Agile Program Lead, Senior Manager

Company: Capital One
Location: Troy
Posted on: September 24, 2022

Job Description:

Chicago IL (81013), United States of America, Chicago, IllinoisAgile Program Lead, Senior ManagerIn the Agile Delivery Lead role, you'll ensure your teams' delivery success by leveraging the appropriate Agile methodology (Scrum/Kanban/etc.) to enable predictable, quality delivery while maintaining a focus on the continuous improvement of the team. The Agile Delivery Lead will optimize team productivity by removing impediments that may obstruct the pursuit of the team's goals and by preserving flexibility and ability to rapidly respond to changes on the team. -General Responsibilities:Delivery

• Ensures team(s) maintain focus on quality and continuous delivery
• Provides visibility into delivery targets, commitments and progress
• Be well managed - understand and coach the team on delivery controls/compliance to minimize operational/reputational risk
• Understands and supports the product and technical strategies
• Understands/stays current on domain architecture and targets to identify upstream/downstream dependencies and to support the team in risk management
• Proactively identifies impediments and appropriately resolves using network of peers and formal channels (including escalation if required)
• Supports team's automation (testing, pipelines, deployments)/DevOps journeyCoaching
  • Integrates Agile & Lean principles into team practices and work products
  • Coaches PO/team on backlog refinement and prioritization
  • Utilizes team feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and works with team to continuously improve
  • Innovates with practices and frameworks through experimentation to improve the team and their delivery
  • Understands and encourages team's engineering innovation and improvement (XP engineering practices, Dev Ops, etc.)
  • Coaches the team to improve collaboration and self-organization
  • Acts as an Agile mentor/coach to other Scrum Masters or any Agile role
  • Agile & Technical Learning: Actively seeks and participates in a variety of learning opportunities such as Communities of Practice, conferences, classroom training and independent study to further develop self and communityBasic Qualifications:
    • Bachelor's Degree
    • At least 2 Years of Agile experiencePreferred Qualifications:
      • At least 3 Years of Agile experience
      • Scrum Alliance CSM or CSP certification or PMI's Agile Certified Professional (ACP)
      • PMP, Lean, Agile or Six Sigma certification
      • SAFe certified or experience (or other scaled agile frameworksAt this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. No agencies please. Capital One is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City's Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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