Senior Agile Manager

$140,400 - $193,000/Yr

Federal Reserve Bank - Richmond, VA

Part-time,Full-time - Manager

Hybrid - Richmond, VA

Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

About the position

The Senior Agile Manager position at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond involves leading and coaching agile teams within the Cloud Solution. This role is responsible for people management, overseeing chapter outcomes, and ensuring alignment with strategic product goals. The successful candidate will leverage their extensive agile experience to foster a culture of growth and continuous improvement while managing a team of Scrum Masters and Release Train Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Perform people management responsibilities such as hiring, staff development, coaching, employee performance appraisals, compensation decisions, and other personnel actions for on-site and remote management and staff.
• Oversee and be accountable for chapter outcomes and process support throughout its lifecycle.
• Partner with product leaders to support strategic product roadmaps and goals by providing appropriate skills and capacity to deliver high quality products.
• Stay current with industry trends to identify opportunities for enhancement and manage changes to training and processes when needed.
• Support the development of the objectives, vision and goals for the chapter and ensure they are aligned with the System strategy.
• Create a culture of growth, bold empowerment, servant leadership, and relentless improvement.
• Ensure chapter members are on-boarded and have the resources, access approval and tools to work efficiently.
• Organize and manage work that is specific to the Chapter.
• Ensure the chapter is up to date with the best talent and skills to facilitate product delivery.
• Empower the chapter members to relentlessly improve in all areas.
• Ensure chapter members have all the necessary tools to do their jobs well.
• Be a resource for your chapter, either as a specialist or as a generalist/problem solver.
• Maintain a backlog of people development opportunities.
• Leverage existing recognition and reward programs for chapter members.
• Provide leadership to Scrum Masters and Release Train Engineers in the development, coordination and execution of completing critical business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of supervisory experience.
• 10+ years Agile methodology experience in a large enterprise environment.
• Requires knowledge of multiple agile development methodologies and frameworks.
• Working knowledge in Product Management, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Continuous Delivery.
• Experience with Continuous Improvement methodologies, i.e., Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis, Value Stream Mapping.
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills, creativity, attention to detail, and negotiation skills.
• Able to present information within all settings in a credible, confident and influential manner.
• Demonstrable mastery in various competencies of Teaching, Mentoring, Transformation, and Facilitation.

Nice-to-haves

• SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) - preferred.

Benefits

• Great medical benefits
• Pension and 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee resource networks
• Paid volunteer leave
• Flexible work options
• Onsite amenities that make working here fun!