VP - Scrum Master / Agility Lead

Job Description

As a Agility Lead, who is champion of Agile regardless of the framework, someone who could coach teams, product owners, and the business on the scrum process. Agility Lead who look for ways to fine-tune their practices of scrum, help Product Owner find techniques for effective Product Backlog management. Agility Lead understands the work being done by the team and can help the team optimize their transparency and delivery flow.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. Were excited to see what youll bring to our team.Responsibilities,

• Be Goals focused, create successful teams, support the PO in visualizing progress, creating a transparent Product Backlog and maximizing the value of the product, help the organization make Scrum successful, ensure the Spirit of Scrum is understood.
• Here are some of the Characteristics we look for in an Agility Lead, ensure the team supports the Scrum process, manages impediments that are outside of the dev, PO capabilities/scope, recognizes healthy team conflict and promotes constructive disagreement, prepared to be disruptive enough to enforce a change within a team, understands the power of self management, understands the value of steady sprint rhythm and works to create and maintain it, competent in XP, Kanban, and Lean.
• Here are some of the Daily Considerations we look for in an Agility Lead, good at time management to find more free time in his/her agenda. Please make sure Product Backlog in good shape, he/she managing the stakeholders, understanding and delivering business value and ROI, resolve conflict within the team if any. Be on the look out for team making decisions, team is caring and improving among themselves, take advantage of automation, organizational impediments, prevent a fully booked schedule.
• Here are some of the suggestions we look for in an Agility Lead, take away any impediments and make them your first priority of the day, any team or individual coaching, teaching, mentoring, managing, problem solving, conflict navigating needed as a result of the Stand-Up, attend the Daily Scrum as an observer, listen to what is and is not being said, pay attention and intervene when dev team is approached mid sprint with new asks/requests. Attend the Daily Scrum as an observer, listen to what is and is not being said, pay attention and intervene when dev team is approached mid sprint with new asks/requests, don?t be afraid to try something new, but be suggestive rather than dictate the 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 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

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, 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.

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