Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is seeking a Lean- Agile Center of Excellence Manager with Federal

Reserve Financial Services (FRFS). The Lean Agile Center of Excellence Manager will function as a key leader within the Transformation arm of the Technical Portfolio Management office within FRFS Technology. This role will ensure the success of FRFS' end to end Business & Technology Agility journey. The incumbent is responsible for developing the roadmap, strategy, and implementation plan to ensure that FRFS is consistently applying the use of Agile Frameworks and Methods, building inertia for using of Agile across the organization, and continuing to develop and improve Agile capabilities through helping set strategic direction and providing thought leadership to scaling Agile. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring effective oversight of the Scaled Agile Framework and working to mature the enterprise's adoption of agile principles. The role will support progress on product delivery by facilitating communication and dependencies across the organization and with external partners; grow our team of agilists, and shape the overarching strategy that keeps the organization constantly moving towards realization of enterprise agility.

When you join the Federal Reserve – The nation’s central bank – you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We dedicate more than $1 billion to technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future. Bring your passion and expertise, and we’ll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth – along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life.
Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments services to financial institutions via FedLine® Solutions, Fedwire®, National Settlement Service (NSS), FedCash®, FedACH®, and Check Services. We are currently leading a strategic effort to transform FRFS to a national, enterprise-focused organization. Over time, FRFS will offer an increasingly integrated set of Federal Reserve payment services, incorporating the FedNowSM Service upon its market entry in 2023. Through our evolved structure, we will meet the needs of the marketplace for new products and services more quickly, we will seek to provide a more robust and unified customer experience across our financial service offerings, and we will create new career growth opportunities for FRFS staff.

• You have people leadership for a team of agile enthusiasts to develop agile ways of working solutions, implement operational processes and monitoring community adoption and effectiveness.
• You are responsible for higher-level strategic agile transformation planning and consulting to establish disciplined, effective agile ways of working.
• As an influential leader, you are seen as an expert in scaled agile execution that requires confident and simplistic communication of all modes.
• Lead and/or facilitate SAFe trainings, workshops, OKR sessions, group coaching and 1:1 coaching both virtually and in-person. Primarily focused at the mid-senior level management with occasional focus on solution teams and critical agile roles of ARTs.
• Meet our colleagues where they are for sustaining portfolio-wide adoption of Lean-Agile principles, practices and scaled patterns, with a particular focus on Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Bring thought leadership and lessons learned back to the community of coaches to upskill and build internal coaching capability across FRFS. Acting as coach of coaches and exemplar within the broader coaching network.
• Commitment to learn and share. Keeping track of new industry trends while finding connections and case studies of those we can learn from.
• Manage the Lean Agile Center of Excellence within the PMO including hiring, training, and professional development.
• Facilitate communication across FRFS Technology and with Technical PMO Officers to highlight interdependencies (e.g., integration with mail centers, working with NIT on infrastructure dependencies) and proactively mitigate risk.
• Reporting to the Vice President within the FRFS Technology Transformation, Portfolio Management Office, you will join a broader management team that is committed to supporting the execution of business outcomes focused on customer value, advocating for Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) best practices, fostering a change-friendly culture, promoting innovation, and leading with an inclusive mindset.
• Recognizes when cultural shifts are necessary to achieve higher standards of performance and makes recommendations accordingly.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Typically requires at least six to eight years of related professional work experience, which includes either relevant Bank leadership experience, or equivalent relevant leadership experience in another.
• Demonstrates leadership skills as outlines by the Bank’s leadership competencies.
• Accomplished problem solving and analytical skills.
• Accomplished project management skills, to include organization, planning, and execution.
• Demonstrated ability to influence change at the organization level to form productive relationships quickly.
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial skills and capability for problem solving, decision making, sound judgment, assertiveness.
• SAFe SPC Certification
• 5+ years experience as a Release Train Engineer, Agile Program Manager or Product Manager.
• 5+ years experience coaching at most levels of an organization, team through mid-senior leadership.
• You are able to navigate ambiguity and can work effectively in a changing and quickly evolving environment.
• Excellent presentation, story-telling, influencing, and relationship management skills.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team building skills.
• Broad knowledge of department, Bank, and/or System operations, regulations, and policies. Strong strategic vision and focus.
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate in an articulate manner to a wide range of audiences.
• Effective customer service and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team environment; motivate and work through others to accomplish tasks; and deal honestly and directly with others.
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and have the confidence to challenge the status quo and embrace and champion change.
• High-level of skill and experience required in process definition, often in ambiguous situations. Strong project management, agile transformation, communications, and executive presentation skills.
• Demonstrates a high level of confidence and resilience, executive presence, and the ability to operate across many functions in the organization.
• Highly effective at managing both up and down in a matrixed organization and translating complex programs to executive management as well as team members.
• Demonstrates an understanding of customer-centric design practices and methodologies with an ability to translate the needs of the customer into technical direction.
• Incumbent must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless the Bank grants an accommodation based on a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief.
• This position has additional screening requirements due to the information accessed while performing the job. These additional screenings would be initiated at the time of offer acceptance and can take up to a couple of months to be completed. You can begin work before the screening is completed; however, continued employment is contingent on acceptable screening results. The areas screened may include education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, and reference checks.

• Market-leading Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401k/Thrift Plan
• Pension Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Vacation & Personal Time
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Onsite Fitness Center
• Onsite Cafeteria
• Free Parking
• Additional Convenience Benefits, Discounts and More…
• subject to change based on district

Full time Regular Yes Supervisory/Management First (United States of America)