Lease Sprint Manager

Stellantis Financial Services (SFS) is the new captive finance company for one of the world's leading automakers and a mobility provider with iconic brands including Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall, Free2move and Leasys. Our exciting growth provides opportunities to advance your career as we successfully lead products and services from a small to mid-size company in just a few years. Join our world class team and culture and contribute to our core mission which is enhancing our customer's experience.

About the role

The Lease Sprint Manager assigns projects and initiatives for the Lease indirect auto finance originations project team. The Manager partners with business stakeholders and the sprint team to deliver production support modifications, new features, and new or revised processes within the Lease originations system. This is a hybrid position. Must have reliable transportation and live within a commutable distance to one of the following cities: Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Auburn Hills, MI; Houston, TX; Phoenix, AZ.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and develop performance reviews and goal setting for the Sprint Team staff
• Participate in research efforts for potential new products and vendors to represent and analyze feasibility within our framework
• Collaborate with Project Manager to manage vendor relationships to help define vendor requirements, test plans and implementation plans relating to the Lease originations system
• Manage multiple initiatives that are at different stages in the development lifecycle at a single time
• Responsible for the product backlog, organizing sprints, and are expected to answer questions from developers as needed
• Take project management initiatives and draft stories into tasks that the development team can execute on
• Manage daily triage processes for any operational tickets that are filtered into the team and work with the project management leaders to make tradeoff decisions
• Analyze past enhancements and create testing plans to optimize experiences
• Identify opportunities for testing and product enhancements based on results
• Perform other ad hoc duties as assigned
• Lead and oversee day-to-day activities and work schedules of the Project Management team, providing work-related guidance in accordance with company policies and procedures
• Authority to hire, fire, promote, demote, discipline, reassign, or alter benefits of employees (decisions made in consultation with senior management and HR)

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years relevant auto finance experience or other lending experience
• High school diploma and/or GED required
• Extensive experience in design, development, implementation of product plans, and full product lifecycle methodologies
• Strong knowledge of product specialty, principles, concepts, and practices in the job area
• Demonstrated experience in creating, prioritizing, and recommending epics and features; conducting competitive research and analysis
• Ability to write reports, correspondence, test plans, and business requirements
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers
• Advanced skills in MS Office, familiarity with configurable origination systems
• Strong ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Travel 10% - 25% as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, engineering, communications, or a related field
• Originations experience and operating within a sprint environment or equivalent combination of education and work-related experience
• Agile or SAFe Agile experience
• Jira and Confluence skills

Physical Demands

• Sitting for long periods of time, standing, walking
• Close vision for computer work, speaking, hearing
• Lift and/or move up to 10 lbs

An applicant must be authorized to work in the United States to be eligible for this position. Stellantis Financial Services, Inc. will not sponsor applicants for work visas of any type for this position.