We are seeking an Agile Team Leader who empowers the team and individuals to do their best work in ways that are inclusive and creative. We need someone who is able to be a coach; anticipate and understand the needs of the team and of each individual, a strong facilitator of many types of discussions, a mentor to peers, and who is able to creatively problem solve different ways of working. This is an opportunity for a person who has a passion to cultivate teams and business agility; someone who is committed to continuous learning and being a catalyst for positive and lasting change.
If you’re passionate about Canada and you love technology, learning and bringing out the best in others, you’ll love working at CBC.
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Flexible work schedules, allowing you to prioritize yourself, your family and your work;
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Work from home opportunities;
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Competitive total rewards package;
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20% of time for innovation, learning and development; wherever your interests lie;
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Opportunities to work with cutting edge technology;
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Opportunities for continued learning and professional development;
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Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups;
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Pair programming and mentorship opportunities, where you can learn from the best in the industry and help coach new talent;
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A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected;
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A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity;
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An environment which favours experimentation and an iterative approach in order to achieve the highest form of technical innovation.
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Working with teams to analyze current systems and processes and designing a plan to adopt best practices for positive change
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Able to coach according to team’s needs, leveraging any of the following: Lean and/or, Agile methods, continuous learning, change management, tucker model etc.
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Able to facilitate group discussions, including difficult conversations and decisions.
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Able to conduct rituals such as Daily stand-ups, Sprint Planning and Backlog grooming/refinement
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Data Driven continuous improvement on team and department practice and processes.
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Educate and mentor staff in Agile best practices such as work prioritization, story mapping, user story creation, release planning, retrospectives, performance etc. while growing capabilities across the department
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Living our values, learning, continuous improvement, collaboration and inclusion.
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Undergraduate degree or diploma program, or equivalent education.
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The confidence and the humility. Your powers of observation help you understand your team and what they need from you to collaborate within teams and across teams
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Able to build and mature empowered teams and add to overall department performance, capability and health.
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The experience of facilitating team delivery of online products or services with either Scrum, Kanban, XP, Scrumban.
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The knowledge of Lean methods, Agile principles, continuous learning, change management, product practices, Tucker Model, business agility
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A strong ability to listen to learn, to observe and assess, and the ability to create space for diverse brainstorming and decision making.
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The desire to learn. You are an avid student, seeking out best practices – and a way to apply them to real-world scenarios.
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The self-awareness to be an empathetic self-starter who takes the initiative, and works with the team to encourage the same mindset.
Agile Team Lead, Digital Strategy and Product (English Services)
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