Manager Agile Program Management (Payments)

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do

As a Manager, Agile Program Management you will leverage your understanding of agile values & principles, modern product delivery, industry proven agile and SDLC practices to lead delivery of cross-functional initiatives, shape how we deliver business value and focus on continuous improvement of our agile product delivery practices. You leverage your Lean/Agile delivery management skillset to continuously evolve product delivery practices to eliminate waste, remove systemic impediments, improve productivity & quality. As a player/coach you will lead and mentor a team of agile practice management roles and foster their development. Develops and coaches teams to be able to identify, manage, and escalate risk, and effectively manages risk within the teams you oversee.

How You’ll Do It

• Lead a high performing team of Agile Program Managers/Scrum Masters who are accountable for well managed product delivery and efficiently lead product delivery within and across product teams within a product family/area. Player/coach, responsible for professional development of direct reports.
• Leads delivery of initiatives across multiple product teams and product families. Ensures effective coordination and collaboration of product teams to maximize the flow of delivery across teams and product families.
• Be the champion of Agile delivery practices and provide thought leadership to Discover.
• Partner with Product and Technical leadership to ensure clear alignment of work against objectives and key results.
• Evolve product delivery practices to eliminate waste, remove systemic impediments, and improve time to market while increasing quality.
• Leverages metrics to derive insights, continuously identify and drive improvement opportunities to fruition.
• Foster adoption of the CraftWorx/single Agile Way of Working standards and contribute to the Discover body of knowledge on our patterns and practices.

Qualifications You’ll Need

The Basics

• Bachelors Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration & Management or related
• 6+ years of experience in Agile delivery lead role (i.e. Scrum Master,  Release Train Engineer, Agile Project Manager, Agile Program Manager, Product Owner), project management or related 
• 6+ years of experience in Systems delivery experience with Software Development Lifecycle on multiple projects

Physical & Cognitive Requirements

• Primarily remain in a stationary position.
• No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.
• Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.
• Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.
• Travel up to 10% of the time.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Masters Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration & Management, or related
• 2+ years of People Management experience
• 4+ years of experience as an Agile Delivery Lead role, Project Management, or related

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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Application Deadline:

Compensation:

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

• Paid Parental Leave

• Paid Time Off

• 401(k) Plan

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

• STD, Life, LTD and AD&D

• Recognition Program

• Education Assistance

• Commuter Benefits

• Family Support Programs

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights & Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email HireAccommodation@discover.com. Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.