Agile Coach

CIBC • Toronto, ON

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a member of the Enterprise Capabilities and Organizational Agility team, you’ll play a key role in shaping how we deliver value at CIBC by championing agile principles and practices. As an Agile Coach, you’ll empower leaders and teams through guidance and mentorship, fostering a culture rooted in agility, continuous improvement, and client-centricity. You’ll work to address organizational challenges and drive meaningful change, accelerating business agility and the achievement of strategic objectives. At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

Requirements

• Embrace and advocate for change; continuously evolve thinking and work methods.
• Deep expertise in agile coaching, organizational change, and business agility.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and partner with senior stakeholders.
• Advanced facilitation, mentoring, and advisory skills.
• Proven experience with agile techniques and frameworks such as User Stories, Sprints, Continuous Integration, and Testing.
• Proven experience with other agile approaches including XP, Kanban, and Design Thinking.
• Skilled at introducing agile practices to teams at the appropriate time.
• Experienced with agile tools (i.e., Jira, Confluence).
• Give meaning to data; enjoy investigating complex problems and making sense of information.
• Communicate detailed information in a meaningful way.
• Motivated by collective success; understand that teamwork can transform a good idea into a great one.
• Outcome oriented; motivated by accomplishing desired outcomes and developing action plans.
• Track progress to help inform next actions.
• Bring your real self to work and live CIBC values—trust, teamwork, and accountability.
• Legally eligible to work at the specified location(s) and, where applicable, have a valid work or study permit.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Professional: Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or PMI-ACP.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert coaching and mentorship to Squads, Crews, and senior stakeholders on advanced agile principles and practices.
• Influence leaders to build empowered, high-performing teams and embed agile mindsets across the organization.
• Advocate for data-driven decision-making, prioritization frameworks, and ongoing refinement of processes to achieve sustained enhancements in agile delivery and business outcomes.
• Identify and address systemic challenges that hinder business agility and effective delivery.
• Promote cross-functional collaboration to enhance agile capabilities and support enterprise-wide scalability.
• Work closely with leadership, stakeholders, and Product Owners to drive culture change, embed agility, and improve delivery of valuable outcomes.
• Support leadership, stakeholders, and Product Owners to manage roadmaps, create resource plans, and facilitate agile ceremonies.
• Cultivate strong relationships with internal and external partners to advance agile adoption.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Incentive pay
• Banking benefits
• Benefits program
• Defined benefit pension plan
• Employee share purchase plan
• Vacation offering
• Wellbeing support
• MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program
• Purpose Day: a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed