Agile CoachConsultant

Position: Agile Coach/Business Consultant

Location: Hybrid/Ottawa

Job ID#: RFX003360

Duration: 1 Years

Security Clearance Required: Enhanced Reliability

Language Requirements: English French is desirable

On behalf of our client a large Federal Government Department we have an immediate need for an Agile coach to help both business and IT stakeholders learn adopt and persist agile practices. The consultant will complete at a minimum the following services and provide the associated deliverables described below:

Deliverables

Develop and maintain a Leadership Coaching Program for Product Team and Pods to build grow and sustain a thriving Agile environment.

Develop and assess content and techniques to teach mentor and improve Agile practices across the organization.

Facilitate a continuous learning environment helping teams to inspect & adapt

Identify and suggest ways to strengthen the teams understanding of Agile.

Provide integrated coaching and guidance to the Product Team and Pods leadership to cultivate highperforming agile teams

Support Product Team and Pods to focus on delivering Business Value across the organization and internalize continuous improvement habits.

Technical Skills/Requirements

Must have a minimum College Diploma/Certificate with a concentration in Business Administration or Information Technology or a combination of education and related experience

10 years practicing Agile including Scrum and/or Kanban

5 as a coach/transformation advisor at an enterprise level including coaching senior leaders

Must have an Advanced Agile Certification:

o Agile Coaching certification for example : Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC) ICAgile ICPACC ICAgile ICEAC ICAgile ICPATF

o Agile methodologies certifications for example : PSM KMP DASM and DASSM PMIACP

Experience with Azure DevOps is an asset

Must have a functional understanding of government or financial industries

English Essential: Bilingual in French and English is an asset

Functional Requirements

Expert level knowledge of Agile practices:

o Experience creating strategies for the application of agile practices while fostering collaboration between different teams and departments.

o Experience providing the tools situational guidelines and sharing an understanding of the various agile approaches available to achieve better results.

Experience acting as an advisor and coach of teams and leaders:

o Experience advising on the organizational change required to support agile adoption and transformation including systems processes and management practices. He/She has advised leaders (directors and managers) on the changing role and expectations of leaders in an agile context and guides them on the expected mindset and behaviors

Strong oral and written communication skills and a demonstrated ability to solicit and write business requirements

Experience providing training to various technical and non technical audiences:

o Experience providing training with the objective of building the capacity of teams individual contributors and the organization to maintain and develop agile practices.

o Experience providing training as needed throughout the project lifecycle to ensure adoption of agile ways of working and frameworks

Design and implementation of Agile systems at scale:

o Expertise in culture transformation role definition and changes in