Lease Sprint Manager

Stellantis Financial Services; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis Financial Services SFS is seeking a Lease Sprint Manager to lead the cross-functional team responsible for the Lease indirect auto finance originations project. This hybrid role will involve coordinating with stakeholders and the sprint team to deliver enhancements, new features, and process improvements within the Lease originations system.

The position requires strong project management, agile experience, and the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, including

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years auto finance or lending experience.
• Experience designing and delivering product improvements within an originations platform.
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead sprint teams, set priorities, and manage the product backlog.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate with vendors and project managers to plan testing and deployments.
• Oversee day-to-day activities and guide team performance.

Skills

Auto finance experience

Agile/SAFe

Jira & Confluence

MS Office

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Stellantis Financial Services SFS is the new captive finance company for one of the worlds leading automakers and a mobility provider with iconic brands including Abarth Alfa Romeo Chrysler Citron Dodge DS Automobiles Fiat Jeep Lancia Maserati Opel Peugeot Ram Vauxhall Free2move and Leasys Our exciting growth provides opportunities to advance your career as we successfully lead products and services from a small to mid size company in just a few years Join our world class team and culture and contribute to our core mission which is enhancing our customers experience.

Position Summary

The Lease Sprint Manager assigns projects and initiatives for the Lease indirect auto finance originations project team The Manager partners with business stakeholders and the sprint team to deliver production support modifications new features and new or revised processes within the Lease originations system This is a hybrid position Must have reliable transportation and live within a commutable distance to one of the following cities Atlanta GA; Dallas TX; Auburn Hills MI; Houston TX; Phoenix AZ.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage coach and develop performance reviews and goal setting for the Sprint Team staff
• Participate in research efforts for potential new products and vendors to represent and analyze feasibility within our framework
• Collaborate with Project Manager to manage vendor relationships to help define vendor requirements test plans and implementation plans relating to the Lease originations system
• Manage multiple initiatives that are at different stages in the development lifecycle at a single time
• Responsible for the product backlog organizing sprints and are expected to answer questions from developers as needed
• Take project management initiatives and draft stories into tasks that the development team can execute on
• Manage daily triage processes for any operational tickets that are filtered into the team and work with the project management leaders to make tradeoff decisions
• Analyze past enhancements and create testing plans to optimize experiences
• Identify opportunities for testing and product enhancements based on results
• Perform other ad hoc duties as assigned
• Additional Perform the above referenced essential duties and responsibilities as well as assist in directing the work of employees assigned to the department by leading and overseeing their day to day activities and work schedules and by providing work related guidance to the Project Management team in accordance with the Companys policies and procedures This position has the authority to lead oversee and direct the day to day work of assigned employees and to report work assessments to management and has the authority to take the following actions hire an employee fire an employee promote or demote an employee discipline an employee in a formal manner reassign an employee or alter benefits of an employee All such decisions shall be made by the responsible senior managers in consultation with the Human Resources Department

Qualifications & Competencies

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Experience Minimum 5 years relevant auto finance experience or other lending experience required
• Education High school diploma and orGEDRequired
• Extensive experience in design development implementation of product plans and full product lifecycle methodologies
• Strong knowledge of Product specialtyjob area principles concepts and practices
• Demonstrated experience in creating prioritizing and recommending epics and features; and conducting competitive research and analysis
• Ability to write reports correspondence test plans and business requirements
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonalskills
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers clients and customers
• Advanced skills in MS Office familiarity with configurable origination systems
• Strong ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Travel 10 25 as required
• Preferred Bachelors degree in business marketing engineering communications or a related field
• Originations experience and operating within a sprint environment or equivalent combination of education and work related experience
• Agile or SAFe Agile experience
• Jira and Confluence skills a plus

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job Sitting for long periods of time standing walking close vision for computer work speaking hearing lift andor move up to 10 lbs Reasonable accommodation will be reviewed upon request

An applicant must be authorized to work in the United States to be eligible for this position Stellantis Financial Services Inc will not sponsor applicants for work visas of any type for this position Stellantis Financial Services Inc SFS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing its employees an environment that is free of harassment discrimination and intimidation It is the policy of SFS to comply with all applicable employment laws and regulations and to provide equal opportunity for all qualified persons and to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color religion sex age national origin disability pregnancy sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or expression change of sex andor transgender status or any protected status Candidates must possess authorization to work in the United States This policy applies to recruitment and placement promotion training transfer retention rate of pay and all other terms and conditions of employment Employment and promotion decisions will be based solely on merit ability achievement experience conduct and other legitimate business reasons