Agile Coach
Job Description
Description
Individually we are people, but together we are Aviva. Individually these are just words, but together they are our Values – Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence.
The Agile Coach is a servant leader, coach, and guide that ensures the delivery teams within Aviva live the Agile values, principles, and practices so that they team can achieve delivery excellence, high satisfaction in their work, and a motivating work environment.
Come join our team!
What you’ll do:
- Contribute to setting the roadmap and vision for the development of the Agile Roadmap within Aviva and drive execution of committed Roadmap milestones.
- Hire, manage, coach, and develop a team of Scrum Masters, including making hiring versus outsourcing decisions and assessing the performance of external Scrum Masters.
- Assess the maturity of product owners and other key Agile roles, identify gaps, and help close them through targeted training, coaching, and hands-on tooling.
- Anticipate demands for Agile key roles within the transformation portfolio and collaborate with stakeholders including IT, Business, and Transformation Management Office (TMO) to develop approaches to fill supply gaps.
- Actively coach and train Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and other key roles in Agile delivery, including Agile practices, ceremonies, tools, and templates support.
- Contribute to defining and implementing approaches to scale Agile across the transformation portfolio.
- Advise and lead selected Agile delivery teams within Aviva on Agile setup, practices, processes, and overall approach to executing quickly and with quality.
- Work with key stakeholders within TMO, IT, and the business to define Agile metrics for forecasting and predictability, and support teams in capturing and reporting these metrics.
- Augment ACF (Aviva Change Framework) artifacts with Agile metrics and tools in collaboration with stakeholders within TMO.
- Drive Agile maturity assessments and health checks across the transformation portfolio.
- Own and develop key onboarding materials for transformation initiatives.
- Coach, mentor, and train Aviva delivery teams on industry-leading Agile, Scrum, and Kanban processes, providing guidance and motivation.
- Consolidate learnings, approaches, and best practices across Agile initiatives, share within the wider Aviva Agile community, and conduct knowledge-sharing events.
- Represent Aviva at key Agile industry events and communities of practice.
What you’ll bring:
- 10+ years’ experience delivering Agile solutions as an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner, or equivalent, leading 3-5 teams.
- Expert understanding of Agile values and principles.
- Profound knowledge of Agile frameworks, especially Scrum.
- Ideally, experience in Insurance or Financial Services.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to inspire change and improvement.
- Knowledge of successful Agile techniques and software development processes.
- Self-motivation and willingness to learn and explore new ideas.
- Certifications in CSM, PSM (mandatory), and preferably in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
What you’ll get:
- Rewards package including base salary, annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
- Competitive vacation with options to purchase additional days.
- Programs focused on diversity and inclusion.
- Corporate wellness programs.
- Hybrid flexible work model.
Please note that we may use AI tools in our recruitment process. This is a new position, posted internally and externally.
Aviva Canada has an accommodation process for employees with disabilities. If you require accommodations, please contact your Talent Acquisition Partner upon employment start and throughout your career.
About Us
We help 19.5 million customers save for the future and manage everyday risks. Our goal is to attract talented, entrepreneurial people from diverse backgrounds to make Aviva the best choice for our customers and employees.
We are passionate about enabling our 23,000 employees to do their best work and positively impact our customers’ lives.
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Company
Aviva plc
Location
Toronto
Country
Canada
Salary
100.000
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