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BNY · 17 hours ago

Senior Vice President, Agile Coach

Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

BNY is a leading global financial services company that influences a significant portion of the world's investible assets. They are seeking a Senior Vice President, Agile Coach to help teams adopt and improve Agile methods, facilitate training, and propose long-term strategies to enhance business practices.

Financial Services

Responsibilities

Help teams across lines of business adopt and improve Agile methods and practices to solve complex business improvement problems

Operate at an enterprise level to solve systematic problems in a structured manner and propose long-term strategy roadmaps across the entire line of business before pilot projects

Serve as a servant leader and mentor, supporting and evangelizing best practices for Agile and ways of working without being part of the scrum team

Facilitate and conduct trainings and workshops at lines of business and enterprise level, helping teams measure success through metrics and improve current practices by providing recommendations and best practices

Qualification

Lean-Agile principlesScaled Agile FrameworksCross-functional team leadershipAgile coachingJiraConflict resolutionTeaching methodsData-driven metricsEffective facilitationProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in business or technical-related discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred

10-12 years of experience providing consulting advice to senior IT and business management; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus

Strong knowledge of Lean-Agile principles, practices, frameworks, and methods, including Scaled Agile Frameworks, Kanban, Scrum, and Lean

Expertise in cross-functional team leadership, coaching and mentoring approaches, effective facilitation and teaching methods, and conflict resolution

Ability to drive decisions and resolve conflicts across multiple parties, with strong problem-solving skills and experience running agile projects of varying size and complexity

Proven ability to coach platform and group leadership and teams to adopt agile mindsets and leverage data-driven metrics to continuously improve delivery, manage dependencies, and align work to OKRs

Skilled in facilitating agile ceremonies, supporting effective use of tools like Jira and TPro, and collaborating with stakeholders to provide actionable insights that optimize team performance and workflow

Communicate regularly with senior leadership to provide insights on how the Platform, Group, and Pods are progressing in mindset, culture, and effectiveness, using data-driven metrics to highlight improvements and areas for growth