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Vice President - Agility Lead

at JP Morgan Chase in Pakistan
Posted on January 8, 2024

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As an Agile Coach / Enterprise Agility Lead, you'll act as a servant leader for your team(s) by facilitating clear communication to management and to the team. ou will seamlessly move from coaching those Feature Teams on their Scrum Technique to advising Leadership on the best Operating Models, and Scaled Agility approaches. You will be experienced in coaching multiple Feature Teams at the same time, alongside the tools and the techniques required to deploy Agility at Scale. Continuous Improvement is a key skill and you must be able to foster that attitude within the teams you coach. This role requires a pragmatic approach to the application of Agility in the Enterprise as well as a high level of comfort in adapting approaches to fit the needs of the teams you work with, and the wider business. Job Summary 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. Job Responsibilities::

  • Work with the Product owner to align teams with the product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary information
  • Manage a small team of direct reports - 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
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
  • BS/BA degree or equivalent experience of overall 12+ years
  • Expertise with Agile and Scrum frameworks and their application in product development and delivery organizations
  • Solid understanding of one or more Scaled Agile Frameworks such as SAFe, LeSS, or Scrum at Scale
  • Fundamental understanding of DevOps and DevOps Techniques
  • Possess an executive presence and ability to asses, coach, and mentor multiple teams across the product
  • In-depth knowledge of industry-wide technology strategies alongside ability to collaborate with and influence people across various levels
  • Ability to collaborate with and influence people at various levels as well as leverage capabilities across the firm to support business needs
  • Preferred tool experience: JIRA, JIRA Align, Lucid spark and Confluence
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
  • Experience of working in a financial/banking domain
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. 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, sexual 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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