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One of the most exciting parts about working in fintech at Vanguard is the opportunity to work in a dynamic, agile environment with a team of driven, passionate individuals. Leveraging our agile development methodology, we believe can deliver value to millions of our clients quickly and effectively, providing a world-class experience that effects the lives of millions. To that end, we are looking to grow the Enterprise Data Office (EDO) team by adding a Scrum Lead Chapter Lead to help us advance on our agile journey.
This role will lead the scrum master chapter in the Analytics product family within the Enterprise Data Office. The EDO works to align data management and analytics efforts across the enterprise to better support Vanguard's aspiration to be a more data-driven organization and compete effectively with rapidly maturing data and analytics (D&A) capabilities across our industry.
If you have a strong passion for helping product teams become more agile, lean, data-driven and customer-centric then consider joining us in the EDO where you can have an impact by helping to lead how our product teams work and how they deliver value!
What were looking for
- An innovator with a growth mindset who is willing to explore new ways that a scrum master can drive product team success.
- A leader with a relentless focus on the customer who can help promote design thinking and data driven decision making to deliver high business value faster.
- A change agent who will challenge our product teams to work and think in new ways.
- A technologist who understands what goes into delivering analytics products to cross-divisional customers.
- A team leader who will advance the scrum master discipline across the organization
- A mediator who coaches a passionate team and helps resolve conflicts successfully.
In this role, you will
- Hire, evaluate, and supervise crew. Provide guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Set performance standards, review performance, and make informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
- Lead, build, and coach high performing teams in the delivery of technology-related products or projects, ensuring team actions are aligned with project and business goals. Instruct and coach other professionals.
- Lead planning, team learning, and adaptation of processes to ensure the quality of team solutions.
- Enable a continuous learning environment, identify ways to strengthen the teams understanding of Agile/Scrum concepts and principles as they relate to technical capabilities.
- Build and apply methodology that supports the integration of changing customer inputs and business conditions into technology-related product development.
- Recommend to the product owner and management in the definition and prioritization of technology-related outcomes. Identify trade-offs between short and long term benefits to drive shared vision between the team and product owner.
- Ensure the application of agile frameworks to the development process to increase effectiveness of technology-related product development or architecture.
- Remove roadblocks to technology-related product development or architecture. Apply learnings to other development projects.
What it takes
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required. Computer Science or Engineering experience preferred. Graduate degree preferred.
- Minimum of five years related work experience. Two years of leading large cross-functional teams on major organizational technology projects preferred. Financial Services and technical experience preferred.
- Scrum/Agile Certification strongly preferred.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
About Vanguard
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Inclusion Statement
Vanguard's continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement Do the right thing.
We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard's core purpose through our values.
When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguards core purpose.
Our core purpose To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.
How We Work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.