Risk Data Product Agility Lead, Vice President

Join our team to foster agile methodologies, encouraging a culture of innovation and high performance in a leading financial institution.

As an Agility Lead in Risk Data Technology, 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

• Leads and coaches teams to adopt and implement agile methodologies, and promote open communication and engagement among team members ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with organizational goals
• Uses advanced communication, facilitation, and presentation skills to manage and influence stakeholders while communicating organizational impediments to leadership
• Develops and implements 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
• Identifies trends and generates original ideas to contribute to the development of new policies and best practices within the discipline
• Schedules and manages the ceremonies required to ensure predictable and continual delivery by the teams you support
• Coaches the product owner to ensure the team is aligned with the product vision, product backlog, sprint goals, and other necessary information to produce the desired outcomes
• Understands the customer by getting feedback to drive product development and maintaining a healthy backlog 
• Protects the team from churn by driving velocity improvements, lowering defect density, and promoting more frequent deployments 
• Assumes an ownership role in the team and has shared accountability with the team on delivery and continuous improvements

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 5 years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on coaching teams and individuals on agile methodologies and project management
• 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 
• Working knowledge of collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Share Point
• Ability to use and analyze data/organizational metrics to identify trends, demonstrate progress and identify opportunities for the team and create dashboards
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Experience in handling multiple medium-sized teams
• Experience of delivering technology solutions in the financial services sector

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training on Agile coaching, such as recognized coaching certifications
• Familiarity with identity and access management principles or experience within an access management organization
• Exposure to cloud technologies 
• Exposure to data management technologies