Sr. Consultant - Agile Enabler & Coach

Job description

Job Description

Sr. Consultant - Agile Enabler & Coach

Position Description
CGI is seeking an Agile Coach. As an Agile coach, you will be responsible for quarter backing the delivery of agile based client software and enabling the client project teams to increase efficiency & effectiveness. The location is in Toronto.

Your future duties and responsibilities
The Agile Coach will provide ‘change agent’ leadership in the area of agile and iterative project management best practices. Role is to provide direct coaching and support to projects. Individual should have strong Project Management experience to also provide direct support in larger projects and SME support to all other teams to drive Agile at enterprise (Line of Business) level.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
- 3-5 years of experience in an agility delivery/transformation/training / coaching role
- Experience in Coaching and leadership skills, ideally as a Scrum Master or Project Manager or in other areas of product development
- Strong negotiations skills and willingness to confront and be confronted
- Provide strong organizational change management orientation
- Be an effective communicator at all levels, in both structured and non-hierarchical, informal structures
- Strong political savvy and sensitivity to cultural diversity
- Hands-on experience and previous accountability for delivery outcomes using Agile practices
- Enable and maintain processes and communication to support geographically distributed delivery for agile
- Certified or equivalent experience in at least one additional Agile Delivery apart from Scrum. Very strong knowledge of Scrum and SAFE Framework
- Knowledge of creating Agile frameworks for project team assessments
- Experience in DevOps is an asset

Skills

·  Agile Coach

Reference

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