Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
The Richmond Fed is the proud home of the Federal Reserve’s National IT organization—a nationwide team delivering technology solutions and support across the Federal Reserve System. Many National IT employees are located in Richmond, while others are based across the U.S. at other Federal locations.
When you join our team, you’ll become part of a culture that welcomes differences, cares about our communities, and empowers each other to lead from where we are to make things better.
Bring your passion and we’ll provide challenging and purposeful careers in a variety of fields, opportunities to grow and a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health and wealth. It’s all part of what makes #MyRichmondFed a great place to work!
About the Opportunity
National IT has an immediate opening for an Experienced Advisor, at the Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt level, to report to the Continuous Process Improvement Manager, of Cross Product Enablement.
The Experienced Advisor will work with the Continuous Process Improvement team to improve how National IT performs at all levels of the organization-- from strategy definition to service delivery, from operational effectiveness to process efficiency, from demonstration of budgetary performance and value generation to client satisfaction. The primary responsibility will be to lead continuous improvement initiatives and drive results while coaching, directing, and overseeing other enabling projects within National IT.
What You Will Do:
When you join Federal Reserve’s National IT organization, not only will you find a challenging and purposeful career, you’ll also have access to a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health and wealth, including:
Full time
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
Yes
Job Category
Information Technology
Work Shift
First (United States of America)
The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
The Richmond Fed is the proud home of the Federal Reserve’s National IT organization—a nationwide team delivering technology solutions and support across the Federal Reserve System. Many National IT employees are located in Richmond, while others are based across the U.S. at other Federal locations.
When you join our team, you’ll become part of a culture that welcomes differences, cares about our communities, and empowers each other to lead from where we are to make things better.
Bring your passion and we’ll provide challenging and purposeful careers in a variety of fields, opportunities to grow and a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health and wealth. It’s all part of what makes #MyRichmondFed a great place to work!
About the Opportunity
National IT has an immediate opening for an Experienced Advisor, at the Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt level, to report to the Continuous Process Improvement Manager, of Cross Product Enablement.
The Experienced Advisor will work with the Continuous Process Improvement team to improve how National IT performs at all levels of the organization-- from strategy definition to service delivery, from operational effectiveness to process efficiency, from demonstration of budgetary performance and value generation to client satisfaction. The primary responsibility will be to lead continuous improvement initiatives and drive results while coaching, directing, and overseeing other enabling projects within National IT.
What You Will Do:
- Drive the deployment of continuous improvement across assigned value streams with the end goal of increased business capabilities, customer satisfaction, faster time to market, and higher quality.
- Design, develop, and implement improved process flows based on Lean Six Sigma analytical techniques.
- Plan, organize, and lead Kaizen sessions for rapid improvement.
- Work with varying levels of product owners, scrum masters, process champions, functional leaders, practitioners, subject matter experts and stakeholders within National IT and across the business technology landscape of the Federal Reserve System to guide process improvement initiatives within National IT.
- Leverage expertise to train, coach, and mentor National IT Green Belts while simultaneously contributing to the greater body of shared knowledge including best practices, innovative solutions, and efficient strategies.
- Consult and coach all levels of the organization.
- Support communication and training efforts.
- Manage and act on feedback.
- Define and measure success metrics and monitor improvement progress.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related field.
- Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt with documented projects and/or work experience demonstrating utilization of Lean Six Sigma toolsets within an Information Technology, Financial Services, or Governmental/Military environment.
- Experience leading or participating in Agile teams working in a SAFe Lean Enterprise preferred.
- Knowledge of Product Management preferred.
- Knowledge of Cloud and DevOps preferred.
- Knowledge of Organizational Change Management/Prosci Practitioner certification preferred.
- Ability to provide training and facilitate application of the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) philosophies and principles including the DMAIC and DMADV techniques.
- Ability to provide guidance and advice on successful LSS deployment strategies preferred.
- Ability to build and promote organizational change management initiatives preferred.
- Ability to implement new approaches and techniques for process improvement at a level sufficient to facilitate such projects to a measurable, successful conclusion and replicate results.
- Ability to coordinate and oversee the work of others to achieve organizational objectives, including planning and organizing the work, monitoring performance, and providing technical guidance leveraging matrixed teams.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective team and individual work relationships with a wide range of National IT employees and functional groups.
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing in order to present and prepare information related to projects to all levels of the organization.
- Knowledge with using advanced capabilities and techniques in standard Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and/or Visio), plus experience in using Minitab and/or similar analytical tools.
- Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively across all levels of the organization.
When you join Federal Reserve’s National IT organization, not only will you find a challenging and purposeful career, you’ll also have access to a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health and wealth, including:
- Great medical benefits
- Pension and 401(k) with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee resource networks
- Paid volunteer leave
- Flexible work options
- Onsite amenities that make working here fun
- A requirement of this position is that the employee must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19; individuals who are unable to be vaccinated due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief may request an accommodation from the Bank.
- Candidates should review the Bank’s Employee Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions. The Code is available on the About Us, Careers webpage at www.richmondfed.org.
- Sponsorship is not available for this role.
- Selected candidate is subject to special background check procedures. Additional background requirements?
- The hiring range of the Process Improvement Advisor is $87,000 – $108,700 annually.
- Salary offered will be based on the job responsibilities and the individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience as defined in the job qualifications/experience.
- The deadline for applying online is 5:00 PM on September 24, 2021.
Full time
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
Yes
Job Category
Information Technology
Work Shift
First (United States of America)
The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.
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