Insurance Agile Training Coach:

Job description

Position Description:

Insurance Agile Training Coach:

CGI is seeking an Agile Coach for Insurance sector. As an Agile coach, you will be responsible for coordinating the delivery of agile based software deliverables and leading the development project team to implement iterative software releases driven by the program.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

The Agile SME 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 enterpriseLOB level

- Participate in the organization and planning of the development schedule based on established team methodology to create a cohesive plan with identifiable critical path, task dependencies, and major milestones
- Manage iteration plans and schedules, ensuring successful completion within scope, budget, time, and quality parameters
- Work across multiple scrum teams to coordinate efforts
- Adapt plans, schedules, and resource assignments as required throughout software development sprints and releases to respond to emerging requirements and risks
- Participate and support development pilots during the initial phases of all projects as required
- Organize and facilitate sprint and release planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, demos and other Scrum-related meetings as needed
- Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
- Ensure the development teams practice the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
- Employ agile project tracking tools to provide transparency on backlogs
- Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice
- Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, task definition
- Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution; empower the teams to self-organize; improve the productivity of the teams in any way possible
- Ensure the team strives to make each increment of functionality potentially shippable

- Guide team to adhere to agile based standards, tools and best practices and maintain process documentation

What you can expect from us:

At CGI, we’re a team of builders. We call our employees members because all who join CGI are building their own company - one that has grown to 65,000 professionals located in 40 countries. Founded in 1976, CGI is a leading IT and business process services firm committed to helping clients succeed. We have the global resources, expertise, stability and dedicated professionals needed to achieve results for our clients - and for our members. Come grow with us. Learn more at www.cgi.com.

This is a great opportunity to join a winning team. CGI offers a competitive compensation package with opportunities for growth and professional development. Benefits for full-time, permanent members start on the first day of employment and include a paid time-off program and profit participation and stock purchase plans.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position, however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

No unsolicited agency referrals please.

CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

Desired profile

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

3-5 years of experience in an agility delivery/transformation/training / coaching role (mandatory)
• Experience in Coaching and leadership skills
• 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 / Collaborative Method
·  Client Delivery
·  Communication (Oral/Written)
·  Leadership
·  Market Research & Analysis
·  Multi-tasking
·  Negotiation
·  P&C Insurance
·  Product Development/Support
·  Product Strategy
·  SDLC
·  Time Management
·  Training Delivery
·  Web Development