Lean Agile Coach – Remote

United Software Group Inc; Nova Scotia; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Lean Agile Coach to drive Agile and Lean adoption within their teams. This remote role involves coaching stakeholders and promoting a culture of continuous learning. The ideal candidate has extensive coaching experience and relevant Agile certifications.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in leadership or coaching roles.
• 5+ years of direct Agile coaching experience.
• Strong experience applying Lean-Agile principles and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Act as a change agent for Lean-Agile transformation.
• Partner with stakeholders to promote organizational agility.
• Lead Agile ceremonies and facilitate learning sessions.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

Change management

Lean-Agile principles

Agile mindsets

Systems thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Rally

VersionOne

Job description

Job Title: Lean Agile Coach – Remote

Location: Remote (Canada.-based candidates)

Lean Agile Coach to join a transformative initiative at UPS. This is a high-impact, fully remote position focused on driving Agile and Lean adoption across delivery teams, programs, and portfolios. You’ll work closely with cross-functional stakeholders including Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and enterprise Agile leaders to champion a culture of continuous learning and business agility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a change agent to support Lean-Agile transformation at the team, program, and portfolio levels.
• Partner with NTT DATA’s Business Agility Enablement (BAE) team and client stakeholders to drive organizational agility.
• Provide coaching in various stances—teacher, mentor, facilitator, role model—tailored to team maturity.
• Establish or support Lean-Agile Centers of Enablement (LACE) and drive Agile enablement practices at scale.
• Lead Agile ceremonies as needed, stepping into Scrum Master, Product Owner, QA, or BA roles as helpful.
• Guide teams through complex problem-solving aligned to business outcomes.
• Author contextual Agile practice documentation and facilitate learning sessions and workshops.
• Actively promote agile values, team ownership, and systems thinking within the organization.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience across the full development lifecycle in leadership or coaching roles.
• 5+ years of direct Agile coaching experience supporting Lean-Agile transformations.
• Proven success in helping organizations adopt Agile mindsets and frameworks in customer-facing settings.
• Strong experience applying Lean-Agile principles, frameworks, and practices across organizations.
• Strong skills in stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and change management.
• Agile certification required (e.g., Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner).
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC6) certification or other enterprise agile credentials.
• Expertise with Agile ALM tools such as Jira, Jira Align, Azure DevOps, Rally, or VersionOne.
• Multiple Agile certifications (Scrum, SAFe, LPM, ICAgile, etc.).
• Exceptional communication, influence, and facilitation skills.
• Experience coaching distributed agile teams or Agile Release Trains (ARTs).