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Senior Agile Coach Jobs in Vancouver – British Columbia at Damco Solutions
Title: Senior Agile Coach
Company: Damco Solutions
Location: Vancouver – British Columbia
Category: IT/Tech
Senior Agile Coach (SPC) The Senior Agile Coach Lead will drive the Agile Transformation, supporting the organization to understand, adopt and practice the Lean-Agile methodology to continuously improve productivity and effectiveness of solution delivery. They will support the implementation and adoption of SAFe-Lean-Agile principles and practices through strong teaching, training, coaching and mentoring throughout the organization. This role demands excellent
communication
,
collaboration
and diplomacy skills in order to guide, influence and convince others in their adoption of the Lean-Agile mindset.
This role also requires strong people skills with sound exposure of leading coaching efforts across teams and programs (with strong stakeholder management skills) as this role will need to effectively support teams and stakeholders at
leadership
level in the organization to ensure the adoption is conducted in a consistent manner, with proper metrics in place to measure adherence and success.
Responsibilities:
Drive coaching and Agile transformation throughout client teams Support a large-scale implementation roadmap for Agile transformation (multi-year transformation journey) with supporting best practice and governance models Engage with
leadership
to understand their perspectives, challenges and align on common goals and objectives for Agile Transformation (creating actional implementation plans) Collaborate with
leadership
, sponsors, champions and change agents to drive and govern adoption of the Agile Transformation Roadmap Build framework and processes for governing Agility Key Performance Indicators across the organization
Support governance model for executive reporting: prepare and present on regular basis
Support efforts to integrate business and technology across people, process and tools throughout the organization
Support the evolution of a LACE (Lean-Agile Center of Excellence) and foster Agile centric culture within the Coaching team Required Skills Strong
leadership
drive with ability to plan and execute strategically Excellent interpersonal skills and
proven track record
of performing well in distributed environment
Able to
communicate collaborate effectively at all levels and motivate stakeholders
Ability to
navigate political organizational dynamics Operates with transparency, commitment and exhibits growth mindset Quick and effective decision maker (both strategically and tactically) Analytical mind with
problem-solving
aptitude to resolve impediments and conflicts Operates well under pressure with ability to multi-task with excellent time management skills
Able to
manage dependencies across organizational boundaries Drives for results (individually and for the client engagement) Builds trust with clients and engagement teams Should have
Design thinking
and user-centric mindset
Qualifications:
15 or more years’ experience within IT/Product Management SAFe 5.0 Product Consultant (SPC) Minimum 10 years as an Agile coach
Education:
Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Master’s degree
