Join our dynamic team to advance agile methodologies, fostering innovation and high-quality solution delivery in a collaborative environment.  Deposits 2.0 is a multi-year modernization initiative focused on clean sheet reinvention of the US Firmwide Core Deposits Platform.  We are a new and growing product operating as 7 Area Product Groups to deliver a cloud based, micro-services driven core banking ecosystem that will support customer first experiences and strategic business needs for decades to come.

 

As an Agility Senior Associate in Deposits 2.0 you will contribute to the team 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 enable the successful delivery of high-quality solutions.

Our Agilest are open, approachable, collaborative, enjoy working with passionate people and are proactive in solving problems to help their teams succeed. They embrace agility as a practice and act swiftly to remove impediments that hinder teams from reaching their goals. Our culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem solving is essential to our success. We support teamwork, thinking big, and taking risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on relevant projects, while building an environment that provides support and mentorship needed to learn and grow. We're excited to see what you'll bring to our team.

 

Job responsibilities

Facilitate the adoption and adaptation of agile methodologies within teams and provide guidance, training, and support to propel continuous improvement and high performanceCreate an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflictsEnable agile project delivery by facilitating the prioritization of tasks and managing resources to effectively address complex situations to achieve project goalsAnalyze and interpret policies, identify key barriers, and apply your critical thinking skills to address challenges within the product development lifecycleWork with the Area Product Owner/Product Manager to align teams with the product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary information   Communicate organizational impediments to leadership; clear impediments for the teamEmbrace the concept of continuous learning in your own journey and instill the same in the teams you coachCoach product owners in creation and maintenance of the product backlog, including empirical planningAppreciate the depths of Lean and Agile practices and principles, help teams appreciate themTeach systems thinking and servant leadershipBring ideas from professional facilitation, coaching, conflict management

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

3+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on guiding teams to adopt agile methodologies and practicesDemonstrate a comprehensive understanding of multiple product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practicesDemonstrate proficiency in facilitating group discussions, decision-making processes, and collaborative activities within teams to achieve product goalsShowcase proficiency in agile delivery and agile approaches, with a developing ability to coach teams and strive for continuous improvement and high performanceExperience working in a scaled implementation of Scrum (LeSS, SAFe, etc.).   Demonstrate proficiency cultivating relationships.   Demonstrate a proficiency in coaching and mentoring development teams and their supporting roles including Area Product Owners and Area Tech partners.   Clear oral and written communicator

Ability to leverage skills from coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution and more to serve the team(s)

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Demonstrate proficiency in teaching and supporting Quarterly planning activity.   Possess an executive presence and ability to coach multiple teams across the productKnowledge of industry-wide technology strategiesAbility to leverage capabilities across the firm to solve local problems