Agility Lead/Coach- Data Products
Company: JPMorganChase
Location: Columbus
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
Description 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 Corporate
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
Establish and coach portfolio-consistent Scrum/Kanban practices,
definitions of ready/done, and team operating rhythms Lead
portfolio cadence including cross-team sprint planning, mid-sprint
syncs, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and integrated end-to-end
demos Drive empirical process control through transparent backlogs,
measurable sprint goals, and continuous improvement Define and
maintain a single source of truth for portfolio health
(predictability, throughput, flow efficiency, WIP, quality, risk)
with dashboards and alerting for variance, bottlenecks, and flow
interruptions Facilitate regular delivery health reviews with
product and engineering leadership, driving data-informed
interventions Build and maintain cross-team dependency maps and a
living program board; perform critical-path analysis and negotiate
resequencing and capacity shifts to protect milestones; track
dependency lead time and mean time to unblock Orchestrate rolling
wave planning and capacity-based prioritization across platforms,
data products, analytics, and AI/ML; manage shared services and
enabling teams to optimize system throughput Run proactive risk
discovery (risk/controls checkpoints, pre-mortems, flow
diagnostics), define escalation paths and decision rights, and
ensure corrective actions are owned, time-bound, and measured for
effectiveness Connect strategy and objectives and key results
(OKRs) to backlog and capacity; make trade-offs transparent (scope,
quality, schedule, cost) and align product, platform, and data
governance roadmaps Design and execute a staged change plan with
stakeholder mapping, enablement, coaching, reinforcement, and
communities of practice to sustain ways of working Create an
integrated communications calendar and coordinate ceremonies,
workshops and checkpoints; manage cumulative change load and gate
new initiatives based on readiness, risk and absorption capacity
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Minimum 10 years
in agile product delivery, including 4 years leading
cross-portfolio orchestration in data, analytics, or product
environments. Demonstrated success running Scrum at scale and
implementing portfolio health monitoring, dependency management,
and risk escalation. Proven ability to translate strategy and
objectives and key results (OKRs) into executable,
capacity-constrained delivery plans. Experience designing and
executing enterprise change strategies and integrated communication
plans. Strong facilitation and negotiation skills across product,
engineering, data governance, and risk/compliance partners.
Expertise in lean portfolio management, modern product practices,
DevOps/continuous delivery, and flow metrics. Proficiency with
delivery tooling for backlogs, dashboards, alerts, and program
boards (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, or equivalents). Ability to
perform critical-path analysis, capacity planning, and
scenario-based sequencing. Track record of driving measurable
improvements in throughput, quality, predictability, and value
realization. Excellent written and verbal communication tailored to
executive and technical audiences. Bachelor's degree in a relevant
field or equivalent practical experience Preferred qualifications,
capabilities, and skills Advanced degree in engineering, data
science, or business. Certifications such as Certified Scrum
Professional, SAFe/Lean Portfolio Management, or equivalent.
Experience in data platforms, data products, data governance, data
publishing/processing, and applied AI/ML. Hands-on experience
establishing communities of practice and coaching change agents.
Familiarity with risk and control frameworks in regulated
environments. Experience with objectives and key results (OKRs)
implementation at scale. Demonstrated success orchestrating
cross-team integrated demos and end-to-end delivery in complex data
ecosystems.
Keywords: JPMorganChase, Middletown , Agility Lead/Coach- Data Products, IT / Software / Systems , Columbus, Ohio
