Agile Coach

Job Title: Agile Coach

Job Location: Mississauga ON / Jersey City NJ (Hybrid)

Job Duration: Full Time

Must have active agile coach certfication

Responsibilities:

• Effect changes by acting as a guide for agile teams and programs during GFTs multi-year agile transformation Partner with stakeholders existing Agile Coaches and functional leaders define and execute upon strategies for adopting agile ways of working
• Perform hands-on coaching activities for your teams and programs including but not limited to:
• Advise leaders on how to organize mobilize and launch agile teams.
• Influence process execution by guiding product owners and mentoring team members Drive continuous process improvement strategies enabling efficient effective sustainable and measurable delivery
• Understanding of Citis risk goal to coach teams to reduce through test automation minimizing technical debt and increasing quality
• Report on patterns and anti-patterns in intra-team agile dynamics:
• Identify patterns for reinforcement and opportunities for team growth.
• Establish feedback loops enabling trust psychological safety transparency and customer feedback
• Design and lead workshops on the pragmatics of Lean-Agile values principles and practices
• Collaborate with our client organizations to adopt sustainable Lean-Agile capabilities and processes
• Coach and mentor more junior colleagues in agile values and principles.

Qualifications :

• 10 years working in an agile culture with deep understanding of Scrum Kanban and Lean Agile frameworks
• 7 years working in an agile environment as a coach
• 7 years working in an agile environment as a Product Owner or Scrum Master Demonstrated experience coaching at least 2 agile teams concurrently through a multiyear agile transformation
• Experience with large-scale enterprise agile transformation with demonstrated experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or other scaling frameworks and deep understanding of agile values and principles
• Demonstrated experience facilitating collaborative sessions managing customer expectations and ensuring work is aligned with the enterprise goals and objectives.
• Demonstrated experience in coaching to common practices to reduce risk with a deep understanding of compliance requirements for a bank
• Understanding of the technical enablers of agile delivery and how they operate within an agile organization (e.g. CICD DevSecOps)
• Expertise with agile tool suites including Atlassian Agility Health Radar MS Teams or similar agile management tooling
• Experience with agile testing and technical engineering techniques (TDD BDD) and DevSecOps tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• A passion for learning new technologies and a desire for personal growth through self-study formal classes or on-the-job training
• Active leadership in the agile community

Education:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
• Scrum Master and Product Owner certification
• Agile Coach certifications