Agile Coach
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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- This is a 12 month contract located in Toronto, ON/ Hybrid (3 days in office and two days remote ( Office days: Monday, Tues and Thu)
- Posting language
- English
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Original job description
TekStaff's Client has a current vacancy for Agile Coach
This is a 12 month contract located in Toronto, ON/ Hybrid (3 days in office and two days remote ( Office days: Monday, Tues and Thu)
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
- 7 years of Agile Coaching, Scrum Master, Delivery Lead, or related experience.
- 6-7 years of Proven experience coaching agile teams while providing hands-on support for planning, prioritization, dependency management, and delivery execution.
- Demonstrated ability to identify risks, remove bottlenecks, and improve team effectiveness.
- Experience developing and managing delivery roadmaps, defining MVPs, and coordinating cross-functional dependencies to ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives.
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills across business and technology teams.
Nice-To-Have Skills:
- Experience delivering complex transformation, digital, or customer journey initiatives.
- Product delivery and product management experience is an asset.
- Banking or financial services experience is considered an asset.
- Experience working with Agile delivery frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or other enterprise Agile methodologies
Experience with Agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Workfront or similar platforms.
TekStaff may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of the applicant screening process. However, applications will also be reviewed by a member of our Recruitment team to ensure a fair and thorough assessment.
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Responsibilities
Coach Agile teams and provide hands-on support for planning, prioritization, dependency management, and delivery execution. Identify risks and bottlenecks, improve team effectiveness, and coordinate roadmaps, MVPs, and cross-functional dependencies to deliver strategic initiatives.
Requirements
Candidates need 7 years of experience in Agile coaching, Scrum Master, Delivery Lead, or a related role, including 6–7 years coaching Agile teams. They should have strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills, with experience in delivery planning, roadmaps, MVPs, risk management, and cross-functional coordination; experience in transformation, product delivery, banking, Agile frameworks, and delivery tools is an asset.
Skills
- Agile Coaching
- Scrum Mastery
- Delivery Leadership
- Agile Team Coaching
- Planning
- Prioritization
- Dependency Management
- Delivery Execution
- Risk Identification
- Bottleneck Removal
- Team Effectiveness
- Delivery Roadmaps
- MVP Definition
- Cross-Functional Coordination
- Facilitation
- Stakeholder Management
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Technology
- Consulting
Keywords
- Agile Coaching
- Scrum Master
- Delivery Lead
- Agile Teams
- Planning
- Prioritization
- Dependency Management
- Delivery Execution
- Risk Management
- Bottleneck Removal
- Team Effectiveness
- Delivery Roadmaps
- MVP
- Cross-Functional Dependencies
- Stakeholder Management
- Facilitation
- Transformation
- Digital Initiatives
- Customer Journeys
- Product Delivery
- Product Management
- Banking
- Financial Services
- Scrum
- Kanban
- SAFe
- Jira
- Confluence
- Azure DevOps
- Workfront