Senior Agile Coach
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Pay Rate: $110.78/hr - $128.05/hr · Contract
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- Pay Rate: $110.78/hr - $128.05/hr
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Original job description
- Location: Toronto - ON - Hybrid (Minimum 2 days per week onsite, but candidates should be prepared to work onsite three to four days per week depending on the squads they support)
- Pay Rate: $110.78/hr - $128.05/hr
- Contract Length: 6 months with possibility for extension
Responsibilities
- The Senior Agile Coach will coach an assigned crew and its associated squads, potentially supporting approximately 5 to 12 squads. This individual will work across leadership and team levels and must be comfortable adopting different coaching stances, including coaching, mentoring, teaching, and facilitation.
- The successful candidate will assess competing needs across teams, determine where coaching support will have the greatest impact, solicit feedback from leaders and Product Owners, and work closely with the Agile Coach Chapter Lead responsible for the domain.
- The Agile Coach will provide hands-on support to teams and leaders, including training Product Owners, teaching teams how to write effective user stories, improving Agile ceremonies, helping teams establish meaningful measures, and facilitating continuous improvement. The coach must be able to work across Scrum, Kanban, and other Agile approaches based on the needs of the team.
- 10+ years of relevant experience, including substantial hands-on Agile coaching experience.
- Practical experience coaching, mentoring, teaching, and facilitating, rather than providing only theoretical or high-level guidance.
- Experience applying multiple Agile frameworks and methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban
- Strong experience developing Agile capabilities, including Product Owner coaching, user-story development, ceremonies, team measurement, and continuous improvement.
- Strong facilitation, relationship-building, communication, conflict-management, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience facilitating Product Increment Planning or Big Room Planning.
- Experience supporting design-thinking activities and discovery sprints.
- Previous experience in banking, financial services, or another large regulated enterprise.
- Experience supporting business-oriented teams, including marketing or other non-technology functions.
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Responsibilities
Coach an assigned crew and approximately 5 to 12 associated squads, adapting coaching, mentoring, teaching, and facilitation approaches to team and leadership needs. Provide hands-on support with Product Owner development, user stories, Agile ceremonies, meaningful team measures, and continuous improvement while prioritizing coaching where it can have the greatest impact.
Requirements
Requires 10 or more years of relevant experience, including substantial practical Agile coaching across Scrum, Kanban, and other methodologies. Candidates should have strong capabilities in Product Owner coaching, user-story development, ceremonies, measurement, continuous improvement, facilitation, communication, relationship building, conflict management, and problem solving.
Skills
- Agile Coaching
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Product Owner Coaching
- User-Story Development
- Agile Ceremonies
- Team Measurement
- Continuous Improvement
- Facilitation
- Mentoring
- Teaching
- Conflict Management
- Relationship Building
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Product Increment Planning
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Consulting
- Technology
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Agile Coaching
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Product Owner
- User Stories
- Agile Ceremonies
- Team Measurement
- Continuous Improvement
- Facilitation
- Mentoring
- Teaching
- Product Increment Planning
- Big Room Planning
- Design Thinking
- Discovery Sprints
- Banking
- Financial Services
- Regulated Enterprise
- Business-Oriented Teams
- Marketing