Agile Team Lead

MCAP•Waterloo, ON

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for guiding an Agile Team to deliver work items based on goals and commitments the team has made to the Product Owner. The Team Lead inspires and empowers the agile team to self-organize and to optimize their processes, by acting as the servant-leader, and creating and maintaining the conditions that the team needs to be successful. The Team Lead coaches team members in agile practices to achieve higher levels of agile maturity. The Team Lead champions proper agile governance and provides financial and status reporting. The Team Lead works with other Team Leads to evolve agile practices and acts as a true disciplined Agile Leader.

Requirements

2+ years’ experience in an Agile environment, as an Agile Coach, Team Lead, Tech Lead or Product Owner would be an asset
Experience in the Financial Services industry preferred
Excellent communication and mentoring skills
Strong competency in Agile methodology to drive collaborative and adaptive solution delivery in a fast-paced IT environment
Experience using Azure DevOps or comparable agile delivery tools, would be an asset
Working knowledge of the software development lifecycle and methodologies.
Working knowledge of DevSecOps & Continuous Integration and Delivery
Organized and detail-oriented
Excellent facilitation skills
Minimum knowledge of cloud native development practices and design patterns using private or public cloud providers required
Basic understanding of cloud patterns and using private or public cloud providers required
Proven leadership skills with a mission to support agile teams in achieving their goals
Strong interpersonal skills, including coaching and mentoring
Excellent communication and mentoring skills
Ability to work in and foster a team environment
Disciplined in how you perform your duties
Experience with Microsoft Office, Azure DevOps
Able to make decisions that are Risk and Value Driven
A self-starter, possessing a high degree of self-motivation
An experienced problem solver with a passion for continuous improvement
A coach, providing encouragement, an influencer and are full of positive energy
Ability to plan forward and manage ranged release plans
Post-secondary degree or diploma
Agile certification
PMP or PMI-ACP, preferred

Responsibilities

Create a Vision document or business case.
Meet story readiness criteria.
Educate and coach story writers on proper content and format.
Populate, refine, and prioritize the backlog.
Align backlog with Product Vision.
Obtain stakeholder feedback for evaluation of projects in progress, aligned to Business Unit objectives.
Identify issues and risks raised by team so Stakeholders can provide direction and decision-making.
Monitor Financial progress and validate for accuracy.
Monitor resourcing and progress toward commitments and ensure Stakeholders are informed of progress.
Forecast resourcing and ongoing requirements, and ensure Stakeholders are informed of progress.
Track progress and forecast budget expenditures.
Provide regular status reporting to Stakeholders.
Host Steering Committee Meetings
Research and pilot agile strategies and practices to find the right tools to deliver on MCAP’s goals.
Research and pilot performance measurements and reporting for governing agile teams.
Establish and recommend agile policies and best practices to improve overall end user experiences and reduce waste leading to increased ROI and improved outcome.
Collaborate with other Team Leads to ensure consistency across teams, and to facilitate movement of work or resources from team to team.
Partner with Team Leads to encourage a culture of continuous improvement.
Facilitate Stand-ups where team members briefly state commitments and coordinate efforts
Participate and support Planning Sessions and Backlog Refinement, to ensure backlog items are ready for detailed planning
Host Stakeholder demos, providing opportunity for team members to showcase their work products
Facilitate Team Retrospectives, guiding team to identify, manage and track continuous improvement opportunities.
Facilitate discussion, decision-making, and resolving impediments to team success.
Lead team through lifecycle phases: Inception, Construction and Transition
Manage issues and risks
Ensure impediments to team’s progress are dealt with in a timely manner.
Develop continuous improvement plan within agile team.
Maintain Agile Team Dashboard with KPIs such as velocity to provide data used for continuous improvement.
Empower team to identify opportunities to optimize processes and realize efficiencies.
Ensure resources are available to the team to deliver on their commitments.
Keep current with Agile Trends and MCAP Agile maturity.
Learn, identify, and use agile best practices such as Agile Scrum, or Kanban.
Educate / inspire team members on agile practices.
Encourage full participation of team members within their defined roles and responsibilities.