Agile Coach Jobs

Are you looking for a stimulating and dynamic job in the surrounding area of Toronto? Would you like to be part of a team that believes in your potential and part of a great company that will help you advance in your career? This is the job for you! We are currently looking for an Agile Coach for one of our clients in the insurance industry.

What is in it for you:

• Hourly salary of $89-$104 (based on experience).
• Join a passionate and inclusive team of professionals.
• Full-time (37.50 hours per week).
• A focus on work-life balance to ensure your well-being and productivity - This position offers a remote work arrangement, with a requirement of 2 days in the office per month.
• 05-month contract with strong potential for permanent employment.

Responsibilities:

• Provides coaching on how to prioritize and manage items in the backlog and maintain a backlog 3 to 4 sprints ahead of the team.
• Coordinate with other teams, facilitate preparation for Product Increment Planning, and support the Agile Release Train estimates for larger features and capabilities.
• Promotes the Agile culture and mindset throughout the organization. This includes leading teams and influencing leaders and partners as they learn and adopt Agile practices by supporting them through coaching, mentoring, facilitating, and teaching.
• Works with other Coaches, with a specific focus on Agile, as they empower the team to become self-organizing, self-managing and highly functional.
• Provides 1:1 coaching and mentoring to all Agile Coaches and ensure their roles and responsibilities and delivery expectations are clearly understood on the team and through the Scrum processes and ceremonies.
• Provide the educational support to the organization on Agile principles and Scrum/ Kanban practices or any additional Agile techniques to increase the Company-wide execution, innovation, and overall maturity.
• Act as a champion for all Agile Coaches globally, as it pertains to Digital Enterprise and teams. Help stand up new agile teams and provide coaching and consulting to these teams to support their development and ongoing improvement to become self-organizing, self-managing and highly functional. This includes supporting the development of the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and the team members.
• Plays a leadership role to help remove impediments and facilitate an environment of continuous improvement and adoption of agile/scrum practices.
• Provides educational support to the organization on Agile practices to increase the Company-wide execution, innovation, and overall maturity.
• Promotes the use of DevOps technical practices and tools.

What you will need to succeed:

• Undergraduate degree, college diploma in a business discipline
• Agile Certification – PMP, PMI-ACP, PSM, CSM, CSO or other Agile certification.
• 5 years of coaching experience in Agile delivery / transformation / training / coaching and is a discipline expert in agile practices (Scrum, SAFe)
• Formal teaching or coaching experience
• Exceptional influencing skills in one-on-one scenarios and within a group. Uses emotional intelligence and humility to understand what motivates people to act.
• Commitment to grow as an Agile Coach through continually improving your own skills and approaches.
• Hands-on experience and previous accountability for delivery outcomes using Agile practices.
• Proven ability to deliver significant improvements in self-managed Agile teams through application of coaching techniques.
• Understanding of the difference between consulting and coaching and knowing when to apply each.
• Must have a mindset of a test and learn attitude, a bias for action, a passion to innovate and a willingness to learn.
• Strong organizational change management orientation.
• Strong collaborator in cross-functional teams on technology, design, business, and operations
• Expert facilitator with mentoring, training, and teaching experience.

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