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Employment Type: Temporary/Contract (Full-Time)
Duration: 12 Months
POSITION SUMMARY:
At Cogeco, every day our teams are taking action to bring people together through powerful communications and entertainment experiences. Our ability to deliver on this promise in the communities we serve through Canada and the US is possible due to the endless commitment of our colleagues in Canada and the US.
As an Agile Coach, you will play a crucial role in fostering an Agile culture across multiple Squads, championing Agile methodologies while emphasizing Lean principles.
From you, we are looking for a dedicated leader and mentor who can foster an Agile mindset, coach squads to achieve high performance, and support them through every stage of their Agile journey.
In this role, you will work with cross-functional Squads, Product Owners, and senior leadership to improve collaboration, enhance delivery processes, and enable the organization to be more responsive to change, ensuring we deliver exceptional value to our customers.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Hands-on Coach to influence change to increase the flow of valuable outcomes through Squads;
Partner with Product Owners and Crew leadership to enable the adoption of Agile practices, methods and mindset and assist in continuously improving ways of working to deliver value;
Guide Squads in applying Lean principles to identify and eliminate waste, enhance value delivery, and improve overall efficiency.
Coach Squads, leaders, and stakeholders on Agile values, principles, and practices with an emphasis on requirements quality;
Influence leadership at all levels and other stakeholders to drive the culture change required to embed agility;
Establish and track key Agile metrics to measure and drive continuous improvement.
Provide actionable insights and recommendations based on data to enhance Squads performance and delivery.
Implement and optimize systems across Squads to improve workflow transparency, limit work-in-progress (WIP), and increase reliability.
WHAT YOU BRING:
Empathy and trust to help foster coaching relationships;
Curiosity without judgment or bias;
Growth mindset and role modeling this for others;
Comfort working in complexity and uncertainty (The gray zone);
Ability to manage resistance to change and influence stakeholders toward an Agile mindset.
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in an Agile environment, including a strict minimum of 3+ years dedicated specifically to an Agile Coach role in complex, cross-functional environments.
Demonstrated mastery of flow metrics, with a proven track record of leveraging this data to drive actionable improvements in Squad performance and delivery.
Proven track record of successfully implementing process improvements at scale via value stream mapping;
Experience coaching and mentoring cross-functional Squads and working closely with Product Owners and leadership to facilitate the Agile transformation;
WORK EXPERIENCE & TRAINING:
Certified Agile Coach (ICP-ACC) , Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC), or equivalent;
Kanban or Lean certification, or equivalent;
Proven experience in organizational change management, or a recognized change management certification (such as PROSCI);
Demonstrable experience leading large-scale Agile adoptions across diverse teams (preferably in telecommunications, media, or tech);
Experience in industries outside of software development, demonstrating versatility in applying Agile principles.
While we do not subscribe to a specific scaling framework, direct work experience scaling Agile across an enterprise is preferred;
Advanced data analysis or proficiency in utilizing Agile metric dashboards;
Knowledge or experience with Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence is highly preferred.
Location: Hybrid- Montreal, QC or Burlington, ON
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