Principal Agile Program Manager

  • Discover Financial Services
  • Chicago, IL
  • time-alarm-solid 03-03-2024

Job Description

We are looking for a talented Principal Agile Program Manager to join our team at Discover Financial Services. In this role, you will play a crucial part in leveraging agile principles to enhance our product development processes, drive efficiencies, and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Optimize work flow across multiple agile teams.
  • Motivate and enable accountability for streamlined product delivery.
  • Utilize data and metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
  • Champion Agile software product development processes.
  • Lead efforts in building community and fostering collaboration.
  • Collaborate with Discover Technology Academy to support product delivery.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field.
  • 6+ years of experience in Agile or related roles.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Strong experience with Jira.
  • Expertise in Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP) frameworks.
  • Proven coaching skills.
  • Ability to create and execute software delivery plans.
  • Skilled in identifying dependencies and risks.
  • Proficiency in continuous improvement practices.
  • Excellent communication and influencing abilities.
  • DevOps mindset with a focus on improvement.
  • Commitment to regulatory compliance.