Agile Delivery Lead

Job Description

West Creek 2 (12072), United States of America, Richmond, Virginia

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.
Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.

Agile Delivery Lead

In the Agile Delivery Lead role, you’ll serve as the servant leader by ensuring clear communication and helping the team reach its goal. The ADL will drive the appropriate Agile methodology focused on predictable, quality delivery and driving continuous improvement of the team. The ADL will facilitate 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:

• Integrates Agile & Lean principles into practices and work products
• Ensures Portfolios maintain focus on quality and continuous delivery
• Acts as an Agile mentor/coach to other Agile Delivery Leads or any Agile role
• Proactively identifies impediments and appropriately resolves using network of peers and formal channels (including escalation if required)
• 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 community
• Facilitates teamwork and continuous improvement of the Portfolio Process
• Introduces new and advanced practices to improve the Portfolio Office delivery
• Demonstrates ability to balance data with other factors when making decisions
• Understands domain architecture and upstream/downstream dependencies
• Stay current on domain architecture targets to support the team in risk management
• Utilizes feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc) to identify areas of opportunity and works with team to continuously improve
• Coaches the team to improve collaboration and self-organization
• Manages multiple work efforts simultaneously
• Provides visibility into delivery targets, commitments and progress

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 2 years of Agile experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Agile experience
• 1+ year of experience as a Scrum Master for software development teams
• 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 frameworks)

At 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.

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