The Agile Coach is a senior leader in the Tech Department at KOHO.  They report directly to the VP of Engineering and are empowered to help improve delivery, which is crucial for a scaling organization. The Agile coach does not manage people directly, but has strong skills around coaching, facilitating and influencing in order to affect positive organizational change.

What You’ll Do:

• Evangelize the value and benefits of Agile practices across the KOHO Tech department.
• Work closely with Senior Dev Managers and Dev Managers to evaluate and identify areas of opportunities for improvement of delivery practices across pods.
• Provide guidance and support for all aspects of the product development life cycle.
• Provide customized coaching and training geared toward increasing productivity and delivery predictability, including work-breakdown and incremental delivery.
• Develop, document, and facilitate Agile technical practices training – e.g. behavior driven development, test-driven development, code refactoring, etc.
• Foster a mission-driven and continuous improvement culture.
• Use data-driven analysis to measure and enable continuous improvement.
• Run ongoing agile maturity assessments across the org to build an improvement backlog
• Collate and report on the progress made on improving delivery practices across the org.

Who You Are:

• You are a leader.  You lead with curiosity and are comfortable coaching and influencing individuals at all levels of an organization.
• You enjoy coaching and mentoring people and strive to inspire an agile mindset.
• You are a master facilitator, with experience in helping teams become high performing.
• You are comfortable challenging the status quo in a positive and solution oriented way.
• You understand and have implemented various development methodologies and have developed an expertise in Agile methodologies through hands-on experience in applying them.
• You have a deep understanding of Agile principles and methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc)
• You have a data-driven approach and know how to leverage tooling and data to provide insights into developer productivity and to use those insights as an input into continuous improvement.
• You have a passion for efficiency and enjoy finding ways to help teams achieve flow, without negatively affecting a culture of engagement.
• You value the intent behind practices like Daily Standups, Grooming, Planning, Retrospectives, TDD, Pair Programming.
• You know how to drive towards results without compromising on psychological safety.
• You enjoy exploring opportunities to build relationships in remote work environments.
• You enjoy rapidly changing environments.

Other skills and experience:

• Extensive experience working with Developers, Dev Leadership and Product Managers, leading to a deep understanding of the common challenges faced by these teams.
• 5+ years practicing Agile, including Scrum and/or Kanban.
• 1+ years experience acting as an Agile Coach in a fast-moving technology environment
• Certified Scrum Master and Product Owner or equivalent certifications (nice-to-have)

We invest time and resources into making sure KOHO is as good as the people we hire. Here are some of the reasons we attract the best people:

• Balance Your Life - Generous PTO policy and a lifestyle spending account

• Work Anywhere - Permanently remote and $1,000 to set up your home office

• Level Up - Access to an in-house certified performance coach

• Reach Your Goals - Salary assessments twice a year, annual training allowance, maternity & parental leave top up

• The KOHO Culture - We have won 6 "Great Place to Work ®" awards since 2019

The KOHO culture is one of collaboration, creativity, and diverse perspectives. We are committed to building and fostering an inclusive, accessible environment for everyone. If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding accessibility needs, please contact peopleaccessibility@koho.ca and the People and Culture team will be happy to help.