Senior Agile team lead

Company: CGL
Department: IT-Solutions Delivery P/C
Employment Type: Regular Full-Time
Work Model: Hybrid (2 days in office)
Language: This role operates in English.

The Opportunity:

We are a leading Canadian financial services co-operative committed to being a catalyst for a sustainable and resilient society and our team is essential to deliver on this strategy. That’s why we prioritize our people, to ensure we provide a strong culture and development opportunities which enables our team to thrive and to live our purpose. The best part is that you will work with people that care passionately about you, our clients and our communities.

The Agile Team Lead will be accountable for the delivery and execution of business and technical features that align with the overall creditor strategy. In this role, the successful candidate will lead a team of developers and business analysts by promoting fundamental agile principles, ensuring best practices are followed, removing obstacles which are impeding team progress and working with the product owner to prioritize the backlog.

How you will create impact:

• Coaching, training and developing team members in Agile best practices and providing timely feedback to achieve department objectives.
• Fostering an environment of collaboration and transparency with business units and the leadership team(s) to identify, mitigate and resolve process inefficiencies.
• Acting as a thought leader to develop, innovate and evolve Agile practices, including building knowledge of relevant products, services and processes to facilitate continuous improvement through empirical approaches.
• Participating in end-to-end program level planning, coordinating release activities and communicating inter-dependencies to deliver on work commitments.
• Facilitating team meetings to manage planning activities, ensuring a prioritized backlog and preparing key team metrics to maintain target release schedules and plans.

To join our team:

• You have three years of experience providing agile support to functional teams.
• You have strong knowledge of Agile principles, methodologies and techniques.
• You have or are working towards the ScrumMaster (CSM) certification or a related agile accreditation.
• You have working knowledge of operational and governance principles
• You are proficient in the use of collaboration tools such as Miro, Confluence and Jira
• You have experience managing the end-to-end agile delivery cycle including story mapping and refinement, development, testing, implementation to production and transition to ops.
• You have experience running agile ceremonies such as Daily Stand Ups, Sprint Planning meetings, Refinement sessions, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives
• Having a post-secondary degree in Business, Computer Science or a related discipline would be considered an asset.
• The ideal candidate will bring strong Agile leadership capabilities combined with complementary expertise in either business systems analysis or systems development, with demonstrated experience in areas such as requirements management, documentation, testing, solution development, and stakeholder collaboration.

How you will succeed:

• You have an innovative mindset to improve operational efficiencies and ability to influence change, with a primary focus on client needs.
• You use critical thinking skills to recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, draw conclusions and proactively propose solutions.
• You have strong communication skills to clearly convey messages and explore diverse points of view.
• You build trusting relationships and provide guidance to support the development of colleagues.

What you need to know:

• Detail oriented work that requires a high degree of mental concentration for extended periods of time
• You will be subject to a Background check as a condition of employment, in the event you are the successful candidate.

What’s in it for you?

• Training and development opportunities to grow your career.
• Flexible work options and paid time off to support your personal and family needs.
• A holistic approach to your well-being, with physical and mental health programs and a supportive workplace culture.
• Paid volunteer days to give back to your community.
• In addition to our competitive salary and incentive programs, eligible employees also benefit from a comprehensive total rewards package including group retirement savings plans, pension and benefits (e.g., health and wellness, dental, disability and life coverage), mental health support and an employee assistance program.

Expected salary/hourly range $83,774​- $ $133,700+

The salary amount for the successful candidate is determined by Co-operators in its discretion and will vary depending on several criteria including but not limited to: local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualification, experience and education.​

Employees may also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn additional compensation tied to individual and/or business performance, or other business metrics.