United States onlyJob Description:
The Associate Vice President (AVP), Enterprise Agile Leadership, owns Penn Mutual’s enterprise agile operating modelend-to-end—spanning portfolio governance, delivery execution, risk and compliance integration, and performance analytics. This role ensures strategic priorities are translated into predictable, measurable, andauditreadydeliveryoutcomes across all portfolios.
Working closely withexecutive leadership, product management, technology, andcross functionalteams,the AVP provides strategic direction, coaching, and leadership to drive the adoption, scaling, and sustainability of agileprinciples and modern ways of working. This is not acoaching onlyrole; it is a structural leadership role responsible for governing enterprise cadences, institutionalizingDualTrackAgile, embedding compliance and business architecture standards into delivery, and publishing performance insights that keep senior leadership aligned and teams accountable.
Key Responsibilities
Own and evolve the enterprise agile operating model, ensuring predictable,highqualitydelivery aligned to strategic business and product priorities.
Lead the Enterprise Agile Center of Excellence, providing strategic direction to agile coaches, delivery leaders, and transformation teams.
Drive adoption and scaling of agile andDualTrackAgile practices across business and technology teams.
Improve enterprise delivery predictability, accelerate timetomarket, and ensure alignment between product strategy, technology execution, and business outcomes.
Establish andmaintainenterprise delivery standards, guardrails, templates, and architectural decision practices (e.g., ADRs, design reviews).
Govern portfolio intake, prioritization, and capacity planning;maintaintheThree HorizonsRoadmap for executive visibility.
Facilitate the Quarterly Portfolio Review (QPR) and ongoing executive cadences to align OKRs, funding, capacity, andcross portfoliodependencies.
ChairScrum ofScrums, managecross teamdependencies, and drivetimelyblocker resolution.
Identifyand remove systemic impediments to agility, improving flow, collaboration, and organizational effectiveness.
Maintainauditreadydeliveryevidence and embed compliance, risk, and regulatory requirements into agile delivery processes.
Publish delivery insights, prerelease andpost releaseupdates, and biweekly performance summaries for senior stakeholders.
Build andmaintainenterprise dashboards surfacing DORA metrics, adoption indicators, and product NPS; translate insights intoexecutive levelnarratives.
Assessdeliverymaturity, run team evaluations, and drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, learning forums, andcapability buildingprograms.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degreerequired;Master’sdegree preferred in business, technology, or related field.
12+ years of experience in enterprise agile transformation or delivery leadership, including 5+ years at the director or VP level.
Proven success designing and operating enterprise delivery operating models, including OKR governance, QPR cadences, portfolio intake, capacity planning, and financial governance.
Deep knowledge of agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban,SAFe,DualTrackAgile) with experience scaling agile in complex, matrixed organizations of 500+ people.
Handson experience with DORA metrics, NPS, and delivery dashboards, with the ability to translate data into executive insights.
Experience embedding compliance into agile delivery, including privacy, model risk, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), financial controls, andpolicyascode.
Insurance, financial services, or similarly regulated industry experience strongly preferred; familiarity with state insurance regulation and AI/model risk guidance is a differentiator.
Exceptional leadership, communication, and executive stakeholder influence skills, with a proventrack recorddriving cultural change in matrixed environments.
SAFeProgram Consultant (SPC), ICPENT, PMIACP, or equivalent enterprise agile certificationrequired.
Base Salary Range - $190,000-$225,000
For over 175 years, Penn Mutual has empowered individuals, families and businesses on the journey to achieve their financial goals. Through our partnership with Financial Professionals across the U.S., we help instill the confidence and reliability that comes from a stronger financial future. Penn Mutual and its affiliates offer a comprehensive suite of competitive products and services to meet the unique needs of Financial Professionals and their clients, including life insurance, annuities, wealth management and institutional asset management. To learn more, including current financial strength ratings, visitwww.pennmutual.com.
Penn Mutual is committed toEqual Employment Opportunity(EEO). We provide employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified applicants and associates, according to applicable laws. This is reflected in our practices for hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment, compensation, selection or training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. All employment-related decisions and practices are free from unlawful discrimination. This includes: race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship age, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, domestic partnership or civil union status, marital status, genetic information, disability, religious observance or practice, liability, veteran status or any other classification protected under applicable law.
