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Job Description Senior Digital Agile Enablement Manager GAME ON -- OLG needs you
Senior Digital Agile Enablement Manager
YOUR ROLE IN THE GAME
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Stand up new labs and provide coaching and consulting to support their development and ongoing improvement.
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Train and coach agile lab team members in adopting Agile practices and tools for the implementation of Agile at OLG, including:
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Role Clarity, responsibilities and delivery expectations
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Agile (e.g., Scrum) processes and ceremonies
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Challenge of old norms in both business and IT processes for continuous improvement of OKRs, tools and processes
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Promotion of DevOps technical practices
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Interactions with business units and supporting areas of OLG
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Provide 1:1 training and coaching to Product Owners, Scrum Masters, BA's and other agile team members to build required agile capabilities and support or remediate challenges as the teams interact with other parts of OLG, across the various levels of the organization
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Proactively analyze and make recommendations for improvements to existing agile organizational practices and patterns at the team, cross team, and portfolio levels
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Develop and update orientation and training content to support implementation of agile
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Maintain best practices, tools, templates and other content to support agile implementation and communities of practice
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Share best practices and insights for across the organization to remove impediments to the implementation of Agile
Cross-Functional Relationships
- Train and coach SMEs and shared resources from other divisions (e.g., People \& Culture, Compliance, etc.) in agile practices and tools, with a focus on the agile mindset and interactions with the agile labs/teams
- Facilitate and actively contribute to knowledge-sharing for Agile Communities of Practice and Centres of Excellence across the Digital BU and OLG
- Provide training support to leaders and the organization on Agile principles and Scrum/Kanban practices as well as on the benefits of Agile to business value, driving outcomes, and faster time to market.
What You Need To Play Work Experience:
- Active coach and mentor who grows and maximizes the team's potential
- Experience training Product Owners, Scrum Masters, business analysts and other team members in agile practices, tools and techniques
- 5-7 years of hands-on delivery experience with previous accountability for delivery outcomes using Agile practices
- 3-5 years experience in providing agile coaching; coaching of agile for large organizations undergoing transformation from waterfall preferred
- Ability to effectively communicate and interact with employees at various levels in the organization
Knowledge:
- Discipline expert in Scrum/Kanban and scaling these practices
- Work requires seasoned knowledge and a command of Agile methods and processes acquired
- Formal Agile methodology training -- Agile Certification (e.g. Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Professional, PMI-ACP) preferred
Critical Skills:
- Strong communication skills with experience in delivering programs, training, workshops that influence
- Passionate problem solver and negotiator who succeeds in ambiguous situations
Negotiation and Influence
Strategic Thinker
Collaboration \& Fun
Integrity and Trust
PERKS OF JOINING OUR TEAM
- Part of a Bigger Picture: socially responsible company that gives back all its profits to the province and people of Ontario
- Flexible Work Environment: to help balance both work and life
- You Matter: family friendly work practices and hybrid work
- Freedom to Innovate: supports new and better ways to be successful
- Be your Authentic Self: environment that values diversity as a source of strength
- Learning Galore: 24-7 access to robust online learning programs
- Public Service Pension Plan: participate in a major defined benefit pension plan sponsored by the Government of Ontario
- Variable Pay Program: performance-based incentives to share in our success (Permanent OLG Employees Only)
Learn about OLG -- GAME ON! multi-billion-dollar
our people
Equity, diversity, and inclusion
benefits for the people of Ontario
We look forward to hearing from you, interested applicants please apply online by May 9, 2025. OLG is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Please contact Human Resources at careers@olg.ca if you require accommodation at any time throughout the hire process .
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