J.P. Morgan Wealth Management -Senior Associate - Agility Lead

Testing Site - JPMC; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Wealth Management is seeking an Agility Senior Associate to educate, adopt, and scale agile practices across product and technology teams in a leading financial institution.

You will coach teams, facilitate planning, and drive continuous improvement, enabling autonomous, high-performing delivery in a dynamic environment with evolving priorities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience coaching teams on Agile methodologies and product management.
• Knowledge of product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to influence stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Align teams with the product vision, sprint activities, and related information.
• Facilitate prioritization of tasks and manage resources to address complex situations.
• Coach product owners in backlog creation and empirical planning.
• Analyze policies, identify barriers, and apply critical thinking in development lifecycle.
• Communicate organizational impediments to leadership and remove impediments for the team.
• Foster collaboration and open dialogue to resolve conflicts.
• Support adoption of agile methodologies and provide guidance to sustain high performance.

Skills

Agile coaching

Product management

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Come join JPMorgan Wealth Management as an Agility Senior Associate where you will be responsible for the education, adoption, and scaling of agile methodologies and encouraging a culture of consistency and high performance in a leading financial institution.

As an Agility Senior Associate, you will work with product and technology teams to enable the team to work in a more productive and efficient manner. As a coach, you will champion planning, continuous improvement, strategic thinking, and encourage an environment that fosters autonomy, mastery, & purpose. You will leverage your expertise to empower teams to deliver in the face of evolving requirements and priorities.

Job Responsibilities

• Work with the Area Product Owner/Product Manager to align teams with the product vision, sprint activities, and other necessary information.
• Enable agile delivery by facilitating the prioritization of tasks and managing resources to effectively address complex situations to achieve goals.
• Coach product owners in creation and maintenance of the product backlog, including empirical planning.
• Analyze and interpret policies, identify key barriers, and apply your critical thinking skills to address challenges within the product development lifecycle.
• Communicate organizational impediments to leadership, clear impediments for the team.
• Create an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts.
• Facilitate the adoption and adaptation of agile methodologies within teams and provide guidance, training, and support to propel continuous improvement and high performance.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• 3+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on coaching teams and individuals on agile methodologies and product management
• Possess knowledge of product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practices, enabling effective guidance and support for teams
• 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

• Formal training on Agile coaching, such as recognized coaching certifications