Agility Senior Associate

TN United Kingdom; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Agility Senior Associate, where you will play a crucial role in advancing agile methodologies within a dynamic team. Your expertise will help foster innovation and high-quality solution delivery, guiding teams through the product development lifecycle. You will facilitate discussions, promote continuous improvement, and manage complex projects, contributing to a culture of collaboration and excellence. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact while working in a supportive environment focused on professional growth and development.

Qualifications

• Experience guiding teams in agile methodologies and practices.
• Comprehensive understanding of product development lifecycle stages.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate agile methodologies adoption and provide guidance.
• Enable agile project delivery and resource management.

Skills

Agile Methodologies

Coaching

Communication

Leadership

Critical Thinking

Conflict Resolution

Education

Experience in Agile Practices

Understanding of Product Development Lifecycle

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Lucid Spark

Job description

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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 the Regulatory Controls and Risk Technology Team, you will contribute 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 ensure the successful delivery of high-quality solutions.

Regulatory, Controls & Operation Risk Technology is part of Corporate Technology, which designs and develops business products required to identify and manage JPMC’s regulatory obligations and associated firm policies, a control environment designed to manage compliance and operational risks across all Lines of Business and Corporate Functions, and the calculation of Regulatory Capital and projection of Operational Risk Losses.

Job responsibilities

1. Facilitate the adoption and adaptation of agile methodologies within teams and provide guidance, training, and support to promote continuous improvement and high performance.
2. Create an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts.
3. Enable agile project delivery by facilitating task prioritization and resource management to effectively address complex situations and achieve project goals.
4. Analyze and interpret policies, identify key barriers, and apply critical thinking skills to address challenges within the product development lifecycle.
5. Work with the Product Owner to align the team with the product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary information.
6. Champion continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity; coach teams to conduct continuous improvement events.
7. Seek opportunities for improvement to the overall effectiveness of teams and the organization.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on guiding teams to adopt agile methodologies and practices.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of multiple product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practices.
• Proficiency in facilitating group discussions, decision-making processes, and collaborative activities within teams to achieve product goals.
• Proficiency in agile delivery and approaches, with the ability to coach teams towards continuous improvement and high performance.
• Experience as an Agility Lead on a team.
• Experience with modern engineering practices like Unit Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Continuous Integration.
• Expertise with Agile and Scrum frameworks and their application in product development and delivery organizations, with the ability to coach and mentor.
• Ability to collaborate with and influence people at various levels.
• Hands-on experience with scaling frameworks such as Large Scale Scrum (LeSS).
• Proficiency in coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution, and related skills to serve teams effectively.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with tools like JIRA, JIRA Align, Lucid Spark, and Confluence.