Division: IGM Technology

Location: Toronto or Winnipeg

IGM Financial Inc. is one of Canada's leading diversified wealth and asset management companies with approximately $271 billion in total assets under managements. The company provides a broad range of financial planning and investment management services to help more than two million Canadians meet their financial goals. Its activities are carried out principally through IG Wealth Management and Mackenzie Investments.

Under IGM Financial's unique business model based on leading brands and multi-channel distribution strategy, we’re IG Wealth Management. For over 90 years of business, we have grown to become one of the largest most respected companies in Canada. We are a leader in providing the best advice, experience and outcomes for our clients, personalized throughout their lifetime.

At IG Wealth Management, our vision is to inspire financial confidence.

This is your opportunity to build a career with a leading organization where you can learn, grow and thrive both professionally and personally. We are proud to be recognized as one of Canada’s Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc. for empowering our employees with the tools to thrive while working remotely, while also providing resources to ensure physical and mental wellness were put front and center.

You will join a team that believes our success starts with the success of our clients, while working together as a team to realize our greatest potential. You will join a team that strives towards excellence while developing and sharing skills and knowledge. You can make a difference for our clients, the world around us and be part of a team that cares. We are dedicated to offering a hybrid work environment when applicable.

IG Wealth Management is a diverse workplace committed to doing business inclusively - this starts with having a representative workforce! We encourage applications from all qualified candidates that represent the diversity present across Canada – including racialized persons, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender diverse and neurodiverse individuals, as well as all who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

The Role

We are currently looking for an Agile Coach to join our IGM Technology – Agile Advisory team as part of IGM Financial. The IGM Agile Advisory team works collaboratively to identify opportunities to grow and mature agile across IGM

The Agile Coach is responsible for maturing the agile practices, knowledge, and mindset across the Delivery organization with a primary focus on teams that are practicing agile. The Agile Coach will be engaged during all stages of the delivery lifecycle working alongside teams supporting and guiding them towards continuously improving the practice of Agile.

The Agile Coach will observe and assess the teams they are working with, leveraging their own Agile experience and knowledge to coach their teams in specific areas to support the teams’ continued growth.

Core competencies for the Agile Coach are increasing knowledge of Agile-Lean practices, team and individual coaching, facilitation, mentoring, teaching and either one of Technical, Transformation or Business mastery.

Key Accountabilities

• Coaching

  • Observe teams in action to understand current state, works with team to identify opportunities for growth, and helps them create an action plan to achieve the growth

  • Partner with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to provide individual coaching related to their specific Agile roles

  • Lead and coach the organization in its’ Agile journey with the goal of developing high performing teams

• Teaching & Mentoring

  • Mentor teams and individuals by sharing their own knowledge and experience of agile

  • Guide teams using their own experience of what has worked/not worked in similar situations.

  • Educate teams on agile practices, frameworks/methods, measurements, and roles (e.g Scrum, Kanban, Story Writing, etc.) through both formal and informal sessions (e.g training classes, lunch & learns, hands on sessions, and communities of practice)

• Value Driven Development

  • Help teams maintain a customer centric and value driven approach to Product Development

  • Help Product Owner and team to define and measure Business Value​

  • Work with Product Owners to build an ongoing feedback loop with the customer

• Change Agent

  • Act as a change agent, helping remove organizational barriers to delivery/agility that exist outside of the team, and introducing new approaches that will improve team performance.

Knowledge/Skill Requirements

• Minimum 2 - 5 years of experience in an Agile Coach role

• Minimum 2 – 3 years of experience as an Agile team facilitator (e.g. Scrum Master, Flow Master)

• Scrum and Kanban certifications (e.g. CSM, PSPO, KMP)

• A growth mindset – believes in ‘Yet or Not Yet’ instead of ‘Success or Failure’

• Experience working with teams of varying Agile maturity

• Experience working with remote team members

• Experience working in an organization with both Agile and non-Agile teams

• Ability to give and receive feedback

• Ability to communicate with people at all levels of the organization

• Knowledge of Financial Services industry, mutual funds and ETFs is an asset

Please visit our career page by clicking on the following link: https://www.ig.ca/en/careers

We thank all applicants for their interest in IG Wealth Management; however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

IG Wealth Management is an accessible employer committed to providing a barrier free recruitment experience. If you require an accommodation or this information in an alternate format at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team who will work with you to meet your needs.

Please apply by October 7, 2024.

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