Agile Coach - Contract position in Vancouver (Hybrid):
On behalf of our client in
• *Vancouver,**
• *Ignite Technical Resources** is looking for a
• *Senior Scrum Master **with our client
• * **for a
• *contract opportunity**.
• *Role Description**:
Reporting to the Manager of the Project Management Office, the Agile Coach: coaches, mentors, trains individuals, teams, domains, and the organization towards a high level of agile maturity.
• *Responsibilities**:
- Provide Agile mentoring and training to teams and individuals at our Vancouver location and various company operational sites.
- Support and mentor the planning and delivery of team onboarding, uplifting, and/or accelerator programs.
- Provide mentorship when required for teams to guide an agile approach to daily meetings, planning, teamwork, and managing workflow.
- Add to company's library of agile knowledge through the development of Agile Playbook articles, blogs, case studies, podcasts, or generation of video content.
- Use industry best practices in mentoring, process improvement experience, and agile methodologies to help teams deliver business value.
- Lead or participate in the design of training material aligned to the emergent needs of the organization
- Speak at conferences and professional community meetups.
- Lead the agile maturity journey for an assigned domain/portfolio/Team of teams pathing out and documenting their plan with them to reach their maturity goals.
• *Requirements**:
- 5+ years of large-scale Agile mentoring experience with methods such as Scrum or Kanban.
- 5+ years’ experience in working with/leading multiple teams.
- Excellent presentation, training, and coaching skills, a working engagement product is the highest measure of progress, you also bring concise narratives and strong transparency through high-quality presentation documents.
- Proven experience mentoring and coaching agile delivery teams.
- Able to work remotely most of the time. Available to travel occasionally (<25%) to other corporate offices in Canada.
- Certified Expert in Agile Coaching (ICE-AC); or a demonstrable development path of training and practical experience showing your evolution as a mentor.
- Embodies the characteristics of an agile leader.
- Can demonstrate the use of strong communication skills in interpersonal conflict conditions.
- Practiced in interpersonal, cultural, or digital transformation.
- Ability to craft workshops or interventions aligned with Adult Learning Principles.
- Passionate problem solver and facilitator who thrives in navigating ambiguous situations.
- Understanding that a learning organization starts with the recognition of what you do not know and the value of learning from others.
- Excellent executive function skills demonstrated through excellent organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• *Nice-to-have**:
- Understanding of DevOps and DevOps tools is desirable (Azure DevOps in particular)
- Elevated credentials are beneficial, like Scrum Alliance CTC, CEC; SAFe SPC; IC Agile
- Familiarity with traditional project delivery and transformation to Agile is a bonus.
- Based in Vancouver and proudly Canadian, Ignite Technical Resources has been providing Top Technical Talent to organizations across Canada since 2005._
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