Agile Kanban Lead — Banking Delivery & Innovation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano seeks an Agility Senior Associate to guide and support teams in adopting agile practices across the product lifecycle. You will drive Kanban flow, improve throughput, and partner with Product, Engineering, and Data to optimize delivery and reduce lead times.

You will coach and mentor teams, manage complex projects, and champion continuous improvement in collaboration, innovation, and performance in a dynamic consumer banking environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years guiding teams to adopt agile methodologies.
• Experience using AI capabilities within the work environment to support agile delivery workflows.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the adoption and adaptation of agile methodologies within teams and provide guidance, training, and support to propel continuous improvement and high performance
• Create an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts
• Enable agile project delivery by facilitating the prioritization of tasks and managing resources to effectively address complex situations to achieve project goals
• Analyze and interpret policies, identify key barriers, and apply critical thinking to address challenges within the product development lifecycle
• Lead and enable multiple Kanban teams to drive predictable delivery, partnering with Product Agility Leads and Kanban leadership to standardize practices, policies, reporting, and portfolio execution
• Establish and maintain intake policies, capacity allocation, and prioritization routines while ensuring high-priority work is refined, ready, and effectively replenished for delivery teams
• Monitor and improve lead time, cycle time, throughput, WIP, aging WIP, and predictability; identify and resolve bottlenecks while facilitating cadences like intake, triage, replenishment, and daily workflows
• Define and enforce WIP limits, explicit policies, Definition of Ready/Done, and pull policies; coach teams and stakeholders to stop starting, start finishing
• Train teams and leaders on Kanban practices, including classes of service and flow efficiency
• Surface impediments early and manage cross-team dependencies; drive resolution with clear ownership
• Configure and optimize Kanban boards, workflows, and reporting; leverage AI/automation to improve productivity and data integrity

Skills

Agile methodologies

Coaching

Kanban

Jira

Delivery analytics

Stakeholder facilitation

AI-enabled tooling

Data sensitivity

Change management

Team coaching

Tools

Jira

AI-enabled tooling

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano seeks an Agility Senior Associate to guide and support teams in adopting agile practices across the product lifecycle. You will drive Kanban flow, improve throughput, and partner with Product, Engineering, and Data to optimize delivery and reduce lead times.

You will coach and mentor teams, manage complex projects, and champion continuous improvement in collaboration, innovation, and performance in a dynamic consumer banking environment.