What You'll Do:

This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining agile and business systems data governance policies, procedures, and standards. The role will collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish governance metrics that support compliance with governance policies and guidelines.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

• Work with a team to develop and execute a comprehensive product strategy aligned with company goals and objectives.

• Support the Product Owner, especially with respect to story refinement and product backlog maintenance.

• Act as a point of contact for stakeholders regarding the product backlog and productdevelopment

• Elicit, interpret, lead requirement workshop discussions with stakeholders and/or product owners; assist in the development of backlog items and acceptance criteria.

• Work with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure that they are reflected in the product backlog.

• Assist and or directly facilitate product demo sessions to key stakeholders and business users.

• Drive or coordinate preparation of presentation materials and reports.

• Drive efforts to guide and coach delivery teams to self-organize and achieve objectives, without assigning or dictating the work

• Contribute to a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised and resolved

• Participate in and lead regular assessments of Agile Maturity and use the results to guide improved performance though product enhancements or reporting.

• Drive internal and external communication, improving transparency, and information radiation

• Proactively identify and mitigate risks using Agile best practices and project data

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Qualifications:

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

• [Required] Good understanding of Agile product management methodologies, product lifecycle and product development processes.

• [Required] Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills

• [Required] Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, including ability to interact effectively with peers, all levels of management, regulators and member firms

• [Required] Ability to work effectively with and lead cross-functional teams

• [Required] Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• [Required] Demonstrated ability to gather, analyze, and evaluate facts, and prepare and present concise oral and written reports

• [Required] Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously

• [Required] Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• [Required] Must be able to work under deadlines and manage multiple tasks

• [Required] Self-directed; Ability to work both independently with minimal direction or oversight in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

• [Required] Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary

• [Required] Understands Agile values and principles and can guide and coach teams, and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices

• [Required] Ability to work under minimal supervision

• [Required] Demonstrated experience and success with organizational process design and implementation

• [Required] Understands backlog tracking, Scrum and Kanban based metrics

• [Preferred] Experience in running demos and retrospectives

• [Required] Demonstrate sound judgment and strong reasoning skills as well as good analytical and problem-solving abilities

• [Required] Ability to review large amounts of data and analyze and spot trends and provide analysis and insights

• [Required] Experience consolidating data from multiple data sources

Technical Skills:

• [Required] Experience with Agile PLM tools like JIRA, Portfolio for JIRA, Rally, VersionOne, etc.

• [Required] Proven ability to work with toolsets including, but not limited to Jira, MS Project, Microsoft Excel, Tableau, and PowerPoint

• [Required] Basic understanding of IT infrastructure and IT systems design

• [Required] Familiarity within a ticketing system such as ServiceNow

Education and/or Experience:

• [Required] bachelor's degree in information technology or 4+ years equivalent work experience

• [Required] Strong understanding of general Business Systems Governance

• [Preferred] Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum principles and practices

• [Preferred] 1+ year of experience with JIRA, Tableau or Alteryx

• [Required] Ability to anticipate issues based on experience to help the team avoid or resolve the issues

• [Preferred] Experience working in the financial services industry

Certificates or Licenses:

• [Preferred] Scrum Master Certified preferred

• [Preferred] ITIL Foundations certification preferred

• [Preferred] PMP certified preferred