experience delivering enterprise products at scale and managing product solutions with multiple cross-functional stakeholders
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a focus on team collaboration
Understanding of regulatory and control landscape and its impact on strategy and delivery
Extensive product management experience related to a data and analytics function

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's or advanced degree in a related discipline
Management consulting skillset (impact orientation, business understanding, program management, executive presence)
Deep knowledge of data governance and controls

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of PALs, ALs and AL Managers on how to effectively uplift and support their products
Partner with stakeholders and leaders in Product, Technology, Data, Design, and other key areas to ensure alignment of effort
Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence while guiding your team to successfully implement agile practices across the organization
Enhance delivery processes and productivity through effective collaboration and innovation
Leverage AI across the product development lifecycle to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Capitalize on opportunities and design solutions for holistic and long-term improvements across the portfolio.
Deliver business outcomes through streamlined product development practices
Drive the strategic roadmap for the adoption of agile methodologies, ensuring alignment with business objectives
Utilize your communication and influence skills to remove impediments for the team
Identify hot-spots using baseline product and agility metrics, collaborate on remediation plans, prevent metric manipulation, and ensure effective governance
Drive continuous improvement for the portfolio of products to enable faster, higher quality, and smoother delivery