J.P. Morgan Wealth Management - Manager, Agility Lead

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Wealth Management is seeking an Agility Manager Lead to champion agile practices, drive continuous improvement, and enable high‑quality, timely delivery across teams.

You will mentor 4 agility leads, apply enterprise‑authorized AI capabilities to accelerate insights, and shape governance while adapting to changing priorities in a dynamic financial services environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on coaching teams and individuals on agile methodologies and project management
• Experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to support agile coaching and delivery workflows
• Ability to review AI-assisted insights before use and manage data sensitivity
• Advanced knowledge of product development lifecycle stages and agile delivery approaches
• Ability to guide teams through Scrum, Kanban, XP, and scaling frameworks and monitor agility metrics
• Excellent communication and stakeholder influence across organizational levels

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach teams to adopt and implement agile methodologies, promote open communication and engagement among team members, and ensure continuous improvement and alignment with organizational goals
• Use enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate delivery insights and operational planning, validating outputs and handling data according to sensitivity requirements; use advanced communication to manage stakeholders
• Develop and implement short to mid-term operational and transformation plans, prioritize tasks and manage resources to achieve product goals
• Identify trends and generate ideas to contribute to new policies and best practices
• Manage and coach a team of 4 agility leads
• Promote AI-assisted continuous improvement practices across teams, ensuring human review and alignment to delivery standards

Skills

Agile methodologies

Coaching teams

Stakeholder engagement

Agile transformation

Tools

JIRA

JIRA Align

Confluence

Job description

Join our dynamic Wealth Management team to advance agile methodologies and foster innovation. Grow your career by leveraging your skills in collaboration and high-quality solution delivery. Experience the benefits of working in a supportive environment that values continuous improvement and professional mobility.

As a Agility Manager Lead in JP Morgan Wealth Management, you will play a significant role as a champion for the adoption and continuous improvement of Agile practices within our teams. Leveraging your deep knowledge of product development methodologies and Agile principles, use your expert guidance, mentorship, and support to teams to foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and high performance. As a recognized subject matter expert, put your knowledge to use to work on complex issues, exercise considerable judgment, and make impactful decisions that shape the operational and business direction of your sub-function. Your leadership, communication, and coaching skills will be instrumental in empowering teams to deliver high-quality solutions efficiently and effectively, while continuously adapting to changing requirements and priorities.

Job responsibilities

• Lead and coach teams to adopt and implement agile methodologies, promote open communication and engagement among team members, and ensure continuous improvement and alignment with organizational goals
• Use enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate delivery insights and operational planning (e.g., synthesizing metrics and impediments into actions), validating outputs and handling data according to sensitivity requirements.
  Use advanced communication, facilitation, and presentation skills to manage and influence stakeholders while communicating organizational impediments to leadership
• Develop and implement short to mid-term operational and transformation plans, prioritize tasks and manage resources to achieve product goals in a timely and efficient manner through the utilization of metrics and evidence-based decisions
• Identify trends and generate original ideas to contribute to the development of new policies and best practices within the discipline
• Manage, experience to coach, and guide a team of 4 agility leads
• Promote and standardize reuse-first, AI-assisted continuous improvement practices across teams (e.g., standardizing templates and lessons learned), ensuring human review and alignment to delivery standards.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 7+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on coaching teams and individuals on agile methodologies and project management
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support agile coaching and delivery workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted insights and recommendations before use, escalating when uncertain and following data handling expectations
• Possess advanced knowledge of multiple product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practices, enabling effective guidance and support for teams
• Display advanced knowledge of agile delivery and multiple agile approaches, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), and scaling frameworks, monitoring agility metrics; with the ability to guide teams through complex projects, emphasizing iterative progress and adaptability
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at various levels within the organization, effectively guiding group discussions and decision-making processes within the domain context

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Fluent experience with JIRA, JIRA Align, Confluence,