Agile Transformation Lead, Strategy

1 month ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada CPP Investments Full time

Company Overview

CPP Investments is a global investment organization that seeks to attract and select high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions. We are looking for an experienced Agile Transformation Lead to help our teams sustain and mature with the product approach and agile practices.

The Agile Transformation Lead will guide and support our product teams and stakeholders to build product-centric delivery and agile capability across the organization. This role will play a key role in long-term strategy across the business, helping our teams deliver best products and value in a faster and more efficient manner.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide ongoing guidance and consulting support to product teams, aiding them to sustain Agile transformation and maturing their Agile practices and product mindset.
  • Drive the agile transformation by advocating for Agile principles, continuous improvement, and value delivery throughout the organization.
  • Define and measure agile maturity to drive continuous improvement of Agile practices and value delivery through adoption of industry best practices.
  • Advise teams on development of long-term product planning/roadmap and backlog prioritization, ensuring a healthy backlog that aligns with organizational objectives.
  • Collaborate with teams and stakeholders to define clear objectives and key results (OKRs) to drive value delivery.
  • Set up appropriate metrics to measure and track teams' progress in Agile adoption through various methods like surveys, data analysis, interviews, etc.
  • Promote the use of DevOps practices and tools to enhance software delivery.
  • Define guidelines to align teams on agile practices, including best practices on tooling Jira, Jira Align.
  • Design and deliver meaningful training to educate teams and leadership on the Agile mindset, principles, and practices to enhance the organization's execution and innovation.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of hands-on Agile delivery and/or Agile practitioner experience.
  • Advanced knowledge of Agile principles, mindset, and frameworks paired with technical acumen.
  • Exhibit strong flexibility and adaptability skills, thriving in environments with dynamic and evolving needs.
  • Expertise with organizational change management and culture change.
  • Experience using metrics/OKRs to measure team and organizational performance.
  • Understanding of product development and delivery; a technical background in web or software development will be an asset.
  • Hands-on experience using various agile tools, such as Jira, Jira Align.
  • Exemplifies our Guiding Principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance.


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