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Senior Agile Coach

isgSearchabout 1 month ago
Hybrid
Greater Toronto Area
Senior Level
full_time

About the role

Our client is seeking 2 experienced Sr. Agile Coaches with extensive Scrum Master experience to work hands-on with mature Agile delivery teams.

Candidates must have demonstrated experience coaching mature Agile teams, advancing their practices, and ingraining Agile principles in how they deliver value.

The role:

  • Foster the adoption of Agile principles and skills across teams and departments, aligning delivery practices with enterprise strategy.
  • Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Agile teams to deepen Agile maturity and cultivate high-performing, self-organizing teams.
  • Educate and coach teams and leaders on the uptake and adoption of Agile frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) tailored to organizational needs.
  • Manage and facilitate Agile ceremonies, workshops, and other key events.
  • Identify and remove systemic impediments to Agile delivery; influence leadership to support change.
  • Develop and manage Agile growth and maturity backlogs, implementation plans, and success metrics.
  • Deliver training to build Agile capability across the organization.
  • Promote a culture of continuous improvement, learning, and collaboration.

Required Experience:

  • 8-10 years of experience in Agile environments, including enterprise-level coaching and training.
  • Proven experience with the Scrum and Kanban Agile frameworks.
  • Must have experience coaching mature Agile teams-not teams new to Agile.
  • Candidates must show experience helping long-established Agile teams refine practices, deepen Agile principles, and advance maturity.
  • Experience demonstrating servant leadership and guiding mature teams through continuous improvement cycles.

Required Skills:

  • Deep expertise in Agile principles, frameworks, and product-centric delivery models.
  • Strong facilitation, mentoring, and communication skills across all organizational levels.
  • Ability to influence change, cross-functional collaboration, resolve complex impediments, and drive strategic alignment.
  • Experience with Agile metrics.
  • Supplemental training on Agile delivery and/or coaching would be considered an asset.
  • Advanced facilitation skills for leading Agile ceremonies, design-thinking workshops, and problem-solving sessions with experienced Agile teams.
  • Ability to measure Agile maturity improvements and articulate how coaching actions improved team value delivery

This role is for a hands-on Agile Coach with extensive experience in both Agile Coaching and Scrum Master roles-not a Project Manager.

  • Direct experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies.
  • Coaching and developing Agile teams beyond the basics of framework implementation.
  • Applying Agile principles in daily delivery work-not just managing projects using Agile terminology.
  • Experience coaching teams that already have many years of Agile practice.
  • Not focusing on delivery roadmaps, timelines, budgets, risk backlogs, or dependency management.
  • Not limited to short-term Agile transformation engagements (2 years).
  • Experience goes beyond teaching frameworks/tools like Jira, PI planning, or backlog creation-teams already know these.

We are looking for someone who can help mature teams refine and elevate their Agile mindset, practices, and collaboration, not implement Agile from scratch.

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